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Deuteronomy 5

Brenton's English Septuagint · Berean Standard Bible

5:1

And Moses called all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the ordinances and judgments, all that I speak in your ears this day, and ye shall learn them, and observe to do them.

Then Moses summoned all Israel and said : Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

5:2

The Lord your God made a covenant with you in Choreb.

The LORD our God made a covenant with us .

5:3

The Lord did not make this covenant with your fathers, but with you: ye are all here alive this day.

He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

5:4

The Lord spoke to you face to face in the mountain out of the midst of the fire.

The LORD spoke with you face to face out of the fire on the mountain.

5:5

And I stood between the Lord and you at that time to report to you the words of the Lord, (because ye were afraid before the fire, and ye went not up to the mountain,) saying,

At that time I was standing between the LORD and you to declare to you the word of the LORD, because you were afraid of the fire and would not go up the mountain. And He said:

5:6

I am the Lord thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

“I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.

5:7

Thou shalt have no other gods before my face.

You shall have no other gods before .

5:8

Thou shalt not make to thyself an image, nor likeness of any thing, whatever things [are] in the heaven above, and whatever [are] in the earth beneath, and whatever [are] in the waters under the earth.

You shall not make for yourself an idol in the form of anything in the heavens above, on the earth below, or in the waters beneath.

5:9

Thou shalt not bow down to them, nor shalt thou serve them; for I am the Lord thy God, a jealous God, visiting the sins of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation to them that hate me,

You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,

5:10

and doing mercifully to thousands of them that love me, and that keep my commandments.

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

5:11

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain, for the Lord thy God will certainly not acquit him that takes his name in vain.

You shall not take the name of the LORD your God in vain, for the LORD will not leave anyone unpunished who takes His name in vain.

5:12

Keep the sabbath day to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God commanded thee.

Observe the Sabbath day by keeping it holy, as the LORD your God has commanded you.

5:13

Six days thou shalt work, and thou shalt do all thy works;

Six days you shall labor and do all your work,

5:14

but on the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the Lord thy God: thou shalt do in it no work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy maid-servant, thine ox, and thine ass, and all thy cattle, and the stranger that sojourns in the midst of thee; that thy man-servant may rest, and thy maid, and thine ox, as well as thou.

but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the LORD your God, on which you must not do any work—neither you, nor your son or daughter, nor your manservant or maidservant, nor your ox or donkey or any of your livestock, nor the foreigner within your gates, so that your manservant and maidservant may rest as you do.

5:15

And thou shalt remember that thou wast a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out thence with a mighty hand, and a high arm: therefore the Lord appointed thee to keep the sabbath day and to sanctify it.

Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the LORD your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.

5:16

Honour thy father and thy mother, as the Lord thy God commanded thee; that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest live long upon the land, which the Lord thy God gives thee.

Honor r father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that your days may be long and that it may go well with you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.

5:17

Thou shalt not commit murder.

You shall not .

5:18

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

You shall not .

5:19

Thou shalt not steal.

You shall not .

5:20

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbour.

You shall not bear false witness .

5:21

Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife; thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, nor his field, nor his man-servant, nor his maid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any beast of his, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

You shall not your neighbor’s wife. You shall not covet your neighbor’s house or field, or his manservant or maidservant, or his ox or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor.”

5:22

These words the Lord spoke to all the assembly of you in the mountain out of the midst of the fire—[there was] darkness, blackness, storm, a loud voice—and he added no more, and he wrote them on two tables of stone, and he gave them to me.

The LORD spoke these commandments in a loud voice to your whole assembly out of the fire, the cloud, and the deep darkness on the mountain; He added nothing more. And He wrote them on two tablets of stone and gave them to me.

5:23

And it came to pass when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the fire, for the mountain burned with fire, that ye came to me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders:

And when you heard the voice out of the darkness while the mountain was blazing with fire, all the heads of your tribes and your elders approached me,

5:24

and ye said, Behold, the Lord our God has shewn us his glory, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: this day we have seen that God shall speak to man, and he shall live.

and you said, “Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the fire. Today we have seen that a man can live even if God speaks with him.

5:25

And now let us not die, for this great fire will consume us, if we shall hear the voice of the Lord our God any more, and we shall die.

But now, why should we die? For this great fire will consume us, and we will die, if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any longer.

5:26

For what flesh [is there] which has heard the voice of the living God, speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we [have heard], and shall live?

For who of all flesh has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the fire, as we have, and survived?

5:27

Do thou draw near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say, and thou shalt speak to us all things whatsoever the Lord our God shall speak to thee, and we will hear, and do.

Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

5:28

And the Lord heard the voice of your words as ye spoke to me; and the Lord said to me, I have heard the voice of the words of this people, even all things that they have said to thee. [They have] well [said] all that they have spoken.

And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

5:29

O that there were such a heart in them, that they should fear me and keep my commands always, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever.

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

5:30

Go, say to them, Return ye to your houses;

Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

5:31

but stand thou here with me, and I will tell thee all the commands, and the ordinances, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, and let them do so in the land which I give them for an inheritance.

But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

5:32

And ye shall take heed to do as the Lord thy God commanded thee; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left,

So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or to the left.

5:33

according to all the way which the Lord thy God commanded thee to walk in it, that he may give thee rest; and that it may be well with thee, and ye may prolong your days on the land which ye shall inherit.

You must walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.