Deuteronomy 15:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

If only you carefully obey the voice of the Lord your God, being diligent to observe all these commandments that I am commanding you today.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רַ֚ק אִם־שָׁמ֣וֹעַ תִּשְׁמַ֔ע בְּק֖וֹל יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֤ר לַעֲשׂוֹת֙ אֶת־כָּל־הַמִּצְוָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י מְצַוְּךָ֖ הַיּֽוֹם׃

Transliteration

raq if-šāmôaʿ you will šāmaʿ in qôl YHWH your ʾĕlōhîm to šāmar to ʿāśāh ʾēṯ-all-the miṣwāh the zōʾṯ which ʾānōḵî ṣāwāh you the yôm.

Grammar Details

• *raq*: adverb - only/surely
• *šāmôaʿ*: qal infinitive absolute - hearing
• *šāmaʿ*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will hear/obey
• *qôl*: construct state, masculine singular - voice of
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun with possessive suffix, masculine plural - your God
• *šāmar*: qal infinitive construct - to keep
• *ʿāśāh*: qal infinitive construct - to do
• *miṣwāh*: definite noun, feminine singular - the commandment
• *zōʾṯ*: demonstrative adjective, feminine singular - this
• *ʾānōḵî*: 1st person singular independent pronoun - I
• *ṣāwāh*: piel participle, masculine singular - commanding
• *yôm*: definite noun, masculine singular - the day

Word Meanings

• *raq*: only/surely/provided that
• *šāmôaʿ* + *šāmaʿ*: diligently listen/surely obey
• *qôl*: voice/sound
• *šāmar*: keep/observe/guard
• *ʿāśāh*: do/perform/fulfill

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Only if you carefully listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command you this day.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to obserue ad doo all these commaundmentes which I commaunde you this daye:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  onely yt thou herke vnto the voyce of the LORDE yi God, & kepe all these comaundemetes which I comaunde the this daye,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God to obserue and doe all these commandements, which I commande thee this day.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  So that thou hearken vnto the voyce of the Lord thy God, to obserue and do all these commaundementes which I commaunde thee this day:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Only if thou carefully hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all these commandments which I command thee this day.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Only, if thou dost diligently hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this command which I am commanding thee to-day,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if only thou diligently hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command thee this day.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If only you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, and take care to keep all these orders which I give you today.

• World English Bible (2000)

  if only you diligently listen to the voice of Yahweh your God, to observe to do all this commandment which I command you this day.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  if you carefully obey him by keeping all these commandments that I am giving you today.

Referenced Verses

• Lev 26:3-9 : 3 If you walk in my statutes and keep my commandments and carry them out, 4 then I will provide your rains in their season, and the land will yield its produce, and the trees of the field will bear their fruit. 5 Your threshing will continue until grape harvest, and the grape harvest will continue until sowing, and you will eat your bread to the full and live securely in your land. 6 I will give peace in the land, and you will lie down with no one to make you afraid. I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and no sword will go through your land. 7 You will chase your enemies, and they will fall before you by the sword. 8 Five of you will chase a hundred, and a hundred of you will chase ten thousand, and your enemies will fall before you by the sword. 9 I will turn to you, make you fruitful, and multiply you, and I will confirm my covenant with you. 10 You will eat the old supply long stored, and you will clear out the old to make room for the new. 11 I will set my dwelling among you, and my soul will not reject you. 12 I will walk among you and be your God, and you will be my people. 13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt so that you would no longer be slaves to them; I broke the bars of your yoke and enabled you to walk with heads held high. 14 But if you will not listen to me and will not carry out all these commandments,
• Deut 4:9 : 9 Only be careful and guard your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.
• Deut 11:13-15 : 13 If you indeed obey my commandments that I am giving you today—to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul— 14 then I will provide the rain for your land in its proper season—the early rain and the late rain—so that you may gather your grain, new wine, and oil. 15 I will also provide grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied.
• Deut 28:1-9 : 1 If you diligently obey the voice of the LORD your God by carefully keeping all His commandments that I am commanding you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth. 2 All these blessings will come upon you and overtake you if you listen to the voice of the LORD your God. 3 You will be blessed in the city, and you will be blessed in the field. 4 Blessed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your land, and the offspring of your livestock—including the young of your cattle and the increase of your flocks. 5 Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 6 You will be blessed when you come in, and you will be blessed when you go out. 7 The LORD will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will come out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven directions. 8 The LORD will command the blessing on your storehouses and on all you set your hand to do. He will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you. 9 The LORD will establish you as His holy people, as He swore to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways. 10 Then all the peoples of the earth will see that the name of the LORD is called upon you, and they will stand in awe of you. 11 The LORD will make you prosper abundantly in the fruit of your womb, in the offspring of your livestock, and in the produce of your land on the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you. 12 The LORD will open the heavens, His rich treasury, to give rain to your land in its season and bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but you will not borrow. 13 The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will only go upwards and not downwards, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you today, to observe and to do them. 14 You must not turn aside from any of the words I am commanding you today, neither to the right nor to the left, to follow other gods and serve them. 15 But if you will not listen to the voice of the LORD your God and carefully follow all His commandments and statutes I am commanding you today, then all these curses will come upon you and overtake you.
• Josh 1:7 : 7 Only be strong and very courageous, being careful to obey all the law that my servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left so that you may be successful wherever you go.
• Ps 19:11 : 11 They are more desirable than gold, even the finest gold; they are sweeter than honey, than honey from the comb.
• Isa 1:19-20 : 19 If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the best of the land. 20 But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured by the sword, for the mouth of the LORD has spoken.
• Phil 1:27 : 27 Only conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or am absent, I may hear that you are standing firm in one spirit, striving together with one mind for the faith of the gospel.