Deuteronomy
Deuteronomy 6:13–14
13Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.c 14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you.
Footnotes
- c 6:13 Or serve Him, and take your oaths only in His name; cited in Matthew 4:10|MAT 4:10and Luke 4:8
Word by word
Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.
Deuteronomy 6:13
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fear | תִּירָ֖א | tî·rā | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H3372 fear |
| the LORD | יְהוָ֧ה | Yah·weh | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H3068 Yahweh |
| your God | אֱלֹהֶ֛יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | Noun - masculine plural construct; second person masculine singular | H430 God |
| serve Him | תַעֲבֹ֑ד | ṯa·‘ă·ḇōḏ | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H5647 work, serve |
| and take your oaths | תִּשָּׁבֵֽעַ׃ | tiš·šā·ḇê·a‘ | Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H7650 swear |
| in His name | וּבִשְׁמ֖וֹ | ū·ḇiš·mōw | Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular | H8034 name |
Deuteronomy 6:14
| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Do not | לֹ֣א | lō | Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| follow | תֵֽלְכ֔וּן | ṯê·lə·ḵūn | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun | H1980 go, come, walk |
| other | אֲחֵרִ֑ים | ’ă·ḥê·rîm | Adjective - masculine plural | H312 another |
| gods | אֱלֹהִ֣ים | ’ĕ·lō·hîm | Noun - masculine plural | H430 God |
| the gods | מֵאֱלֹהֵי֙ | mê·’ĕ·lō·hê | Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural construct | H430 God |
| of the peoples | הָֽעַמִּ֔ים | hā·‘am·mîm | Article; Noun - masculine plural | H5971 people |
| around you | סְבִיבוֹתֵיכֶֽם׃ | sə·ḇî·ḇō·w·ṯê·ḵem | Adverb; second person masculine plural | H5439 circuit, round about |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Deuteronomy 6:13 Luke 4:8 · Deuteronomy 10:20 · Matthew 4:10 · Deuteronomy 13:4 · Leviticus 19:12 · Deuteronomy 10:12 · Psalm 63:11 · Isaiah 45:23 · Jeremiah 12:16 · Isaiah 65:16 · Joshua 2:12 · Jeremiah 4:2
Deuteronomy 6:14 Jeremiah 25:6 · Deuteronomy 13:7 · 1 John 5:21 · Deuteronomy 8:19 · Deuteronomy 11:28
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.