Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 5:32–33
32So 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. 33You 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.
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Deuteronomy 5:32
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| So be careful | וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם | ū·šə·mar·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H8104 keep, watch, preserve |
| to do | לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת | la·‘ă·śō·wṯ | Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | H6213 do, make |
| as | כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר | ka·’ă·šer | Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
| has commanded you | צִוָּ֛ה | ṣiw·wāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| you are not | לֹ֥א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to turn aside | תָסֻ֖רוּ | ṯā·su·rū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H5493 turn aside |
| to the right | יָמִ֥ין | yā·mîn | Noun - feminine singular | H3225 right hand |
| or to the left | וּשְׂמֹֽאל׃ | ū·śə·mōl | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular | H8040 the left |
Deuteronomy 5:33
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| You must walk | תֵּלֵ֑כוּ | tê·lê·ḵū | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural | H1980 go, come, walk |
| in all | בְּכָל־ | bə·ḵāl | Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct | H3605 the whole, all |
| the ways | הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ | had·de·reḵ | Article; Noun - common singular | H1870 way, road, distance, journey, manner |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֨ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֧ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם | ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine plural | H430 God |
| has commanded you | צִוָּ֜ה | ṣiw·wāh | Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular | H6680 lay charge (upon), give charge (to), charge, command, order |
| so that | לְמַ֤עַן | lə·ma·‘an | Conjunction | H4616 purpose, intent |
| you may live | תִּֽחְיוּן֙ | tiḥ·yūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H2421 live |
| and prosper | וְט֣וֹב | wə·ṭō·wḇ | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular | H2895 pleasing, good |
| and prolong | וְהַאֲרַכְתֶּ֣ם | wə·ha·’ă·raḵ·tem | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural | H748 be long |
| days | יָמִ֔ים | yā·mîm | Noun - masculine plural | H3117 day |
| in the land | בָּאָ֖רֶץ | bā·’ā·reṣ | Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular | H776 earth, land |
| that | אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ’ă·šer | Pronoun - relative | H834 particle of relation |
| you will possess | תִּֽירָשֽׁוּן׃ | tî·rā·šūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H3423 take possession of, inherit, dispossess |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 5:32 Proverbs 4:27 · Joshua 23:6 · Joshua 1:7 · Deuteronomy 17:20 · Deuteronomy 28:14 · Deuteronomy 8:1 · Deuteronomy 12:32 · Ezekiel 37:24 · Deuteronomy 11:32 · Deuteronomy 24:8
Deuteronomy 5:33 Jeremiah 7:23 · Deuteronomy 4:40 · 1 Timothy 4:8 · Luke 1:6 · Deuteronomy 10:12 · Romans 2:7 · Psalm 119:6 · Deuteronomy 5:29
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.