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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 4:2 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 4:2 |
Strong Concordance |
Ye shall not add [03254] unto the word [01697] which I command [06680] you, neither shall ye diminish [01639] ought from it, that ye may keep [08104] the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068] your God [0430] which I command [06680] you. |
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King James |
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you--by the introduction of any heathen superstition or forms of worship different from those which I have appointed (Deu 12:32; Num 15:39; Mat 15:9).
neither shall ye diminish aught from it--by the neglect or omission of any of the observances, however trivial or irksome, which I have prescribed. The character and provisions of the ancient dispensation were adapted with divine wisdom to the instruction of that infant state of the church. But it was only a temporary economy; and although God here authorizes Moses to command that all its institutions should be honored with unfailing observance, this did not prevent Him from commissioning other prophets to alter or abrogate them when the end of that dispensation was attained. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Ye shall not add - Any book, chapter, verse or word, which I have not spoken; nor give any comment that has any tendency to corrupt, weaken, or destroy any part of this revelation.
Neither shall ye diminish - Ye shall not only not take away any larger portion of this word, but ye shall not take one jot or tittle from the Law; it is that word of God that abideth for ever. |
9 But [1161] in vain [3155] they do worship [4576] me [3165], teaching [1321] for doctrines [1319] the commandments [1778] of men [444].
39 And it shall be unto you for a fringe [06734], that ye may look [07200] upon it, and remember [02142] all the commandments [04687] of the LORD [03068], and do [06213] them; and that ye seek [08446] not after [0310] your own heart [03824] and your own eyes [05869], after [0310] which ye use to go a whoring [02181]:
32 What thing [01697] soever I command [06680] you, observe [08104] to do [06213] it: thou shalt not add [03254] thereto, nor diminish [01639] from it.