Deuteronomy 6:12

Contemporary English Version

don't forget it was the Lord who set you free from slavery and brought you out of Egypt.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
then beware lest you forget the LORD, who brought you forth out of the land of Mitzrayim, out of the house of bondage.

King James Version
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord , which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Lexham English Bible
then take care for yourself, so that you do not forget Yahweh, who brought you out from the land of Egypt from the house of slavery.

English Standard Version
then take care lest you forget the Lord , who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

New Century Version
But be careful! Do not forget the Lord , who brought you out of the land of Egypt where you were slaves.

New English Translation
be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of Egypt, that place of slavery.

Amplified Bible
then beware that you do not forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

New American Standard Bible
be careful that you do not forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beware least thou forget the Lord, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Legacy Standard Bible
then beware, lest you forget Yahweh who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Complete Jewish Bible
then be careful not to forget Adonai , who brought you out of the land of Egypt, where you lived as slaves.

Darby Translation
[then] beware lest thou forget Jehovah who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Easy-to-Read Version
"But be careful! Don't forget the Lord . You were slaves in Egypt, but he brought you out of the land of Egypt.

George Lamsa Translation
Then take heed lest you forget the LORD your God, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Good News Translation
make certain that you do not forget the Lord who rescued you from Egypt, where you were slaves.

Christian Standard Bible®
be careful not to forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.

Literal Translation
and you shall be on guard that you not forget Jehovah who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
then bewarre that thou forget not the LORDE, which brought the out of the londe of Egipte, fro the house of bondage:

American Standard Version
then beware lest thou forget Jehovah, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Bible in Basic English
Then take care that you keep your hearts true to the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, out of the prison-house.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Then beware lest thou forget ye Lorde which brought thee out of the lande of Egypt from the house of bondage.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
then beware lest thou forget the LORD, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

King James Version (1611)
Then beware lest thou forget the Lord which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
beware lest thou forget the Lord thy God that brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

English Revised Version
then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

Berean Standard Bible
be careful not to forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and thou hast ete, and art fillid,

Young's Literal Translation
`Take heed to thyself lest thou forget Jehovah who hath brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of a house of servants;

Update Bible Version
You be careful not to forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.

Webster's Bible Translation
[Then] beware lest thou shouldst forget the LORD, who brought thee forth from the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

World English Bible
then beware lest you forget Yahweh, who brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

New King James Version
then beware, lest you forget the LORD who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

New Living Translation
be careful not to forget the Lord , who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.

New Life Bible
But then be careful not to forget the Lord Who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the land where you were held as servants.

New Revised Standard
take care that you do not forget the Lord , who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
take heed unto thyself, lest thou forget Yahweh, - who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt out of the house of servants.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt have eaten and be full:

Revised Standard Version
then take heed lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

Contextual Overview

⁴The Most Important Commandment Moses said to Israel: The Lord told me to give you these laws and teachings, so you can obey them in the land he is giving you. Soon you will cross the Jordan River and take that land. And if you and your descendants want to live a long time, you must always worship the Lord and obey his laws. Pay attention, Israel! Our ancestors worshiped the Lord , and he promised to give us this land that is rich with milk and honey. Be careful to obey him, and you will become a successful and powerful nation. Listen, Israel! The Lord our God is the only true God! ⁵ So love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, and strength. ⁶ Memorize his laws ⁷ and tell them to your children over and over again. 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. ⁸ Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them. ⁹ Write these laws on the door frames of your homes and on your town gates. ¹⁰ Moses said to Israel: The Lord promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob that he would give you this land. Now he will take you there and give you large towns, with good buildings that you didn't build, ¹¹ and houses full of good things that you didn't put there. The Lord will give you wells that you didn't have to dig, and vineyards and olive orchards that you didn't have to plant. But when you have eaten so much that you can't eat any more, ¹² don't forget it was the Lord who set you free from slavery and brought you out of Egypt. ¹³ Worship and obey the Lord your God with fear and trembling, and promise that you will be loyal to him.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

bondage: Heb. bondmen, or servants, Deuteronomy 6:12

Reciprocal: Exodus 13:3 - out of the Deuteronomy 4:23 - lest ye forget Deuteronomy 8:10 - thou hast Deuteronomy 32:18 - forgotten 2 Kings 17:38 - ye shall not forget Job 8:13 - that forget God Psalms 44:17 - yet Isaiah 17:10 - thou hast Jeremiah 34:13 - out of Ezekiel 28:5 - and thine Hosea 2:13 - forgat Joel 2:26 - ye shall Luke 6:25 - full Luke 12:19 - Soul Colossians 2:8 - Beware

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
More and more people were born, until finally they spread all over the earth. Some of their daughters were so beautiful that supernatural beings came down and married the ones they wanted.

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "I won't let my life-giving breath remain in anyone forever. No one will live for more than one hundred twenty years."

Genesis 6:4
The children of the supernatural beings who had married these women became famous heroes and warriors. They were called Nephilim and lived on the earth at that time and even later.

Genesis 6:5
The Lord saw how bad the people on earth were and that everything they thought and planned was evil.

Genesis 6:8
But the Lord was pleased with Noah,

Genesis 6:13
So he told Noah: Cruelty and violence have spread everywhere. Now I'm going to destroy the whole earth and all its people.

Genesis 6:14
Get some good lumber and build a boat. Put rooms in it and cover it with tar inside and out.

Genesis 6:15
Make it four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.

Genesis 6:16
Build a roof on the boat and leave a space of about eighteen inches between the roof and the sides. Make the boat three stories high and put a door on one side.

Genesis 6:17
I'm going to send a flood that will destroy everything that breathes! Nothing will be left alive.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then beware lest thou forget the Lord,.... To love, fear, and worship him, and keep his commands; creature enjoyments being apt to get possession of the heart, and the affections of it; Proverbs 30:9

which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage; into a land abounding with all the above good things, and therefore under the highest obligations to remember the Lord and his kindnesses, and to serve and glorify him: Exodus 20:2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Israelites were at the point of quitting a normal, life for a fixed and settled abode in the midst of other nations; they were exchanging a condition of comparative poverty for great and goodly cities, houses and vineyards. There was therefore before them a double danger;

(1) a God-forgetting worldliness, and

(2) a false tolerance of the idolatries practiced by those about to become their neighbors.

The former error Moses strives to guard against in the verses before us; the latter in Deuteronomy 7:1-11.

Deuteronomy 6:13

The command “to swear by His Name” is not inconsistent with the Lord’s injunction Matthew 5:34, “Swear not at all.” Moses refers to legal swearing, our Lord to swearing in common conversation. It is not the purpose of Moses to encourage the practice of taking oaths, but to forbid that, when taken, they should be taken in any other name than that of Israel’s God. The oath involves an invocation of Deity, and so a solemn recognition of Him whose Name is made use of in it. Hence, it comes especially within the scope of the commandment Moses is enforcing.

Deuteronomy 6:25

It shall be our righteousness - i. e., God will esteem us as righteous and deal with us accordingly. From the very beginning made Moses the whole righteousness of the Law to depend entirely on a right state of the heart, in one word, upon faith.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 6:12. Beware lest thou forget the Lord — In earthly prosperity men are apt to forget heavenly things. While the animal senses have every thing they can wish, it is difficult for the soul to urge its way to heaven; the animal man is happy, and the desires of the soul are absorbed in those of the flesh. God knows this well; and therefore, in his love to man, makes comparative poverty and frequent affliction his general lot. Should not every soul therefore magnify God for this lot in life? "Before I was afflicted," says David, "I went astray;" and had it not been for poverty and affliction, as instruments in the hands of God's grace, multitudes of souls now happy in heaven would have been wretched in hell. It is not too much to speak thus far; because we ever see that the rich and the affluent are generally negligent of God and the interests of their souls. It must however be granted that extreme poverty is as injurious to religion as excessive affluence. Hence the wisdom as well as piety of Agur's prayer, Proverbs 30:7-9: "Give me neither poverty nor riches, lest I be full and deny thee, or lest I be poor and steal," &c.