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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Deuteronomy 13:4

"You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Dream;   Fear of God;   Minister, Christian;   Obedience;   Punishment;   Thompson Chain Reference - Fear;   Fear of God;   Reverence-Irreverence;   The Topic Concordance - Cleaving;   Execution;   Fear;   Obedience;   Service;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Fear, Godly;   Obedience to God;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Idol, idolatry;   Prophecy, prophet;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Command, Commandment;   Discipline;   False Prophet;   Israel;   Kill, Killing;   Prophet, Prophetess, Prophecy;   Punishment;   Sexuality, Human;   Urim and Thummim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Ammon;   Idol;   Miracles;   Son of God;   Tradition;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Capital Punishment;   Crimes and Punishments;   Fear;   Sign;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Crimes and Punishments;   Deuteronomy;   Magic, Divination, and Sorcery;   Priests and Levites;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Dream (2);   Old Testament (Ii. Christ as Student and Interpreter of).;   Trial of Jesus;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Dreamer of Dreams;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Dream;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Peculiarities of the Law of Moses;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Capital Punishment;   Dreams;   Fear of God;   Hatra'ah;   Miracle;   Revelation;   Sick, Visiting the;   Sidra;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
You must follow the Lord your God and fear him. You must keep his commands and listen to him; you must worship him and remain faithful to him.
Hebrew Names Version
You shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his mitzvot, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him.
King James Version
Ye shall walk after the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Lexham English Bible
You shall go after Yahweh your God, and him you shall revere, and his commandment you shall keep, and to his voice you shall listen, and him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.
English Standard Version
You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.
New Century Version
Serve only the Lord your God. Respect him, keep his commands, and obey him. Serve him and be loyal to him.
New English Translation
You must follow the Lord your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.
Amplified Bible
"You shall walk after the LORD your God and you shall fear [and worship] Him [with awe-filled reverence and profound respect], and you shall keep His commandments and you shall listen to His voice, and you shall serve Him, and cling to Him.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Yee shall walke after the Lorde your God and feare him, and shall keepe his commaundements, and hearken vnto his voyce, and yee shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him.
Legacy Standard Bible
You shall walk after Yahweh your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
Contemporary English Version
You must be completely faithful to the Lord . Worship and obey only the Lord and do this with fear and trembling,
Complete Jewish Bible
you are not to listen to what that prophet or dreamer says. For Adonai your God is testing you, in order to find out whether you really do love Adonai your God with all your heart and being.
Darby Translation
Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye hear; and ye shall serve him, and unto him shall ye cleave.
Easy-to-Read Version
You must follow the Lord your God. Respect him. Obey his commands and do what he tells you. Serve the Lord your God, and never leave him.
George Lamsa Translation
You shall walk after the LORD your God, and reverence him and keep his commandments and obey him, and you shall serve him and cleave to him.
Good News Translation
Follow the Lord and honor him; obey him and keep his commands; worship him and be faithful to him.
Literal Translation
You shall walk after Jehovah your God, and you shall fear Him. And you shall keep His commandments, and you shall hear His voice, and you shall serve Him, and you shall cleave to Him.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For ye shall walke after the LORDE youre God, and feare him, and kepe his commaundementes, & herken vnto his voyce, and serue him, and cleue vnto him.
American Standard Version
Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Bible in Basic English
But keep on in the ways of the Lord your God, fearing him and keeping his orders and hearing his voice, worshipping him and being true to him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Ye shall walke after the Lorde your God, and feare him, kepe his commaundementes, and hearken vnto his voyce, you shall serue hym, & cleaue vnto hym.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or unto that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God putteth you to proof, to know whether ye do love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
King James Version (1611)
Ye shall walke after the Lord your God, and feare him, and keepe his commandements, and obey his voyce, and you shall serue him, and cleaue vnto him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Ye shall follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and ye shall hear his voice, and attach yourselves to him.
English Revised Version
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.
Berean Standard Bible
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold Him fast.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sue ye youre Lord, and `drede ye hym; kepe ye his comaundementis, and here ye `the vois of hym; ye schulen serue hym, and ye schulen cleue to hym.
Young's Literal Translation
after Jehovah your God ye walk, and Him ye fear, and His commands ye keep, and to His voice ye hearken, and Him ye serve, and to Him ye cleave.
Update Bible Version
You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him.
Webster's Bible Translation
Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave to him.
World English Bible
You shall walk after Yahweh your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and you shall serve him, and cleave to him.
New King James Version
You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.
New Living Translation
Serve only the Lord your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.
New Life Bible
Follow the Lord your God and fear Him. Keep His Laws, and listen to His voice. Work for Him, and hold on to Him.
New Revised Standard
The Lord your God you shall follow, him alone you shall fear, his commandments you shall keep, his voice you shall obey, him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
After Yahweh your God, shall ye walk And him, shall ye revere, - And his commandments, shall ye observe. And unto his voice, shall ye hearken, And him, shall ye serve And unto him, shall ye cleave.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Follow the Lord your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and hear his voice: him you shall serve, and to him you shall cleave.
Revised Standard Version
You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him, and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and cleave to him.

Contextual Overview

1 "If a prophet or a dreamer of dreams arises among you and gives you a sign or a wonder, 2 and the sign or the wonder comes true, concerning which he spoke to you, saying, 'Let us go after other gods (whom you have not known) and let us serve them,' 3 you shall not listen to the words of that prophet or that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you to find out if you love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. 4 "You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.5 "But that prophet or that dreamer of dreams shall be put to death, because he has counseled rebellion against the LORD your God who brought you from the land of Egypt and redeemed you from the house of slavery, to seduce you from the way in which the LORD your God commanded you to walk. So you shall purge the evil from among you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

walk: Deuteronomy 6:13, 2 Kings 23:3, 2 Chronicles 34:31, Micah 6:8, Luke 1:6, Colossians 1:10, 1 Thessalonians 4:1, 1 Thessalonians 4:2

and obey: Jeremiah 7:23

and cleave: Deuteronomy 10:20, Deuteronomy 30:20, Romans 6:13, 1 Corinthians 6:17

Reciprocal: Genesis 5:22 - General Exodus 23:25 - And ye Leviticus 26:46 - the statutes Deuteronomy 4:4 - General Deuteronomy 6:2 - fear Deuteronomy 26:16 - keep Deuteronomy 26:17 - and to Joshua 22:5 - cleave Joshua 23:8 - General 1 Samuel 7:3 - serve him

Cross-References

Genesis 4:26
To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
Genesis 13:1
So Abram went up from Egypt to the Negev, he and his wife and all that belonged to him, and Lot with him.
Genesis 13:2
Now Abram was very rich in livestock, in silver and in gold.
Genesis 13:3
He went on his journeys from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,
Genesis 13:7
And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock. Now the Canaanite and the Perizzite were dwelling then in the land.
Genesis 13:8
So Abram said to Lot, "Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are brothers.
Genesis 13:18
Then Abram moved his tent and came and dwelt by the oaks of Mamre, which are in Hebron, and there he built an altar to the LORD.
Psalms 26:8
O Lord , I love the habitation of Your house And the place where Your glory dwells.
Psalms 84:10
For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand outside. I would rather stand at the threshold of the house of my God Than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
Psalms 107:1
Oh give thanks to the Lord , for He is good, For His lovingkindness is everlasting.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Ye shall walk after the Lord your God,.... As he has directed, according to the laws and rules which he has given, both with respect to their moral and civil conduct, and their religious worship of him; and so the Targum of Jonathan,

"ye shall walk after the worship of the Lord your God:''

and fear him, and keep his commandments; fear to offend him, and so keep his commandments; or keep his commandments from or through fear; not a servile but a filial one, a reverential affection for him; this is the whole duty of man, Ecclesiastes 12:13,

and obey his voice; in his word, or by his prophets and ministers: it may very well be understood of the voice of Christ, the Angel that went before them, whose voice they were continually to hearken to and obey, Exodus 23:21

and you shall serve him, and cleave unto him; it may respect all religious worship, both private and public; the Targum of Jonathan restrains it to prayer, but it not only includes that, but all other acts of piety and devotion, and which are to be constantly performed and not departed from; for so to do is to cleave to the Lord as a man to his wife, or a woman to her husband, in which conjugal relation God and his people Israel were, he was an husband unto them, and to do otherwise is to go a whoring from him after other gods.


 
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