Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version if only you fully obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commands I am giving you today. New Living Translation You will receive this blessing if you are careful to obey all the commands of the LORD your God that I am giving you today. English Standard Version if only you will strictly obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all this commandment that I command you today. Berean Standard Bible if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today. King James Bible Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. New King James Version only if you carefully obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe with care all these commandments which I command you today. New American Standard Bible if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to follow carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today. NASB 1995 if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today. NASB 1977 if only you listen obediently to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all this commandment which I am commanding you today. Legacy Standard Bible if only you listen obediently to the voice of Yahweh your God, to be careful to do all this commandment which I am commanding you today. Amplified Bible if only you will listen to and obey the voice of the LORD your God, to observe carefully all these commandments which I am commanding you today. Christian Standard Bible if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today. Holman Christian Standard Bible if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow every one of these commands I am giving you today. American Standard Version if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. English Revised Version if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. GOD'S WORD® Translation He will bless you only if you listen carefully to the LORD your God and faithfully obey all these commands I'm giving you today. Good News Translation if you obey him and carefully observe everything that I command you today. International Standard Version Only be certain to obey the voice of the LORD your God. Carefully observe all of these commands that I'm commanding to you today. Majority Standard Bible if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today. NET Bible if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today. New Heart English Bible if only you diligently listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day. Webster's Bible Translation Only if thou shalt carefully hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day. World English Bible if only you diligently listen to Yahweh your God’s voice, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you today. Literal Translations Literal Standard Versiononly if you listen diligently to the voice of your God YHWH, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding you today. Young's Literal Translation 'Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day, Smith's Literal Translation Only if hearing, thou shalt hear to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to watch to do all these commands which I command thee this day. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleYet so if thou hear the voice of the Lord thy God, and keep all things that he hath ordained, and which I command thee this day, he will bless thee, as he hath promised. Catholic Public Domain Version But only if you heed the voice of the Lord your God, and keep to all that he has ordered, that which I am entrusting to you this day, will he bless you, just as he has promised. New American Bible if you but listen to the voice of the LORD, your God, and carefully observe this entire commandment which I enjoin on you today. New Revised Standard Version if only you will obey the LORD your God by diligently observing this entire commandment that I command you today. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleIf you hearken to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated And if you will hear the voice of LORD JEHOVAH your God and you keep and do this entire commandment that I command you today. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day. Brenton Septuagint Translation And if ye shall indeed hearken to the voice of the Lord your God, to keep and do all these commandments, as many as I charge thee this day, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Seventh Year…4There will be no poor among you, however, because the LORD will surely bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you to possess as an inheritance, 5if only you obey the LORD your God and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today. 6When the LORD your God blesses you as He has promised, you will lend to many nations but borrow from none; you will rule over many nations but be ruled by none.… Cross References Leviticus 26:3-13 If you follow My statutes and carefully keep My commandments, / I will give you rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. / Your threshing will continue until the grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing time; you will have your fill of food to eat and will dwell securely in your land. ... Deuteronomy 28:1-14 “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. / And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God: / You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country. ... Joshua 1:8 This Book of the Law must not depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. For then you will prosper and succeed in all you do. Psalm 1:1-3 Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. Proverbs 3:1-2 My son, do not forget my teaching, but let your heart keep my commandments; / for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life. Isaiah 1:19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. Jeremiah 7:23 but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. Ezekiel 18:5-9 Now suppose a man is righteous and does what is just and right: / He does not eat at the mountain or look to the idols of the house of Israel. He does not defile his neighbor’s wife or approach a woman during her period. / He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing. ... Matthew 7:24-27 Therefore everyone who hears these words of Mine and acts on them is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because its foundation was on the rock. / But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. ... Luke 11:28 But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.” John 14:15 If you love Me, you will keep My commandments. John 15:10 If you keep My commandments, you will remain in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and remain in His love. Romans 2:13 For it is not the hearers of the law who are righteous before God, but it is the doers of the law who will be declared righteous. Romans 8:28 And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose. 1 Corinthians 7:19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts. Treasury of Scripture Only if you carefully listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day. Deuteronomy 4:9 Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons; Deuteronomy 11:13-15 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the LORD your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, … Deuteronomy 28:1-15 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth: … Jump to Previous Care Careful Carefully Command Commanding Commandment Commandments Commands Diligently Ear Hearken Heed Obediently Obey Observe Orders Today To-Day VoiceJump to Next Care Careful Carefully Command Commanding Commandment Commandments Commands Diligently Ear Hearken Heed Obediently Obey Observe Orders Today To-Day VoiceDeuteronomy 15 1. The seventh year a year of release for the poor7. one must be generous in lending or giving 12. A Hebrew servant, except by choice, must be freed in the seventh year 19. All firstborn males of the cattle are to be sanctified unto the Lord. if only you obey the LORD your God This phrase emphasizes the conditional nature of the blessings promised by God. The Hebrew word for "obey" is "שָׁמַע" (shama), which means to hear, listen, or give heed. In the ancient Near Eastern context, hearing was not merely an auditory experience but involved a response or action. Thus, obedience to God is not passive but requires active engagement and commitment to His commandments. The phrase underscores the covenant relationship between God and Israel, where blessings are contingent upon faithfulness and adherence to God's laws. and are careful to follow all these commandments I am giving you today Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew ifאִם־ (’im-) Conjunction Strong's 518: Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not only רַ֚ק (raq) Adverb Strong's 7535: But, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless you obey שָׁמ֣וֹעַ (šā·mō·w·a‘) Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute Strong's 8085: To hear intelligently the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ (’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and are careful לִשְׁמֹ֤ר (liš·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to to follow לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ (la·‘ă·śō·wṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 6213: To do, make all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every these הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, commandments הַמִּצְוָ֣ה (ham·miṣ·wāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 4687: Commandment I אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular Strong's 595: I am giving you today. מְצַוְּךָ֖ (mə·ṣaw·wə·ḵā) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order Links Deuteronomy 15:5 NIVDeuteronomy 15:5 NLT Deuteronomy 15:5 ESV Deuteronomy 15:5 NASB Deuteronomy 15:5 KJV Deuteronomy 15:5 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 15:5 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 15:5 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 15:5 French Bible Deuteronomy 15:5 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 15:5 If only you diligently listen to (Deut. 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