Deuteronomy 26:17

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Today you have declared that the LORD will be your God, that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes, commandments, and judgments, and obey His voice.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה הֶאֱמַ֖רְתָּ הַיּ֑וֹם לִהְיוֹת֩ לְךָ֨ לֽ͏ֵאלֹהִ֜ים וְלָלֶ֣כֶת בִּדְרָכָ֗יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֨ר חֻקָּ֧יו וּמִצְוֺתָ֛יו וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו וְלִשְׁמֹ֥עַ בְּקֹלֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

YHWH ʾāmar ha-yôm to hāyâ to you to ʾĕlōhîm and to hālak in derek his and to šāmar ḥôq his and miṣwâ his and mišpāṭ his and to šāmaʿ in qôl his

Grammar Details

• *YHWH*: proper name - LORD
• *ʾāmar*: verb, perfect (hiphil), 2nd singular masculine - you have declared/caused to say
• *ha-yôm*: noun, masculine singular with definite article - the day/today
• *hāyâ*: verb, infinitive construct - to be
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural - God
• *hālak*: verb, infinitive construct - to walk
• *derek*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ways
• *šāmar*: verb, infinitive construct - to keep
• *ḥôq*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his statutes
• *miṣwâ*: noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his commandments
• *mišpāṭ*: noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his judgments
• *šāmaʿ*: verb, infinitive construct - to hear/listen
• *qôl*: noun, masculine singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his voice

Word Meanings

• *ʾāmar*: declare/proclaim/cause to say
• *yôm*: day/time/period
• *hāyâ*: be/exist/become
• *hālak*: walk/go/come/behave
• *derek*: way/road/path/journey
• *šāmar*: keep/observe/guard/preserve
• *ḥôq*: statute/ordinance/decree
• *miṣwâ*: commandment/precept/decree
• *mišpāṭ*: judgment/ordinance/regulation
• *šāmaʿ*: hear/listen/obey/understand
• *qôl*: voice/sound/noise

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  You have declared the LORD this day to be your God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to listen to his voice:

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice:

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Thou hast sett vpp the Lorde this daye to be thy God and to walke in hys wayes and to kepe his ordinaunces, his commaundmentes and his lawes, and to herken vnto his voyce.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The same daye maydest thou a promysse vnto the LORDE, that he shulde be thy God, and yt thou woldest walke in all his wayes, and kepe his ordynaunces, his commaundementes, and his lawes, and to herken vnto his voyce.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou hast set vp the Lorde this day to be thy God, and to walke in his wayes, and to keepe his ordinances, and his commandements, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast set vp the Lord this day to be thy God, & to walke in his wayes, and to kepe his ordinaunces, his commaundementes, and his lawes, and to hearken vnto his voyce.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice:

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou hast avouched Jehovah this day to be thy God, and that thou wouldest walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice:

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Today you have declared the LORD to be your God, and that you will walk in his ways, keep his statutes, commandments, and ordinances, and obey him.

Referenced Verses

• Exod 24:7 : 7 Then he took the Book of the Covenant and read it to the people. They said, "We will do everything the LORD has said; we will obey."
• Deut 5:2-3 : 2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us at Horeb. 3 It was not with our fathers that the LORD made this covenant but with us, all of us who are alive here today.
• Deut 10:12-13 : 12 And now, Israel, what does the LORD your God require of you but to fear the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to love Him, to serve the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, 13 and to keep the commandments of the LORD and His statutes that I am commanding you today for your own good?
• Deut 13:4-5 : 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. 5 You must follow the LORD your God, fear Him, keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.
• Deut 13:18 : 18 Do not let any of the things set apart for destruction cling to your hand, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger and show you mercy, have compassion on you, and increase you, as He swore to your ancestors.
• Deut 15:5 : 5 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.
• Deut 30:16 : 16 For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and judgments, so that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess.
• Josh 22:5 : 5 But be very careful to keep the commandment and the law that Moses, the servant of the LORD, commanded you: to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, to keep His commandments, to hold fast to Him, and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul.
• 1 Kgs 2:3-4 : 3 Obey the charge of the LORD your God by walking in His ways, keeping His statutes, commandments, judgments, and testimonies, as it is written in the Law of Moses. In this way, you will prosper in all you do and wherever you turn. 4 And you will ensure that the LORD fulfills His promise to me, saying, 'If your sons are careful to walk before Me in truth with all their heart and soul, you will never fail to have a man on the throne of Israel.'
• 2 Chr 34:31 : 31 The king stood in his place and made a covenant before the LORD to follow the LORD, to keep His commandments, decrees, and statutes with all his heart and all his soul, and to carry out the words of the covenant written in this book.
• Ps 147:19-20 : 19 He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel. 20 He has not done this for any other nation; they do not know His judgments. Hallelujah!
• Isa 12:2 : 2 Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and not be afraid, for the LORD, the LORD Himself, is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation.
• Isa 44:5 : 5 One will say, 'I belong to the LORD,' another will call on the name of Jacob, and still another will write on his hand, 'Belonging to the LORD,' and will honor the name of Israel.
• Zech 13:9 : 9 This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’
• Acts 27:23 : 23 Last night, an angel of the God to whom I belong and whom I serve stood beside me,
• Rom 6:13 : 13 Do not present the parts of your body as instruments of unrighteousness to sin, but present yourselves to God as those alive from the dead, and the parts of your body as instruments of righteousness to God.
• 1 Cor 6:19-20 : 19 Or do you not know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit, who is in you, whom you have received from God? You are not your own; 20 You were bought at a price. Therefore glorify God with your body and spirit, which are God's.
• 2 Cor 8:5 : 5 And they exceeded our expectations: they gave themselves first to the Lord and then to us in keeping with God's will.
• Exod 15:2 : 2 The LORD is my strength and my song; He has become my salvation. This is my God, and I will glorify Him; the God of my father, and I will exalt Him.
• Exod 20:19 : 19 They said to Moses, 'Speak to us yourself, and we will listen. But do not let God speak to us, or we will die.'