Deuteronomy 5:32

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם אֶתְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תָסֻ֖רוּ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל

Transliteration

And-ûšəmartem to-laʿăśôt as-which ṣiwwāh YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem you not tāsûrû right and-left

Grammar Details

*ûšəmartem*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2mp - and you shall keep
*laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
*ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect 3ms - commanded
*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
*ʾĕlōhêkem*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2mp suffix - your God
*tāsûrû*: Qal imperfect 2mp - you shall turn aside

Word Meanings

*ûšəmartem*: and you shall keep/and you shall observe/and you shall be careful
*laʿăśôt*: to do/to perform/to carry out
*ṣiwwāh*: commanded/ordered/instructed
*tāsûrû*: you shall turn aside/you shall deviate/you shall depart

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Referenced Verses

Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, to observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest have good success whithersoever thou goest.
Josh 23:6 : 6 Therefore be ye very courageous to keep and to do all that is written in the book of the law of Moses, that ye turn not aside therefrom to the right hand or to the left;
Prov 4:27 : 27 Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Deut 17:20 : 20 that his heart be not lifted up above his brethren, and that he turn not aside from the commandment, to the right hand, or to the left: to the end that he may prolong his days in his kingdom, he and his children, in the midst of Israel.
Deut 28:14 : 14 and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
Deut 24:8 : 8 Take heed in the plague of leprosy, that thou observe diligently, and do according to all that the priests the Levites shall teach you: as I commanded them, so ye shall observe to do.
Ezek 37:24 : 24 And my servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in mine ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it were better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after knowing it, to turn back from the holy commandment delivered unto them.
2 Kgs 21:8 : 8 neither will I cause the feet of Israel to wander any more out of the land which I gave their fathers, if only they will observe to do according to all that I have commanded them, and according to all the law that my servant Moses commanded them.
Ps 125:5 : 5 But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
Deut 4:1-2 : 1 And now, O Israel, hearken unto the statutes and unto the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah, the God of your fathers, giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
Deut 6:3 : 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as Jehovah, the God of thy fathers, hath promised unto thee, in a land flowing with milk and honey.
Deut 6:25 : 25 And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.
Deut 8:1 : 1 All the commandment which I command thee this day shall ye observe to do, that ye may live, and multiply, and go in and possess the land which Jehovah sware unto your fathers.
Deut 11:32 : 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.
Deut 12:32 : 32 What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 28:14
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14and shalt not turn aside from any of the words which I command you this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
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33Ye shall walk in all the way which Jehovah your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
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Deut 5:31
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17Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of Jehovah your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
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Deut 11:32
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32And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.
Deut 4:2
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2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
Deut 12:32
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32What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
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Deut 13:18
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Deut 27:10
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Deut 13:4
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Deut 15:5
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27Turn not to the right hand nor to the left: Remove thy foot from evil.
Deut 11:22
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Deut 31:5
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Deut 8:1
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Josh 23:8
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Deut 6:1
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Deut 11:8
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Deut 1:18
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Deut 11:28
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2 Kgs 17:37
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Deut 32:46
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Deut 4:14
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