Deuteronomy 13 · Verse 4

Deuteronomy 13:4

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Deuteronomy 13:4, King James Version

Deuteronomy 13:4 in other translations

BSBYou are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
WEBYou shall walk after the LORD your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You shall serve him, and cling to him.
ASVYe shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
YLTafter Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.
DARBYYe shall walk after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye hear; and ye shall serve him, and unto him shall ye cleave.
BBEBut keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.
WebsterYe shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave to him.

What does Deuteronomy 13:4 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 13:1-5

Moses had cautioned against the peril that might arise from the Canaanites. Here he cautions against the rise of idolatry among themselves. It is needful for us to be well acquainted with the truths and precepts of the Bible; for we may expect to be proved by temptations of evil under the appearance of good, of error in the guise of truth; nor can any thing rightly oppose such temptations, but the plain, express…

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Deuteronomy 13:4 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.

אַחֲרֵ֨י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
יְהוָ֧הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם'e.lo.hei.KhemGod yourH430
תֵּלֵ֖כוּte.Le.khuyou will walkH1980
וְאֹת֣וֹve.'o.Toand <obj.> himH853
תִירָ֑אוּti.Ra.'uyou will fearH3372
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
מִצְוֹתָ֤יוmitz.vo.Tavcommandments hisH4687
תִּשְׁמֹ֙רוּ֙tish.Mo.ruyou will keepH8104
וּבְקֹל֣וֹu.ve.ko.Loand to voice hisH6963
תִשְׁמָ֔עוּtish.Ma.'uyou will listenH8085
וְאֹת֥וֹve.'o.Toand <obj.> himH853
תַעֲבֹ֖דוּta.'a.Vo.duyou will serveH5647
וּב֥וֹu.Voand to him
תִדְבָּקֽוּן\׃tid.ba.Kunyou will cleave !H1692

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 13:4

  • Colossians 1:10

    That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;

  • Deuteronomy 10:20

    Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.

  • 1 Corinthians 6:17

    But he that is joined unto the Lord is one spirit.

  • Jeremiah 7:23

    But this thing commanded I them, saying, Obey my voice, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my people: and walk ye in all the ways that I have commanded you, that it may be well unto you.

  • 2 Chronicles 34:31

    And the king stood in his place, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments, and his testimonies, and his statutes, with all his heart, and with all his soul, to perform the words of the covenant which are written in this book.

  • 2 Kings 23:3

    And the king stood by a pillar, and made a covenant before the Lord, to walk after the Lord, and to keep his commandments and his testimonies and his statutes with all their heart and all their soul, to perform the words of this covenant that were written in this book. And all the people stood to the covenant.

  • 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 30:20

    That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

  • Deuteronomy 6:13

    Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:1-2

    Furthermore then we beseech you, brethren, and exhort you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye have received of us how ye ought to walk and to please God, so ye would abound more and more. For ye know what commandments we gave you by the Lord Jesus.

  • Romans 6:13

    Neither yield ye your members as instruments of unrighteousness unto sin: but yield yourselves unto God, as those that are alive from the dead, and your members as instruments of righteousness unto God.

  • Luke 1:6

    And they were both righteous before God, walking in all the commandments and ordinances of the Lord blameless.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
walk.
6:13; 2Ki 23:3; 2Ch 34:31; Mic 6:8; Lu 1:6; Col 1:10; 1Th 4:1,2
and obey.
Jer 7:23
and cleave.
10:20; 30:20; Ro 6:13; 1Co 6:17

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 13:3

    Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

  • Deuteronomy 13:4

    Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

  • Deuteronomy 13:5

    And that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams, shall be put to death; because he hath spoken to turn you away from the Lord your God, which brought you out of the land of Egypt, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, to thrust thee out of the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in. So shalt thou put the evil away from the midst of thee.

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Deuteronomy 13:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
En pos de Jehová vuestro Dios andaréis, y á él temeréis, y guardaréis sus mandamientos, y escucharéis su voz, y á él serviréis, y á él os allegaréis.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
tu n’écouteras pas les paroles de ce prophète, ni ce songeur de songes, car l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, vous éprouve, pour savoir si vous aimez l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, de tout votre cœur et de toute votre âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Jehova, eurem Gott, sollt ihr nachfolgen und ihn fürchten; und ihr sollt seine Gebote beobachten und seiner Stimme gehorchen und ihm dienen und ihm anhangen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dominum Deum vestrum sequimini, et ipsum timete, et mandata illius custodite, et audite vocem ejus: ipsi servietis, et ipsi adhærebitis.