| Verse | Other Content | Text From King James | Text From Young's Literal |
| De 4:1 | C D S T R K | Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth you. | `And now, Israel, hearken unto the statutes, and unto the judgments which I am teaching you to do, so that ye live, and have gone in, and possessed the land which Jehovah God of your fathers is giving to you. |
| De 4:2 | C D S T R K | 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. | Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you. |
| De 4:3 | C D S T R K | Your eyes have seen what the LORD did because of Baalpeor: for all the men that followed Baalpeor, the LORD thy God hath destroyed them from among you. | `Your eyes are seeing that which Jehovah hath done in Baal-Peor, for every man who hath gone after Baal-Peor, Jehovah thy God hath destroyed him from thy midst; |
| De 4:4 | C D S T R | But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day. | and ye who are cleaving to Jehovah your God, `are' alive, all of you, to-day. |
| De 4:5 | C D S T R K | Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it. | `See, I have taught you statutes and judgments, as Jehovah my God hath commanded me -- to do so, in the midst of the land whither ye are going in to possess it; |
| De 4:6 | C S T R | Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people. | and ye have kept and done `them' (for it `is' your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding `is' this great nation. |
| De 4:7 | C D S T R K | For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? | `For which `is' the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him? |
| De 4:8 | C D S T R | And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? | and which `is' the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day? |
| De 4:9 | C D S T R K | 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; | `Only, take heed to thyself, and watch thy soul exceedingly, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they turn aside from thy heart, all days of thy life; and thou hast made them known to thy sons, and to thy sons' sons. |
| De 4:10 | C D S T R K | Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children. | `The day when thou hast stood before Jehovah thy God in Horeb -- in Jehovah's saying unto me, Assemble to Me the people, and I cause them to hear My words, so that they learn to fear Me all the days that they are alive on the ground, and their sons they teach; -- |
| De 4:11 | C D S T R | And ye came near and stood under the mountain; and the mountain burned with fire unto the midst of heaven, with darkness, clouds, and thick darkness. | and ye draw near and stand under the mountain, and the mountain is burning with fire unto the heart of the heavens -- darkness, cloud, yea, thick darkness: |
| De 4:12 | C D S T R K | And the LORD spake unto you out of the midst of the fire: ye heard the voice of the words, but saw no similitude; only ye heard a voice. | `And Jehovah speaketh unto you out of the midst of the fire; a voice of words ye are hearing and a similitude ye are not seeing, only a voice; |
| De 4:13 | C D S T R | And he declared unto you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even ten commandments; and he wrote them upon two tables of stone. | and He declareth to you His covenant, which He hath commanded you to do, the Ten Matters, and He writeth them upon two tables of stone. |
| De 4:14 | C D S T R | And the LORD commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go over to possess it. | `And me hath Jehovah commanded at that time to teach you statutes and judgments, for your doing them in the land whither ye are passing over to possess it; |
| De 4:15 | C D S T R K | Take ye therefore good heed unto yourselves; for ye saw no manner of similitude on the day that the LORD spake unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire: | and ye have been very watchful of your souls, for ye have not seen any similitude in the day of Jehovah's speaking unto you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire, |
| De 4:16 | C D S T R K | Lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female, | lest ye do corruptly, and have made to you a graven image, a similitude of any figure, a form of male or female -- |
| De 4:17 | C D S T R | The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air, | a form of any beast which `is' in the earth -- a form of any winged bird which flieth in the heavens -- |
| De 4:18 | C D S T | The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth: | a form of any creeping thing on the ground -- a form of any fish which `is' in the waters under the earth; |
| De 4:19 | C D S T R K | And lest thou lift up thine eyes unto heaven, and when thou seest the sun, and the moon, and the stars, even all the host of heaven, shouldest be driven to worship them, and serve them, which the LORD thy God hath divided unto all nations under the whole heaven. | `And lest thou lift up thine eyes towards the heavens, and hast seen the sun, and the moon, and the stars, all the host of the heavens, and thou hast been forced, and hast bowed thyself to them, and served them, which Jehovah thy God hath apportioned to all the peoples under the whole heavens. |
| De 4:20 | C D S T R K | But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as ye are this day. | `And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as `at' this day. |
| De 4:21 | C D S T R | Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and sware that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go in unto that good land, which the LORD thy God giveth thee for an inheritance: | `And Jehovah hath shewed himself wroth with me because of your words, and sweareth to my not passing over the Jordan, and to my not going in unto the good land which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- an inheritance; |
| De 4:22 | C D S T R | But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land. | for I am dying in this land; I am not passing over the Jordan, and ye are passing over, and have possessed this good land. |
| De 4:23 | C D S T R | Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee. | `Take heed to yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of Jehovah your God, which He hath made with you, and have made to yourselves a graven image, a similitude of anything `concerning' which Jehovah thy God hath charged thee: |
| De 4:24 | C D S T R | For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God. | for Jehovah thy God is a fire consuming -- a zealous God. |
| De 4:25 | C D S T R K | When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger: | `When thou begettest sons and sons' sons, and ye have become old in the land, and have done corruptly, and have made a graven image, a similitude of anything, and have done the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to provoke Him to anger: -- |
| De 4:26 | C D S T R K | I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed. | I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed; |
| De 4:27 | C D S T R | And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you. | and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you, |
| De 4:28 | C D S T R K | And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. | and ye have served there gods, work of man's hands, wood and stone, which see not, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. |
| De 4:29 | C D S T R K | But if from thence thou shalt seek the LORD thy God, thou shalt find him, if thou seek him with all thy heart and with all thy soul. | `And -- ye have sought from thence Jehovah thy God, and hast found, when thou seekest Him with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, |
| De 4:30 | C D S T R K | When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice; | in distress `being' to thee, and all these things have found thee, in the latter end of the days, and thou hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hast hearkened to His voice; |
| De 4:31 | C D S T R | (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them. | for a merciful God `is' Jehovah thy God; He doth not fail thee, nor destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers, which He hath sworn to them. |
| De 4:32 | C D S T R | For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? | `For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the `one' end of the heavens even unto the `other' end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it? |
| De 4:33 | C D S T R | Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live? | Hath a people heard the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, thou -- and doth live? |
| De 4:34 | C D S T R | Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? | Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors -- according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes? |
| De 4:35 | C D S T R | Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. | Thou, thou hast been shewn `it', to know that Jehovah He `is' God; there is none else besides Him. |
| De 4:36 | C D S T R | Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. | `From the heavens He hath caused thee to hear His voice, to instruct thee, and on earth He hath shewed thee His great fire, and His words thou hast heard out of the midst of the fire. |
| De 4:37 | C D S T R | And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; | `And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt: |
| De 4:38 | C D S T R | To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day. | to dispossess nations greater and stronger than thou, from thy presence, to bring thee in to give to thee their land -- an inheritance, as `at' this day. |
| De 4:39 | C D S T R | Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else. | `And thou hast known to-day, and hast turned `it' back unto thy heart, that Jehovah He `is' God, in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath -- there is none else; |
| De 4:40 | C D S T R | Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever. | and thou hast kept His statutes and His commands which I am commanding thee to-day, so that it is well to thee, and to thy sons after thee, and so that thou prolongest days on the ground which Jehovah thy God is giving to thee -- all the days.' |
| De 4:41 | C D S T R K | Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; | Then Moses separateth three cities beyond the Jordan, towards the sun-rising, |
| De 4:42 | C S T R | That the slayer might flee thither, which should kill his neighbour unawares, and hated him not in times past; and that fleeing unto one of these cities he might live: | for the fleeing thither of the man-slayer, who slayeth his neighbour unknowingly, and he is not hating him heretofore, and he hath fled unto one of these cities, and he hath lived: |
| De 4:43 | C D S T R | Namely, Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, of the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead, of the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan, of the Manassites. | Bezer, in the wilderness, in the land of the plain, of the Reubenite; and Ramoth, in Gilead, of the Gadite; and Golan, in Bashan, of the Manassahite. |
| De 4:44 | C D S T R K | And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel: | And this `is' the law which Moses hath set before the sons of Israel; |
| De 4:45 | C D S T R | These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses spake unto the children of Israel, after they came forth out of Egypt, | these `are' the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which Moses hath spoken unto the sons of Israel, in their coming out of Egypt, |
| De 4:46 | C D S T R K | On this side Jordan, in the valley over against Bethpeor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who dwelt at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel smote, after they were come forth out of Egypt: | beyond the Jordan, in the valley over-against Beth-Peor, in the land of Sihon, king of the Amorite, who is dwelling in Heshbon, whom Moses and the sons of Israel have smitten, in their coming out of Egypt, |
| De 4:47 | C D S T R | And they possessed his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorites, which were on this side Jordan toward the sunrising; | and they possess his land, and the land of Og king of Bashan, two kings of the Amorite who `are' beyond the Jordan, `towards' the sun-rising; |
| De 4:48 | C D S T R | From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon, | from Aroer, which `is' by the edge of the brook Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which `is' Hermon -- |
| De 4:49 | C D S T R K | And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. | and all the plain beyond the Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah. |