Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right.
New American Standard Bible
So you shall observe to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you;
King James Version
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Holman Bible
“Be careful to do as the Lord your God has commanded you; you are not to turn aside to the right or the left.
A Conservative Version
Ye shall observe to do therefore as LORD your God has commanded you. Ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
American Standard Version
Ye shall observe to do therefore as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Amplified
Therefore you shall pay attention and be careful to do just as the Lord your God has commanded you; you shall not turn aside to the right or to the left [deviating from My commandments].
Bible in Basic English
Take care, then, to do whatever the Lord your God has given you orders to do; let there be no turning away to the right hand or to the left.
Darby Translation
Take heed then to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you: turn not aside to the right hand or to the left.
Julia Smith Translation
And watch ye to do as Jehovah your God commanded right: ye shall not turn aside to the right and to the left.
King James 2000
You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Lexham Expanded Bible
"[So] you must be careful to do [just] as Yahweh your God commanded you; you shall not turn [to the] right or [to the] left.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall be careful to do as Jehovah your God has commanded you. You shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Take heed therefore that ye do as the LORD your God hath commanded you, and turn not aside: either to the righthand or to the left:
NET Bible
Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!
New Heart English Bible
You shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
The Emphasized Bible
So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you, - ye must not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Webster
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
World English Bible
You shall observe to do therefore as Yahweh your God has commanded you: you shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Youngs Literal Translation
And ye have observed to do as Jehovah your God hath commanded you, ye turn not aside -- right or left;
Themes
Decision » Opposed to » Turning to the right or left
Steadfastness » Seven notable examples of » In moving forward toward the goal
Interlinear
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Tsavah
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 5:32
Verse Info
Context Readings
Basic Stipulations
31 but you stand here with me and I'll speak to you all the commands, decrees, and laws that you must teach them to observe in the land that I'm giving you to possess. 32 You must be careful to do what the LORD your God commanded you, turning neither to the left nor to the right. 33 You are to walk in every pathway that the LORD your God commanded you, so that life may go well for you, and so that you will prolong your days in the land that you will possess.'"
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 17:20
He is not to exalt himself over his relatives, nor turn aside from the commandment neither to the right nor to the left so that he and his sons may reign long in Israel."
Deuteronomy 28:14
Do not deviate from any of his commands that I'm giving you today neither to the right nor the left to follow and serve other gods."
Joshua 1:7
Only be strong and very courageous to ensure that you obey all the instructions that my servant Moses gave you turn neither to the right nor to the left from it so that you may succeed wherever you go.
Joshua 23:6
Stand very strong, then, so you can obey and carry out everything written in the Book of the Law of Moses, turning neither to the right nor to the left of it.
Proverbs 4:27
Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn your foot away from evil.
Deuteronomy 4:1-2
"Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the ordinances that I'm teaching you to observe so you may live and go in to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is about to give you.
Deuteronomy 6:3
Listen, Israel! Be careful to obey, so that life may go well for you and that you may increase greatly. Just as the LORD God of your ancestors told you, you'll have a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deuteronomy 6:25
It will be credited as righteousness for us, if we're careful to obey the entire Law in the presence of the LORD our God, as he commanded.'"
Deuteronomy 8:1
"Be careful to observe every command that I'm instructing you today, in order that you may live, increase, and enter and take possession of the land that the LORD promised by an oath to your ancestors.
Deuteronomy 11:32
Be careful to obey all the statutes and ordinances that I'm placing before you today."
Deuteronomy 12:32
Now as to everything I'm commanding you, you must be careful to observe it. Don't add to or subtract from it."
Deuteronomy 24:8
"In cases of leprosy, be very careful to observe exactly what the Levitical priests instructed you. Carefully follow what I have commanded them.
2 Kings 21:8
And I will not make Israel's feet to wander anymore from the land that I have given to their ancestors, if they will only be careful to do everything that I have commanded them according to the entire Law that my servant Moses commanded them."
Psalm 125:5
But for those who choose their own devious paths, the LORD will lead them away, along with those who practice evil. Peace be upon Israel. A Song of Ascents
Ezekiel 37:24
"""My servant King David will be there for them, and one shepherd will be appointed for them. They will live according to my decrees, keep my regulations, and practice them.
2 Peter 2:21
It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to know it and turn their backs on the holy commandment that was committed to them.