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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 11:22

Love the Lord your God and obey all the laws and teachings that I'm giving you today. If you live the way the Lord wants,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Love;   Obedience;   The Topic Concordance - Cleaving;   Love;   Obedience;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Holy Land;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Know, Knowledge;   Sexuality, Human;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Commandment;   Decalogue, the, in Jewish Theology;   Ethics;   Judaism;   Love;   Ma'arib;   Middot, Shelosh-'esreh;   Midrash Haggadah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
For if you carefully observe every one of these commands I am giving you to follow—to love the Lord your God, walk in all his ways, and remain faithful to him—
Hebrew Names Version
For if you shall diligently keep all this mitzvah which I command you, to do it, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
King James Version
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;
Lexham English Bible
Yes, if you diligently keep all this commandment that I am commanding you to observe it, by loving Yahweh your God by walking in all his ways and by holding fast to him,
English Standard Version
For if you will be careful to do all this commandment that I command you to do, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,
New Century Version
If you are careful to obey every command I am giving you to follow, and love the Lord your God, and do what he has told you to do, and are loyal to him,
New English Translation
For if you carefully observe all of these commandments I am giving you and love the Lord your God, live according to his standards, and remain loyal to him,
Amplified Bible
"For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk [that is, to live each and every day] in all His ways and to hold tightly to Him—
New American Standard Bible
"For if you are careful to keep all of this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and cling to Him,
Geneva Bible (1587)
For if ye keepe diligently all these commandements, which I command you to doe: that is, to loue the Lord your God, to walke in all his waies, and to cleaue vnto him,
Legacy Standard Bible
For if you are careful to keep this entire commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cling to Him,
Complete Jewish Bible
(vii & Maftir) "For if you will take care to obey all these mitzvot I am giving you, to do them, to love Adonai your God, to follow all his ways and to cling to him,
Darby Translation
For if ye diligently keep all this commandment which I command you [this day] to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him,
Easy-to-Read Version
"Be careful to obey every command I have told you to follow: Love the Lord your God, follow all his ways, and be faithful to him.
George Lamsa Translation
For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you this day, and do them, and love the LORD your God, and walk in all his ways, and cleave to him;
Good News Translation
"Obey faithfully everything that I have commanded you: Love the Lord your God, do everything he commands, and be faithful to him.
Literal Translation
For if keeping you will keep this command which I am commanding you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For yf ye shal kepe all these commaundementes which I commaunde you, so that ye do therafter, that ye loue the LORDE youre God, and walke in all his wayes, and cleue vnto him,
American Standard Version
For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Bible in Basic English
For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
For if ye kepe all these commaundementes whiche I commaunde you, so that ye do them: namely, that ye loue the Lorde your God, and walke in all his wayes, and cleaue vnto hym:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave unto Him,
King James Version (1611)
For if ye shall diligently keepe all these Commaundements which I command you, to doe them, to loue the Lord your God, to walke in all his wayes, and to cleaue vnto him:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And it shall come to pass that if ye will indeed hearken to all these commands, which I charge thee to observe this day, to love the Lord our God, and to walk in all his ways, and to cleave close to him;
English Revised Version
For if ye shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it; to love the LORD your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him;
Berean Standard Bible
For if you carefully observe all these commandments I am giving you to follow-to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him-
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For if ye kepen the heestis whiche Y comaunde to you, and ye do tho, that ye loue youre Lord God, and go in alle hise weies,
Young's Literal Translation
`For, if ye diligently keep all this command which I am commanding you -- to do it, to love Jehovah your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him,
Update Bible Version
For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
Webster's Bible Translation
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 to him;
World English Bible
For if you shall diligently keep all this commandment which I command you, to do it, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave to him;
New King James Version
"For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do--to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him--
New Living Translation
"Be careful to obey all these commands I am giving you. Show love to the Lord your God by walking in his ways and holding tightly to him.
New Life Bible
Be careful to obey all this Law which I am telling you. Love the Lord your God. Walk in all His ways and hold on to Him. If you do,
New Revised Standard
If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For if ye do, indeed keep, all this commandment which I am commanding you to do it, - to love Yahweh your God, to Walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him,
Douay-Rheims Bible
For if you keep the commandments which I command you, and do them, to love the Lord your God, and walk in all his ways, cleaving unto him,
Revised Standard Version
For if you will be careful to do all this commandment which I command you to do, loving the LORD your God, walking in all his ways, and cleaving to him,
THE MESSAGE
That's right. If you diligently keep all this commandment that I command you to obey—love God , your God, do what he tells you, stick close to him— God on his part will drive out all these nations that stand in your way. Yes, he'll drive out nations much bigger and stronger than you. Every square inch on which you place your foot will be yours. Your borders will stretch from the wilderness to the mountains of Lebanon, from the Euphrates River to the Mediterranean Sea. No one will be able to stand in your way. Everywhere you go, God -sent fear and trembling will precede you, just as he promised.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him,

Contextual Overview

18 Memorize these laws and think about them. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and your foreheads to help you obey them. 19 Teach them to your children. Talk about them all the time—whether you're at home or walking along the road or going to bed at night, or getting up in the morning. 20 Write them on the door frames of your homes and on your town gates. 21 Then you and your descendants will live a long time in the land that the Lord promised your ancestors. Your families will live there as long as the sky is above the earth. 22 Love the Lord your God and obey all the laws and teachings that I'm giving you today. If you live the way the Lord wants, 23 he will help you take the land. And even though the nations there are more powerful than you, the Lord will force them to leave when you attack. 24 You will capture the land everywhere you go, from the Southern Desert to the Lebanon Mountains, and from the Euphrates River west to the Mediterranean Sea. 25 No one will be able to stand up to you. The Lord will make everyone terrified of you, just as he promised.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

if ye shall: Deuteronomy 11:13, Deuteronomy 6:17

to love: Deuteronomy 11:13, Matthew 22:37, 2 Timothy 4:8, 1 John 5:2, 1 John 5:3

to cleave: Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 30:20, Genesis 2:24, Acts 11:23, 2 Corinthians 11:2, 2 Corinthians 11:3

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 19:9 - If thou shalt Joshua 22:5 - take Joshua 23:8 - General Psalms 119:4 - General Jeremiah 17:24 - if Matthew 19:5 - cleave

Cross-References

Joshua 24:2
Then Joshua told everyone to listen to this message from the Lord , the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods. This continued until the time of your ancestor Terah and his two sons, Abraham and Nahor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you to do them,.... Observe and take notice of them, even all of them, and so as not merely to have a theory or notional knowledge of them, but to put them in practice:

to love the Lord your God; and show it by obeying his commands, and which is the end of the commandment, and the principle from which all obedience should flow:

to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; see Deuteronomy 10:12.


 
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