Deuteronomy 6:12

New Living Translation

be careful not to forget the Lord , who rescued you from slavery in the land 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.

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

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 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

⁴ "Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. ⁵ And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. ⁶ And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. ⁷ Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. ⁸ Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. ⁹ Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. ¹⁰ "The Lord your God will soon bring you into the land he swore to give you when he made a vow to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. It is a land with large, prosperous cities that you did not build. ¹¹ The houses will be richly stocked with goods you did not produce. You will draw water from cisterns you did not dig, and you will eat from vineyards and olive trees you did not plant. When you have eaten your fill in this land, ¹² be careful not to forget the Lord , who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt. ¹³ You must fear the Lord your God and serve him. When you take an oath, you must use only his name.

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
Then the people began to multiply on the earth, and daughters were born to them.

Genesis 6:2
The sons of God saw the beautiful women and took any they wanted as their wives.

Genesis 6:3
Then the Lord said, "My Spirit will not put up with humans for such a long time, for they are only mortal flesh. In the future, their normal lifespan will be no more than 120 years."

Genesis 6:4
In those days, and for some time after, giant Nephilites lived on the earth, for whenever the sons of God had intercourse with women, they gave birth to children who became the heroes and famous warriors of ancient times.

Genesis 6:5
The Lord observed the extent of human wickedness on the earth, and he saw that everything they thought or imagined was consistently and totally evil.

Genesis 6:8
But Noah found favor with the Lord .

Genesis 6:13
So God said to Noah, "I have decided to destroy all living creatures, for they have filled the earth with violence. Yes, I will wipe them all out along with the earth!

Genesis 6:14
"Build a large boat from cypress wood and waterproof it with tar, inside and out. Then construct decks and stalls throughout its interior.

Genesis 6:15
Make the boat 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Genesis 6:16
Leave an 18-inch opening below the roof all the way around the boat. Put the door on the side, and build three decks inside the boat—lower, middle, and upper.

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.