| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New International Version |
| 1"Now this is the commandment, the statutes and the judgments which the LORD your God has commanded me to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you are going over to possess it, | 1These are the commands, decrees and laws the LORD your God directed me to teach you to observe in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess, |
| 2so that you and your son and your grandson might fear the LORD your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, all the days of your life, and that your days may be prolonged. | 2so that you, your children and their children after them may fear the LORD your God as long as you live by keeping all his decrees and commands that I give you, and so that you may enjoy long life. |
| 3"O Israel, you should listen and be careful to do it, that it may be well with you and that you may multiply greatly, just as the LORD, the God of your fathers, has promised you, in a land flowing with milk and honey. | 3Hear, Israel, and be careful to obey so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in a land flowing with milk and honey, just as the LORD, the God of your ancestors, promised you. |
| 4"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one! | 4Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one. |
| 5"You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your might. | 5Love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength. |
| 6"These words, which I am commanding you today, shall be on your heart. | 6These commandments that I give you today are to be on your hearts. |
| 7You shall teach them diligently to your sons and shall talk 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. | 7Impress them on your children. Talk about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. |
| 8"You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. | 8Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads. |
| 9"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates. | 9Write them on the doorframes of your houses and on your gates. |
| 10"Then it shall come about when the LORD your God brings you into the land which He swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you, great and splendid cities which you did not build, | 10When the LORD your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to give you--a land with large, flourishing cities you did not build, |
| 11and houses full of all good things which you did not fill, and hewn cisterns which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant, and you eat and are satisfied, | 11houses filled with all kinds of good things you did not provide, wells you did not dig, and vineyards and olive groves you did not plant--then when you eat and are satisfied, |
| 12then watch yourself, that you do not forget the LORD who brought you from the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. | 12be careful that you do not forget the LORD, who brought you out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery. |
| 13"You shall fear only the LORD your God; and you shall worship Him and swear by His name. | 13Fear the LORD your God, serve him only and take your oaths in his name. |
| 14"You shall not follow other gods, any of the gods of the peoples who surround you, | 14Do not follow other gods, the gods of the peoples around you; |
| 15for the LORD your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; otherwise the anger of the LORD your God will be kindled against you, and He will wipe you off the face of the earth. | 15for the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God and his anger will burn against you, and he will destroy you from the face of the land. |
| 16"You shall not put the LORD your God to the test, as you tested Him at Massah. | 16Do not put the LORD your God to the test as you did at Massah. |
| 17"You should diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and His testimonies and His statutes which He has commanded you. | 17Be sure to keep the commands of the LORD your God and the stipulations and decrees he has given you. |
| 18"You shall do what is right and good in the sight of the LORD, that it may be well with you and that you may go in and possess the good land which the LORD swore to give your fathers, | 18Do what is right and good in the LORD's sight, so that it may go well with you and you may go in and take over the good land the LORD promised on oath to your ancestors, |
| 19by driving out all your enemies from before you, as the LORD has spoken. | 19thrusting out all your enemies before you, as the LORD said. |
| 20"When your son asks you in time to come, saying, 'What do the testimonies and the statutes and the judgments mean which the LORD our God commanded you?' | 20In the future, when your son asks you, "What is the meaning of the stipulations, decrees and laws the LORD our God has commanded you?" |
| 21then you shall say to your son, 'We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the LORD brought us from Egypt with a mighty hand. | 21tell him: "We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. |
| 22'Moreover, the LORD showed great and distressing signs and wonders before our eyes against Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household; | 22Before our eyes the LORD sent signs and wonders--great and terrible--on Egypt and Pharaoh and his whole household. |
| 23He brought us out from there in order to bring us in, to give us the land which He had sworn to our fathers.' | 23But he brought us out from there to bring us in and give us the land he promised on oath to our ancestors. |
| 24"So the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God for our good always and for our survival, as it is today. | 24The LORD commanded us to obey all these decrees and to fear the LORD our God, so that we might always prosper and be kept alive, as is the case today. |
| 25"It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us. | 25And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness." |
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