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Deuteronomy 4

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Bible Compare Deuteronomy 4
Verse 1
WEB

Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances which I teach you, to do them, that you may live and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.

KJV

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.

Verse 2
WEB

You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you.

KJV

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.

Verse 3
WEB

Your eyes have seen what Yahweh did because of Baal Peor; for Yahweh your God has destroyed all the men who followed Baal Peor from among you.

KJV

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.

Verse 4
WEB

But you who were faithful to Yahweh your God are all alive today.

KJV

But ye that did cleave unto the LORD your God are alive every one of you this day.

Verse 5
WEB

Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the middle of the land where you go in to possess it.

KJV

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.

Verse 6
WEB

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who shall hear all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

KJV

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.

Verse 7
WEB

For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?

KJV

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 ?

Verse 8
WEB

What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you today?

KJV

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?

Verse 9
WEB

Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—

KJV

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;

Verse 10
WEB

the day that you stood before Yahweh your God in Horeb, when Yahweh said to me, “Assemble the people to me, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.”

KJV

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.

Verse 11
WEB

You came near and stood under the mountain. The mountain burned with fire to the heart of the sky, with darkness, cloud, and thick darkness.

KJV

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.

Verse 12
WEB

Yahweh spoke to you out of the middle of the fire: you heard the voice of words, but you saw no form; you only heard a voice.

KJV

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.

Verse 13
WEB

He declared to you his covenant, which he commanded you to perform, even the ten commandments. He wrote them on two stone tablets.

KJV

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.

Verse 14
WEB

Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.

KJV

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.

Verse 15
WEB

Be very careful, for you saw no kind of form on the day that Yahweh spoke to you in Horeb out of the middle of the fire,

KJV

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:

Verse 16
WEB

lest you corrupt yourselves, and make yourself a carved image in the form of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

KJV

Lest ye corrupt yourselves , and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,

Verse 17
WEB

the likeness of any animal that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged bird that flies in the sky,

KJV

The likeness of any beast that is on the earth, the likeness of any winged fowl that flieth in the air,

Verse 18
WEB

the likeness of anything that creeps on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the water under the earth;

KJV

The likeness of any thing that creepeth on the ground, the likeness of any fish that is in the waters beneath the earth:

Verse 19
WEB

and lest you lift up your eyes to the sky, and when you see the sun and the moon and the stars, even all the army of the sky, you are drawn away and worship them, and serve them, which Yahweh your God has allotted to all the peoples under the whole sky.

KJV

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.

Verse 20
WEB

But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as it is today.

KJV

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.

Verse 21
WEB

Furthermore Yahweh was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over the Jordan, and that I should not go in to that good land which Yahweh your God gives you for an inheritance;

KJV

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:

Verse 22
WEB

but I must die in this land. I must not go over the Jordan, but you shall go over and possess that good land.

KJV

But I must die in this land, I must not go over Jordan: but ye shall go over, and possess that good land.

Verse 23
WEB

Be careful, lest you forget the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he made with you, and make yourselves a carved image in the form of anything which Yahweh your God has forbidden you.

KJV

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.

Verse 24
WEB

For Yahweh your God is a devouring fire, a jealous God.

KJV

For the LORD thy God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.

Verse 25
WEB

When you father children and children’s children, and you have been long in the land, and then corrupt yourselves, and make a carved image in the form of anything, and do that which is evil in Yahweh your God’s sight to provoke him to anger,

KJV

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:

Verse 26
WEB

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.

KJV

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.

Verse 27
WEB

Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where Yahweh will lead you away.

KJV

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.

Verse 28
WEB

There you will serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

KJV

And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

Verse 29
WEB

But from there you shall seek Yahweh your God, and you will find him when you search after him with all your heart and with all your soul.

KJV

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.

Verse 30
WEB

When you are in oppression, and all these things have come on you, in the latter days you shall return to Yahweh your God and listen to his voice.

KJV

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;

Verse 31
WEB

For Yahweh your God is a merciful God. He will not fail you nor destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.

KJV

(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.

Verse 32
WEB

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it?

KJV

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?

Verse 33
WEB

Did a people ever hear the voice of God speaking out of the middle of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

KJV

Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

Verse 34
WEB

Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

KJV

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?

Verse 35
WEB

It was shown to you so that you might know that Yahweh is God. There is no one else besides him.

KJV

Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

Verse 36
WEB

Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you. On earth he made you to see his great fire; and you heard his words out of the middle of the fire.

KJV

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.

Verse 37
WEB

Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;

KJV

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;

Verse 38
WEB

to drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is today.

KJV

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.

Verse 39
WEB

Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that Yahweh himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.

KJV

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.

Verse 40
WEB

You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.

KJV

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.

Verse 41
WEB

Then Moses set apart three cities beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise,

KJV

Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Verse 42
WEB

that the man slayer might flee there, who kills his neighbor unintentionally and didn’t hate him in time past, and that fleeing to one of these cities he might live:

KJV

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:

Verse 43
WEB

Bezer in the wilderness, in the plain country, for the Reubenites; and Ramoth in Gilead for the Gadites; and Golan in Bashan for the Manassites.

KJV

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.

Verse 44
WEB

This is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel.

KJV

And this is the law which Moses set before the children of Israel:

Verse 45
WEB

These are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances which Moses spoke to the children of Israel when they came out of Egypt,

KJV

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,

Verse 46
WEB

beyond the Jordan, in the valley opposite Beth Peor, in the land of Sihon king of the Amorites, who lived at Heshbon, whom Moses and the children of Israel struck when they came out of Egypt.

KJV

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:

Verse 47
WEB

They took possession of his land and the land of Og king of Bashan, the two kings of the Amorites, who were beyond the Jordan toward the sunrise;

KJV

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;

Verse 48
WEB

from Aroer, which is on the edge of the valley of the Arnon, even to Mount Zion (also called Hermon),

KJV

From Aroer, which is by the bank of the river Arnon, even unto mount Sion, which is Hermon,

Verse 49
WEB

and all the Arabah beyond the Jordan eastward, even to the sea of the Arabah, under the slopes of Pisgah.

KJV

And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.