Deuteronomy 28:14
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deuteronomy 28:14 in other translations
| BSB | Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them. |
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| WEB | and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. |
| ASV | and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. |
| YLT | and thou dost not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you to-day--right or left--to go after other gods, to serve them. |
| DARBY | and if thou turn not aside from any of the words that I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after othergods to serve them. |
| BBE | Not turning away from any of the orders which I give you today, to the right hand or to the left, or going after any other gods to give them worship. |
| Webster | And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them. |
What does Deuteronomy 28:14 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:13-14
13-14. the head, and not the tail--an Oriental form of expression, indicating the possession of independent power and great dignity and acknowledged excellence (Is 9:14; 19:15).
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:1-14
This chapter is a very large exposition of two words, the blessing and the curse. They are real things and have real effects. The blessings are here put before the curses. God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy. It is his delight to bless. It is better that we should be drawn to what is good by a child-like hope of God's favour, than that we be frightened to it by a slavish fear of his wrath. The blessing is…
Deuteronomy 28:14 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:14
- Isaiah 30:21
And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left.
- Deuteronomy 5:32
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the Lord your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Proverbs 4:26-27
Ponder the path of thy feet, and let all thy ways be established. Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: remove thy foot from evil.
- Deuteronomy 11:16
Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them;
- Deuteronomy 11:26-28
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; A blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.
- 2 Kings 22:2
And he did that which was right in the sight of the Lord, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.
- Joshua 23:6
Be ye therefore very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
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Context
- Deuteronomy 28:13
And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
- Deuteronomy 28:14
And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
- Deuteronomy 28:15
But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
Deuteronomy 28:14 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y no te apartes de todas las palabras que yo os mando hoy, ni á diestra ni á siniestra, para ir tras dioses ajenos para servirles. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et si tu ne t’écartes, ni à droite ni à gauche, d’aucune des paroles que je vous commande aujourd’hui, pour aller après d’autres dieux, pour les servir. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und nicht abweichst von all den Worten, die ich heute gebiete, weder zur Rechten noch zur Linken, um anderen Göttern nachzugehen, ihnen zu dienen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ac non declinaveris ab eis nec ad dexteram, nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos, neque colueris eos. |