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.
Deuteronomy 6:17 in other translations
| BSB | You are to diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God and the testimonies and statutes He has given you. |
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| WEB | You shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he has commanded you. |
| ASV | Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. |
| YLT | ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee, |
| DARBY | Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. |
| BBE | Keep with care the orders of the Lord your God, and his rules and his laws which he has given you; |
| Webster | Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. |
What does Deuteronomy 6:17 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:17-25
Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain
Deuteronomy 6:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 6:17
- Deuteronomy 11:22
For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
- Psalms 119:4
Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
- 2 Peter 3:14
Wherefore, beloved, seeing that ye look for such things, be diligent that ye may be found of him in peace, without spot, and blameless.
- 2 Peter 1:5-10
And beside this, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue; and to virtue knowledge; And to knowledge temperance; and to temperance patience; and to patience godliness; And to godliness brotherly kindness; and to brotherly kindness charity. For if these things be in you, and abound, they make you that ye shall neither be barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ. …
- Titus 3:8
This is a faithful saying, and these things I will that thou affirm constantly, that they which have believed in God might be careful to maintain good works. These things are good and profitable unto men.
- Exodus 15:26
And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the Lord thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I am the Lord that healeth thee.
- Hebrews 6:11
And we desire that every one of you do shew the same diligence to the full assurance of hope unto the end:
- Deuteronomy 6:1-2
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: That thou mightest fear the Lord thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- 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,
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Context
- Deuteronomy 6:16
Ye shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 6:18
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers,
Deuteronomy 6:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Guardad cuidadosamente los mandamientos de Jehová vuestro Dios, y sus testimonios, y sus estatutos, que te ha mandado. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Vous garderez soigneusement les commandements de l’ Éternel, votre Dieu, et ses témoignages et ses statuts qu’il t’a commandés. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Ihr sollt fleißig beobachten die Gebote Jehovas, eures Gottes, und seine Zeugnisse und seine Satzungen, die er dir geboten hat. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Custodi præcepta Domini Dei tui, ac testimonia et cæremonias, quas præcepit tibi: |