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Deuteronomy 11:18
Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
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Christian Standard Bible®
“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.
“Imprint these words of mine on your hearts and minds, bind them as a sign on your hands, and let them be a symbol on your foreheads.
Hebrew Names Version
Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
King James Version
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Lexham English Bible
"And you shall put these, my words, on your heart and on your inner self, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be as an emblem between your eyes.
"And you shall put these, my words, on your heart and on your inner self, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand and let them be as an emblem between your eyes.
English Standard Version
"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
New Century Version
Remember my words with your whole being. Write them down and tie them to your hands as a sign; tie them on your foreheads to remind you.
Remember my words with your whole being. Write them down and tie them to your hands as a sign; tie them on your foreheads to remind you.
New English Translation
Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.
Fix these words of mine into your mind and being, and tie them as a reminder on your hands and let them be symbols on your forehead.
Amplified Bible
"Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead.
"Therefore, you shall impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul, and tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as bands (frontals, frontlets) on your forehead.
New American Standard Bible
"You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.
"You shall therefore take these words of mine to heart and to soul; and you shall tie them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets on your forehead.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Therefore shal ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes,
Therefore shal ye lay vp these my words in your heart and in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes,
Legacy Standard Bible
"You shall therefore place these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes.
"You shall therefore place these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as phylacteries between your eyes.
Contemporary English Version
Memorize these laws and think about them. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and your foreheads to help you obey them.
Memorize these laws and think about them. Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and your foreheads to help you obey them.
Complete Jewish Bible
Therefore, you are to store up these words of mine in your heart and in all your being; tie them on your hand as a sign; put them at the front of a headband around your forehead;
Therefore, you are to store up these words of mine in your heart and in all your being; tie them on your hand as a sign; put them at the front of a headband around your forehead;
Darby Translation
And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
And ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Remember these commands I give you. Keep them in your hearts. Write them down and tie them on your hands and wear them on your foreheads as a way to remember my laws.
"Remember these commands I give you. Keep them in your hearts. Write them down and tie them on your hands and wear them on your foreheads as a way to remember my laws.
George Lamsa Translation
Therefore you shall lay up these commandments in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hands, that they may be a token between your eyes.
Therefore you shall lay up these commandments in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hands, that they may be a token between your eyes.
Good News Translation
"Remember these commands and cherish them. Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.
"Remember these commands and cherish them. Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.
Literal Translation
And you shall lay these Words up in your hearts, and in your souls, and shall bind them for a sign on your hand. And they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
And you shall lay these Words up in your hearts, and in your souls, and shall bind them for a sign on your hand. And they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules, and bynde the for a signe vpon youre handes, yt they maye be a token of remembraunce before yor eyes:
Put vp therfore these my wordes in youre hertes and in youre soules, and bynde the for a signe vpon youre handes, yt they maye be a token of remembraunce before yor eyes:
American Standard Version
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Bible in Basic English
So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;
So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Therefore shall ye put vp these my wordes in your heart & in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hande, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes.
Therefore shall ye put vp these my wordes in your heart & in your soule, and binde them for a signe vpon your hande, that they may be as a frontlet betweene your eyes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Therefore shall ye lay up these My words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
King James Version (1611)
Therefore shall ye lay vp these my words in your heart, and in your soule, and bind them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may bee as frontlets betweene your eyes.
Therefore shall ye lay vp these my words in your heart, and in your soule, and bind them for a signe vpon your hand, that they may bee as frontlets betweene your eyes.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And ye shall store these words in your heart and in your soul, and ye shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and it shall be fixed before your eyes.
And ye shall store these words in your heart and in your soul, and ye shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and it shall be fixed before your eyes.
English Revised Version
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and ye shall bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes.
Berean Standard Bible
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Fix these words of mine in your hearts and minds; tie them as reminders on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Putte ye thes wordis in youre hertes and soules, and honge ye `tho wordis for a signe in the hondis, and sette ye bitwixe youre iyen.
Putte ye thes wordis in youre hertes and soules, and honge ye `tho wordis for a signe in the hondis, and sette ye bitwixe youre iyen.
Young's Literal Translation
`And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes;
`And ye have placed these my words on your heart, and on your soul, and have bound them for a sign on your hand, and they have been for frontlets between your eyes;
Webster's Bible Translation
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.
World English Bible
Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
Therefore shall you lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for symbols between your eyes.
New King James Version
"Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
"Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
New Living Translation
"So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.
"So commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these words of mine. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders.
New Life Bible
"Keep these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. Tie them as something special to see upon your hand and on your forehead between your eyes.
"Keep these words of mine in your heart and in your soul. Tie them as something special to see upon your hand and on your forehead between your eyes.
New Revised Standard
You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.
You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul, - and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes;
Therefore shall ye lay these my words upon your heart, and upon your soul, - and bind them for a sign upon your hand, and they shall serve as bands between your eyes;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Lay up these words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes.
Lay up these words in your hearts and minds, and hang them for a sign on your hands, and place them between your eyes.
Revised Standard Version
"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
"You shall therefore lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.
THE MESSAGE
Place these words on your hearts. Get them deep inside you. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder. Teach them to your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning until you fall into bed at night. Inscribe them on the doorposts and gates of your cities so that you'll live a long time, and your children with you, on the soil that God promised to give your ancestors for as long as there is a sky over the Earth.
Place these words on your hearts. Get them deep inside you. Tie them on your hands and foreheads as a reminder. Teach them to your children. Talk about them wherever you are, sitting at home or walking in the street; talk about them from the time you get up in the morning until you fall into bed at night. Inscribe them on the doorposts and gates of your cities so that you'll live a long time, and your children with you, on the soil that God promised to give your ancestors for as long as there is a sky over the Earth.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
"You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.
Contextual Overview
18 Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul; and you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be for frontlets between your eyes. 19 And you shall teach them to your sons, talking of them, when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 And you shall write them on the door-posts of your house, and on your gates; 21 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your sons, in the land which Yahweh swore to your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens above the earth. 22 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; 23 then will Yahweh drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than yourselves. 24 Every place whereon the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours from the wilderness. And Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even to the hinder sea, shall be your border. 25 No man shall be able to stand before you: Yahweh your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land that you shall tread on, as he has spoken to you.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
ye lay up: Deuteronomy 6:6-9, Deuteronomy 32:46, Exodus 13:9, Exodus 13:16, Psalms 119:11, Proverbs 3:1, Proverbs 6:20-23, Proverbs 7:2, Proverbs 7:3, Colossians 3:16, Hebrews 2:1, 2 Peter 1:12, 2 Peter 3:1, 2 Peter 3:2
a sign: Matthew 23:5
Reciprocal: Numbers 15:39 - remember Deuteronomy 6:8 - General Deuteronomy 17:19 - General Joshua 1:8 - book Psalms 37:31 - law Psalms 119:30 - thy judgments Proverbs 3:3 - bind Jeremiah 32:39 - for the John 5:39 - Search Acts 8:28 - and sitting Revelation 13:16 - or
Cross-References
Luke 3:35
the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son] of Shelah,
the [son] of Serug, the [son] of Reu, the [son] of Peleg, the [son] of Eber, the [son] of Shelah,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Ver. 18-20. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart, and in your soul,.... Treasure up the laws of God delivered to them in their minds, retain them in their memories, and cherish a cordial affection for them; which would be an antidote against apostasy, idolatry, and other sins, Psalms 119:11
and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes; of this and the two following verses,
Psalms 119:11- :,
Psalms 119:11- :,
Psalms 119:11- :.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Deuteronomy 11:18. Therefore shall ye lay up these my words — See Deuteronomy 6:4-8, and Exodus 13:9; Exodus 13:9.
