Deuteronomy 6:9

Contemporary English Version

Write these laws on the door frames of your homes and on your town gates.

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
You shall write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates.

King James Version
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Lexham English Bible
And you shall write them on the doorframe of your house and on your gates.

English Standard Version
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

New Century Version
and write them on your doors and gates.

New English Translation
Inscribe them on the doorframes of your houses and gates.

Amplified Bible
"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall also write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Geneva Bible (1587)
Also thou shalt write them vpon ye postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.

Legacy Standard Bible
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Complete Jewish Bible
and write them on the door-frames of your house and on your gates.

Darby Translation
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Easy-to-Read Version
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

George Lamsa Translation
And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Good News Translation
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Christian Standard Bible®
Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your city gates.

Literal Translation
And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house, and on your gates.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and thou shalt wryte them vpon the postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.

American Standard Version
And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Bible in Basic English
Have them lettered on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And thou shalt write them vpon the postes of thy house, & vpon thy gates.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

King James Version (1611)
And thou shalt write them vpon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates.

English Revised Version
And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.

Berean Standard Bible
Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
and in the doris of thin hows.

Young's Literal Translation
and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

Update Bible Version
And you shall write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates.

Webster's Bible Translation
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.

World English Bible
You shall write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates.

New King James Version
You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

New Living Translation
Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

New Life Bible
Write them beside the door of your house and on your gates.

New Revised Standard
and write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
and thou shalt write them upon the pests of thy house and within thy gates.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house.

Revised Standard Version
And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

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

Deuteronomy 11:20, Exodus 12:7, Job 19:23-25, Isaiah 30:8, Isaiah 57:8, Habakkuk 2:2

Reciprocal: Proverbs 7:3 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 2:4
That's how God created the heavens and the earth. When the Lord God made the heavens and the earth,

Genesis 5:1
God created men and women to be like himself. He gave them his blessing and called them human beings. This is a list of the descendants of Adam, the first man:

Genesis 5:22
and during the next three hundred years he had more children. Enoch truly loved God,

Genesis 6:9
and this is the story about him. Noah was the only person who lived right and obeyed God.

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

Genesis 7:1
The Lord told Noah: Take your whole family with you into the boat, because you are the only one on this earth who pleases me.

Genesis 10:1
After the flood Shem, Ham, and Japheth had many descendants.

Genesis 17:1
Abram was ninety-nine years old when the Lord appeared to him again and said, "I am God All-Powerful. If you obey me and always do right,

Genesis 48:15
Then he gave Joseph his blessing and said: My grandfather Abraham and my father Isaac worshiped the Lord God. He has been with me all my life,

1 Kings 3:6
Solomon answered: My father David, your servant, was honest and did what you commanded. You were always loyal to him, and you gave him a son who is now king.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thine house, and on thy gates. To put them in mind of them when they went out and came in, that they might be careful to observe them; this the Jews take literally also, and write in a scroll of parchment this section with some passages; and, as the Targum of Jonathan here, fix them in three places, over against the bed chamber, upon the posts of the house, and on the gate at the right hand of it; and this is what they call the Mezuzah; and the account given of it is this. In a parchment prepared for the purpose, they write the words in Deuteronomy 6:4 and then roll up the parchment, and write on it "Shaddai"; and put it either into a cane (or reed), or else into a like hollow piece of wood, and so fasten it to the wall on the posts of the door at the right hand of entrance; and thus, as often as they go in and out, they make it a part of their devotion to touch this parchment, and kiss it t.

t Buxtorf. Synag. Jud. c. 31. p. 582, &c. Leo Modena's History of the Rites and Customs of the Jews, par. 1. c. 2. p. 5, 6.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

By adopting and regulating customary usages (e. g. Egyptian) Moses provides at once a check on superstition and a means of keeping the Divine Law in memory. On the “frontlets,” the “phylacteries” of the New Test. Matthew 23:5, see Exodus 13:16. On Deuteronomy 6:9; Deuteronomy 11:20 is based the Jewish usage of the mezuzah. This word denotes properly a door-post, as it is rendered here and in Exodus 12:7, Exodus 12:22; Exodus 21:6 etc. Among the Jews however, it is the name given to the square piece of parchment, inscribed with Deuteronomy 6:4-9; Deuteronomy 11:13-21, which is rolled up in a small cylinder of wood or metal, and affixed to the right-hand post of every door in a Jewish house. The pious Jew touches the mezuzah on each occasion of passing, or kisses his finger, and speaks Psalms 121:8 in the Hebrew language.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 6:9. Write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates. — The Jews, forgetting the spirit and design of this precept, used these things as superstitious people do amulets and charms, and supposed, if they had these passages of Scripture written upon slips of pure parchment, wrapped round their foreheads, tied to their arm, or nailed to their door-posts, that they should then be delivered from every evil! And how much better are many Christians, who keep a Bible in their house merely that it may keep the devil out; and will have it in their rooms, or under their pillows, to ward off spirits and ghosts in the night? How ingenious is the heart of man to find out every wrong way, and to miss the right!