Deuteronomy 26 · Verse 16

Deuteronomy 26:16

This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
Deuteronomy 26:16, King James Version

Deuteronomy 26:16 in other translations

BSBThe LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
WEBToday the LORD your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances. You shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart and with all your soul.
ASVThis day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
YLT‘This day Jehovah thy God is commanding thee to do these statutes and judgments; and thou hast hearkened and done them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,
DARBYThis day Jehovah thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and ordinances; and thou shalt keep and do them with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
BBEToday the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.
WebsterThis day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to perform these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

What does Deuteronomy 26:16 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 26:16-19
Moses here enforces the precepts. They are God's laws, therefore thou shalt do them, to that end were they given thee; do them, and dispute them not; do them, and draw not back; do them, not carelessly and hypocritically, but with thy heart and soul, thy whole heart and thy whole soul. We forswear ourselves, and break the most sacred engagement, if, when we have taken the Lord to be our God, we do not make conscience of obeying his commands. We are elected to obedience, 1Pe 1:2; chosen that we should be holy, Ep 1:4; purified a peculiar people, that we might not only do good works, but be zealous in them, Tit 2:14. Holiness is true honour, and the only way to everlasting honour.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 26:16 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.

הַיּ֣וֹםhai.Yomthe dayH3117
הַזֶּ֗הha.Zeh<the> thisH2088
יְהוָ֨הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
מְצַוְּךָ֧me.tza.ve.Kha[is] commanding youH6680
לַעֲשׂ֛וֹתla.'a.Sotto observeH6213
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַחֻקִּ֥יםha.chu.Kimthe statutesH2706
הָאֵ֖לֶּהha.'E.leh<the> theseH428
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםha.mish.pa.Timthe judgmentsH4941
וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤ve.sha.mar.Taand you will take careH8104
וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ve.'a.Si.taand you will observeH6213
אוֹתָ֔ם'o.Tam<obj.> themH853
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לְבָבְךָ֖le.va.ve.Khaheart yourH3824
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
נַפְשֶֽׁךָ\׃naf.She.khabeing yourH5315

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 26:16

  • John 14:15

    If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  • Deuteronomy 12:1

    These are the statutes and judgments, which ye shall observe to do in the land, which the Lord God of thy fathers giveth thee to possess it, all the days that ye live upon the earth.

  • 1 John 5:2-3

    By this we know that we love the children of God, when we love God, and keep his commandments. For this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments: and his commandments are not grievous.

  • 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 6:5

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

  • Deuteronomy 6:1

    Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:

  • John 14:21-24

    He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him. He that loveth me not keepeth not my sayings: and the word which ye hear is not mine, but the Father’s which sent me.

  • Deuteronomy 13:3-4

    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. 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 12:32

    What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

  • Matthew 28:20

    Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

  • Deuteronomy 6:17

    Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.

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This day.
4:1-6; 6:1; 11:1,8; 12:1,32; Mt 28:20
keep.
6:5,17; 8:2; 13:3,4; Joh 14:15,21-24; 1Jo 5:2,3

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 26:15

    Look down from thy holy habitation, from heaven, and bless thy people Israel, and the land which thou hast given us, as thou swarest unto our fathers, a land that floweth with milk and honey.

  • Deuteronomy 26:16

    This day the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

  • Deuteronomy 26:17

    Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

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Deuteronomy 26:16 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Jehová tu Dios te manda hoy que cumplas estos estatutos y derechos; cuida, pues, de ponerlos por obra con todo tu corazón, y con toda tu alma.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Aujourd’hui l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, te commande de pratiquer ces statuts et ces ordonnances; et tu les garderas et tu les feras de tout ton cœur et de toute ton âme.
German
Elberfelder 1871
An diesem Tage gebietet dir Jehova, dein Gott, diese Satzungen und Rechte zu tun: so beobachte und tue sie mit deinem ganzen Herzen und mit deiner ganzen Seele.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hodie Dominus Deus tuus præcepit tibi ut facias mandata hæc atque judicia: et custodias et impleas ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua.