Deuteronomy 8:6
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
Deuteronomy 8:6 in other translations
| BSB | Therefore you shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, walking in His ways and fearing Him. |
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| WEB | You shall keep the commandments of the LORD your God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
| ASV | And thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
| YLT | and thou hast kept the commands of Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to fear Him. |
| DARBY | and thou shalt keep the commandments of Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
| BBE | Then keep the orders of the Lord your God, fearing him and walking in his ways. |
| Webster | Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him. |
What does Deuteronomy 8:6 mean?
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 8:1-9
Obedience must be, 1. Careful, observe to do; 2. Universal, to do all the commandments; and 3. From a good principle, with a regard to God as the Lord, and their God, and with a holy fear of him. To engage them to this obedience. Moses directs them to look back. It is good to remember all the ways, both of God's providence and grace, by which he has led us through this wilderness, that we may cheerfully serve him…
Deuteronomy 8:6 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 8:6
- Deuteronomy 5:33
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the Lord your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
- 2 Chronicles 6:31
That they may fear thee, to walk in thy ways, so long as they live in the land which thou gavest unto our fathers.
- 1 Samuel 12:24
Only fear the Lord, and serve him in truth with all your heart: for consider how great things he hath done for you.
- Psalms 128:1
A Song of degrees. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord; that walketh in his ways.
- Exodus 18:20
And thou shalt teach them ordinances and laws, and shalt shew them the way wherein they must walk, and the work that they must do.
- 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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Context
- Deuteronomy 8:5
Thou shalt also consider in thine heart, that, as a man chasteneth his son, so the Lord thy God chasteneth thee.
- Deuteronomy 8:6
Therefore thou shalt keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to fear him.
- Deuteronomy 8:7
For the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills;
Deuteronomy 8:6 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Guardarás, pues, los mandamientos de Jehová tu Dios, andando en sus caminos, y temiéndolo. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et garde les commandements de l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, pour marcher dans ses voies et pour le craindre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und beobachte die Gebote Jehovas, deines Gottes, um auf seinen Wegen zu wandeln und ihn zu fürchten. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | ut custodias mandata Domini Dei tui, et ambules in viis ejus, et timeas eum. |