Deuteronomy 10 · Verse 12

Deuteronomy 10:12

And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
Deuteronomy 10:12, King James Version

Deuteronomy 10:12 in other translations

BSBAnd now, O Israel, what does the LORD your God ask of you but to fear the LORD your God by walking in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
WEBNow, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you, but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, to love him, and to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul,
ASVAnd now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
YLT‘And now, Israel, what is Jehovah thy God asking from thee, except to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all His ways, and to love Him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
DARBYAnd now, Israel, what doth Jehovah thy God require of thee, but to fear Jehovah thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,
BBEAnd now, Israel, what would the Lord your God have you do, but to go in the fear of the Lord your God, walking in all his ways and loving him and doing his pleasure with all your heart and all your soul,
WebsterAnd now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

What does Deuteronomy 10:12 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:10-22

10-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 12 Now, Israel, what doth the Lord - require of thee - An answer is immediately given. God requires, 1. That ye fear him as Jehovah your God; him who made, preserves, and governs you. 2. That ye walk in all his ways - that, having received his precepts, all of which are good and excellent, ye obey the whole; walking in God's ways, not your own, nor in the ways of the people of the land. 3. That ye love him - have confidence in him as your father and friend, have recourse to him in all your necessities, and love him in return for his love. 4. That you serve him - give him that worship which he requires, performing it with all your heart - the whole of your affections, and with all your soul - your will, understanding, and judgment. In a word, putting forth your whole strength and energy of body and soul in the sacred work.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:12-22
We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; and to him we must cleave, as one we love and delight in, trust in, and from whom we have great expectations. We are here taught our duty to our neighbour. God's common gifts to mankind oblige us to honour all men. And those who have themselves been in distress, and have found mercy with God, should be ready to show kindness to those who are in the like distress. We are here taught our duty to ourselves. Circumcise your hearts. Cast away all corrupt affections and inclinations, which hinder you from fearing and loving God. By nature we do not love God. This is original sin, the source whence our wickedness proceeds; and the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the law of God, neither indeed can be; so then they that are in the flesh cannot please God, Ro 8:5-9. Let us, without delay or reserve, come and cleave to our reconciled God in Jesus Christ, that we may love, serve, and obey him acceptably, and be daily changed into his image, from glory to glory, by the Spirit of the Lord. Consider the greatness and glory of God; and his goodness and grace; these persuade us to our duty. Blessed Spirit! Oh for thy purifying, persevering, and renewing influences, that being called out of the state of strangers, such as our fathers were, we may be found among the number of the children of God, and that our lot may be among the saints.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 10:12 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּה֙ve.'a.Tahand nowH6258
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElO IsraelH3478
מָ֚הmahwhat?H4100
יְהוָ֣הYah.weh[is] YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
שֹׁאֵ֖לsho.'ElaskingH7592
מֵעִמָּ֑ךְme.'i.Makhfrom with <the> youH5973
כִּ֣יkithatH3588
אִם\־'im-exceptH518
לְ֠יִרְאָהLe.yir.'ahto fearH3372
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
לָלֶ֤כֶתla.Le.khetto walkH1980
בְּכָל\־be.kholin allH3605
דְּרָכָיו֙de.ra.Khavways hisH1870
וּלְאַהֲבָ֣הu.le.'a.ha.Vahand to loveH157
אֹת֔וֹ'o.To<obj.> himH853
וְלַֽעֲבֹד֙ve.la.'a.Vodand to serveH5647
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.Khaheart yourH3824
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ\׃naf.She.khabeing yourH5315

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 10:12

  • Micah 6:8

    He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the Lord require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?

  • Deuteronomy 6:5

    And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

  • Luke 10:27

    And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.

  • Deuteronomy 5:33

    Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.

  • Deuteronomy 11:13

    And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul,

  • Mark 12:29-33

    And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. And the scribe said unto him, Well, Master, thou hast said the truth: for there is one God; and there is none other but he: …

  • Matthew 22:37

    Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.

  • Jeremiah 32:39-40

    And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

  • 1 John 4:19-20

    We love him, because he first loved us. If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen?

  • Deuteronomy 4:29

    But if from thence thou shalt seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul.

  • Deuteronomy 30:16

    In that I command thee this day to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his judgments, that thou mayest live and multiply: and the Lord thy God shall bless thee in the land whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Zephaniah 3:9

    For then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
what doth.
Jer 7:22,23; Mic 6:8; Mt 11:29,30; 1Jo 5:3
fear.
6:13; Ps 34:9; 128:1; Jer 32:39,40; Ac 9:31; 1Pe 1:17
to walk.
5:33; Jos 22:5; Ps 81:13; Eze 11:20; Tit 2:11,12; 1Pe 1:15,16
love.
6:5; 11:13; 30:16,20; Ps 18:1; 145:20; Mt 22:37; Mr 12:29-33
Lu 10:27; 11:42; Ro 8:28; 1Jo 2:15; 4:19,20; 5:2,5
to serve.
Job 36:11; Zep 3:9; Ro 1:9; Heb 12:28
God with all.
4:29

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 10:11

    And the Lord said unto me, Arise, take thy journey before the people, that they may go in and possess the land, which I sware unto their fathers to give unto them.

  • Deuteronomy 10:12

    And now, Israel, what doth the Lord thy God require of thee, but to fear the Lord thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul,

  • Deuteronomy 10:13

    To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

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Deuteronomy 10:12 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ahora pues, Israel, ¿qué pide Jehová tu Dios de ti, sino que temas á Jehová tu Dios, que andes en todos sus caminos, y que lo ames, y sirvas á Jehová tu Dios con todo tu corazón, y con toda tu alma;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, Israël! qu’est-ce que l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, demande de toi, sinon que tu craignes l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, pour marcher dans toutes ses voies, et pour l’aimer, et pour servir l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun, Israel, was fordert Jehova, dein Gott, von dir, als nur, Jehova, deinen Gott, zu fürchten, auf allen seinen Wegen zu wandeln und ihn zu lieben, und Jehova, deinem Gott, zu dienen mit deinem ganzen Herzen und mit deiner ganzen Seele,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Et nunc Israël, quid Dominus Deus tuus petit a te, nisi ut timeas Dominum Deum tuum, et ambules in viis ejus, et diligas eum, ac servias Domino Deo tuo in toto corde tuo, et in tota anima tua: