Deuteronomy 6 · Verse 5

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 6:5, King James Version

Deuteronomy 6:5 in other translations

BSBAnd you shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
WEBYou shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your might.
ASVand thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
YLTand thou hast loved Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might,
DARBYand thou shalt love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength.
BBEAnd the Lord your God is to be loved with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
WebsterAnd thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.

What does Deuteronomy 6:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 6:1-9

De 6:1-25. Moses Exhorts Israel to Hear God and to Keep His Commandments. 1-9. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them ... whither ye go to possess it--The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 5 Thou shalt love the Lord, etc. - Here we see the truth of that word of the apostle, 1Tim 1:5 : Now the End of the Commandment is Love out of a pure heart, etc. See the whole of the doctrine contained in this verse explained on Mat 22:36-40 (note).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 6:4-5

Here is a brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience. Jehovah our God is the only living and true God; he only is God, and he is but One God. Let us not desire to have any other. The three-fold mention of the Divine names, and the plural number of the word translated God, seem plainly to intimate a Trinity of persons, even in this express declaration of the unity of the…

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Deuteronomy 6:5 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.

וְאָ֣הַבְתָּ֔ve.'A.hav.taand you will loveH157
אֵ֖ת'et<obj.>H853
יְהוָ֣הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
בְּכָל\־be.kholwith allH3605
לְבָבְךָ֥le.va.ve.Khaheart yourH3824
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
נַפְשְׁךָ֖naf.she.Khabeing yourH5315
וּבְכָל\־u.ve.Khol-and with allH3605
מְאֹדֶֽךָ\׃me.'o.De.khastrength yourH3966

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 6:5

  • Mark 12:30

    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.

  • 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.

  • 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 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 30:6

    And the Lord thy God will circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

  • 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.

  • 1 John 5:3

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

  • Mark 12:33

    And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.

  • 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,

  • John 14:20-21

    At that day ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you. 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.

  • 2 Kings 23:25

    And like unto him was there no king before him, that turned to the Lord with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; neither after him arose there any like him.

  • Matthew 10:37

    He that loveth father or mother more than me is not worthy of me: and he that loveth son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thou shalt.
10:12; 11:13; 30:6; Mt 22:37; Mr 12:30,33; Lu 10:27; 1Jo 5:3
God with all.
4:29; 2Ki 23:25; Mt 10:37; Joh 14:20,21; 2Co 5:14,15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 6:4

    Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:

  • 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 6:6

    And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

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Deuteronomy 6:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y amarás á Jehová tu Dios de todo tu corazón, y de toda tu alma, y con todo tu poder.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et tu aimeras l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, de tout ton cœur, et de toute ton âme, et de toute ta force.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und du sollst Jehova, deinen Gott, lieben mit deinem ganzen Herzen und mit deiner ganzen Seele und mit deiner ganzen Kraft.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Diliges Dominum Deum tuum ex toto corde tuo, et ex tota anima tua, et ex tota fortitudine tua.