Deuteronomy 6:25

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּצְדָקָ֖ה תִּֽהְיֶה־לָּ֑נוּ כִּֽי־נִשְׁמֹ֨ר לַעֲשׂ֜וֹת אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַזֹּ֗את לִפְנֵ֛י יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּֽנוּ

Transliteration

And-ûṣĕdāqāh tihyeh-to-us when-kî-nišmōr to-laʿăśôt ʾet-all-the-hammiṣwāh the-hazzōʾt before lipnê YHWH ʾĕlōhênû as which ṣiwwānû

Grammar Details

*û-ṣĕdāqāh*: conjunction + feminine singular noun - and righteousness
*tihyeh*: Qal imperfect, 3rd person feminine singular - it will be
*llānû*: preposition + 1st person plural suffix - to us
*kî*: conjunction - if/when
*nišmōr*: Qal imperfect, 1st person plural - we keep
*la-ʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
*ʾet*: direct object marker
*kol*: noun, construct - all of
*ha-mmiṣwāh*: definite article + feminine singular noun - the commandment
*ha-zzōʾt*: definite article + demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this
*li-pnê*: preposition + masculine plural noun, construct - before
*YHWH*: proper noun - LORD/Yahweh
*ʾĕlōhênû*: masculine plural noun + 1st person plural suffix - our God
*ka-ʾăšer*: preposition + relative pronoun - as
*ṣiwwānû*: Piel perfect, 3rd person masculine singular + 1st person plural suffix - he commanded us

Word Meanings

*ṣĕdāqāh*: righteousness/justice/rightness
*tihyeh*: will be/shall be/become
*nišmōr*: keep/observe/guard
*laʿăśôt*: to do/perform/accomplish
*miṣwāh*: commandment/precept/law
*pānîm*: face/presence/before
*ṣiwwānû*: commanded us/ordered us/instructed us

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Referenced Verses

Deut 24:13 : 13 thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.
Rom 10:3 : 3 For being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to establish their own, {G1343} they did not subject themselves to the righteousness of God.
Rom 10:5-6 : 5 For Moses writeth that the man that doeth the righteousness which is of the law shall live {G1722} thereby. 6 But the righteousness which is of faith saith thus, Say not in thy heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down:)
Gal 3:12 : 12 and the law is not of faith; but, He that doeth them shall live in them.
Jas 2:10 : 10 For whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one [point], he is become guilty of all.
Ps 106:30-31 : 30 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment; And so the plague was stayed. 31 And that was reckoned unto him for righteousness, Unto all generations for evermore.
Ps 119:6 : 6 Then shall I not be put to shame, When I have respect unto all thy commandments.
Prov 12:28 : 28 In the way of righteousness is life; And in the pathway thereof there is no death.
Ezek 20:11 : 11 And I gave them my statutes, and showed them mine ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
Luke 10:28-29 : 28 And he said unto him, Thou hast answered right: this do, and thou shalt live. 29 But he, desiring to justify himself, said unto Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Lev 18:5 : 5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and mine ordinances; which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am Jehovah.

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