Deuteronomy 26:16

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Today the LORD your God commands you to follow these statutes and judgments; therefore, you must be careful to keep them with all your heart and with all your soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַיּ֣וֹם הַזֶּ֗ה יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜יךָ מְצַוְּךָ֧ לַעֲשׂ֛וֹת אֶת־הַחֻקִּ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה וְאֶת־הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים וְשָׁמַרְתָּ֤ וְעָשִׂ֙יתָ֙ אוֹתָ֔ם בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ׃

Transliteration

ha-yôm ha-zeh YHWH ʾĕlōhîm your ṣāwâ to ʿāśâ ha-ḥuqqîm ha-ʾēlleh and ha-mišpāṭîm and šāmar and ʿāśâ them with all lēbāb your and with all nepeš your

Grammar Details

• *ha-yôm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day/today
• *ha-zeh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine singular - this
• *YHWH*: proper name - LORD
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God
• *ṣāwâ*: verb, participle (piel), masculine singular - commanding
• *ʿāśâ*: verb, perfect, 2nd singular masculine with *wə-* prefix - and you shall do
• *ha-ḥuqqîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the statutes
• *ha-ʾēlleh*: demonstrative pronoun, masculine plural - these
• *ha-mišpāṭîm*: noun, masculine plural with definite article - the judgments
• *šāmar*: verb, perfect, 2nd singular masculine with *wə-* prefix - and you shall keep
• *lēbāb*: noun, masculine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your heart
• *nepeš*: noun, feminine singular construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your soul

Word Meanings

• *yôm*: day/time/period
• *ṣāwâ*: command/charge/order/instruct
• *ʿāśâ*: do/make/act/accomplish
• *ḥuqqîm*: statutes/ordinances/decrees
• *mišpāṭîm*: judgments/ordinances/regulations
• *šāmar*: keep/observe/guard/preserve
• *lēbāb*: heart/mind/inner person
• *nepeš*: soul/self/life/person/desire

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  This day the LORD thy God hath command thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  This day the LORD your God has commanded you to do these statutes and judgments: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  This day{H3117} Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} commandeth{H6680} thee to do{H6213} these statutes{H2706} and ordinances:{H4941} thou shalt therefore keep{H8104} and do{H6213} them with all thy heart,{H3824} and with all thy soul.{H5315}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  This day{H3117} the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} hath commanded{H6680}{(H8764)} thee to do{H6213}{(H8800)} these statutes{H2706} and judgments{H4941}: thou shalt therefore keep{H8104}{(H8804)} and do{H6213}{(H8804)} them with all thine heart{H3824}, and with all thy soul{H5315}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  This daye the Lorde thy God hath commaunded the to doo these ordinaunces and lawes. Kepe them therfore and doo them with all thyne hert and all thy soule.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  In the daye whan the LORDE thy God commaunded the, to do acordynge vnto all these ordinauces and lawes, that thou shuldest kepe them and do therafter with all thy hert and with all thy soule.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  This day the Lord thy God doeth command thee to do these ordinances, & lawes: keepe them therefore, & do them with al thine heart, and with all thy soule.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  This day the Lord thy God hath commaunded thee to do these ordinaunces and lawes: kepe thou them, & do them, with all thine heart, and all thy soule.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ This day the LORD thy God hath commanded thee to do these statutes and judgments: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `This day Jehovah thy God is commanding thee to do these statutes and judgments; and thou hast hearkened and done them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  This day Jehovah thy God commandeth thee to do these statutes and ordinances: thou shalt therefore keep and do them with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Today the Lord your God gives you orders to keep all these laws and decisions: so then keep and do them with all your heart and all your soul.

• World English Bible (2000)

  This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Narrative Interlude Today the LORD your God is commanding you to keep these statutes and ordinances, something you must do with all your heart and soul.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 4:1-6 : 1 Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and judgments that I am teaching you to observe, so that you may live and enter to take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving to you. 2 Do not add to the command that I am giving you, and do not take away from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am commanding you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal Peor; for every man who followed Baal Peor, the LORD your God destroyed him from among you. 4 But all of you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today. 5 See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, so that you may act according to them in the land you are entering to possess. 6 You must keep and do them, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the nations, who will hear about all these statutes and say, 'Indeed, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'
• Deut 4:29 : 29 But from there, you will seek the LORD your God, and you will find Him if you search for Him with all your heart and all your soul.
• Deut 6:1 : 1 These are the commandments, statutes, and judgments that the LORD your God commanded to teach you to carry out in the land you are about to cross into and possess.
• Deut 6:5 : 5 You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.
• Deut 6:17 : 17 Diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, as well as His testimonies and statutes that He has commanded you.
• Deut 8:2 : 2 Remember the entire journey the Lord your God has led you on these forty years in the wilderness, to humble and test you in order to know what is in your heart—whether or not you would keep His commandments.
• Deut 11:1 : 1 You shall love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments.
• Deut 11:8 : 8 Therefore, keep every commandment I am giving you today, so that you may be strong and go in and take possession of the land that you are crossing over to inherit.
• Deut 12:1 : 1 These are the statutes and ordinances that you must carefully observe in the land that the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has given you to possess, for as long as you live on the earth.
• Deut 13:3-4 : 3 and the sign or wonder he spoke to you about comes true, saying, 'Let us follow other gods, whom you have not known, and let us worship them,' 4 you must not listen to that prophet or dreamer. For the LORD your God is testing you to know whether you truly love Him with all your heart and all your soul.
• Matt 28:20 : 20 'teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the very end of the age.'
• John 14:15 : 15 If you love me, keep my commandments.
• John 14:21-24 : 21 The one who has my commandments and keeps them is the one who loves me. The one who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I will love him and will reveal myself to him. 22 Judas (not Iscariot) said to him, 'Lord, how is it that you are going to reveal yourself to us, and not to the world?' 23 Jesus answered, 'If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, and my Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our dwelling with him.' 24 The one who does not love me does not keep my words. The word you hear is not my own but belongs to the Father who sent me.
• 1 John 5:2-3 : 2 This is how we know that we love the children of God: by loving God and keeping His commandments. 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.