Deuteronomy 30:10

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּ֣י תִשְׁמַ֗ע בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֤ר מִצְוֺתָיו֙ וְחֻקֹּתָ֔יו הַכְּתוּבָ֕ה בְּסֵ֥פֶר הַתּוֹרָ֖ה הַזֶּ֑ה כִּ֤י תָשׁוּב֙ אֶל־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ בְּכָל־לְבָבְךָ֖ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ

Transliteration

When kî tišmaʿ to the qôl of YHWH your ʾĕlōhîm to lišmōr his miṣwōtāyw and his ḥuqqōtāyw the hakkətûbāh in sēper the tôrāh this, when kî tāšûb unto YHWH your ʾĕlōhîm with all your lēbābəkā and with all your napšekā

Grammar Details

• *kî tišmaʿ*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - when you will hear/obey
• *qôl*: masculine singular construct - voice of
• *lišmōr*: preposition + qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
• *miṣwōtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his commandments
• *ḥuqqōtāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his statutes
• *hakkətûbāh*: qal passive participle, feminine singular with definite article - the written
• *sēper*: masculine singular construct - book of
• *tôrāh*: feminine singular noun with definite article - the law/instruction
• *kî tāšûb*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - when you will return
• *lēbābəkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your heart
• *napšekā*: feminine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your soul

Word Meanings

• *tišmaʿ*: hear/listen to/obey
• *qôl*: voice/sound
• *lišmōr*: to keep/observe/guard
• *miṣwōtāyw*: his commandments/precepts/ordinances
• *ḥuqqōtāyw*: his statutes/decrees/ordinances
• *hakkətûbāh*: the written/inscribed/recorded
• *sēper*: book/scroll/document
• *tôrāh*: law/instruction/teaching
• *tāšûb*: return/turn back/repent
• *lēbābəkā*: your heart/mind/inner being
• *napšekā*: your soul/life/self/person

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  If you shall listen to the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  if thou shalt obey{H8085} the voice{H6963} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God,{H430} to keep{H8104} his commandments{H4687} and his statutes{H2708} which are written{H3789} in this book{H5612} of the law;{H8451} if thou turn{H7725} unto Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} with all thy heart,{H3824} and with all thy soul.{H5315}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou shalt hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto the voice{H6963} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} his commandments{H4687} and his statutes{H2708} which are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in this book{H5612} of the law{H8451}, and if thou turn{H7725}{(H8799)} unto the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} with all thine heart{H3824}, and with all thy soul{H5315}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf thou herken vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe his commaundmentes and ordynaunces which are written in the boke of this lawe, yf thou turne vnto the Lord thi God with all thine hert and all thi soule.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  so that thou herken vnto the voyce of the LORDE thy God (to kepe his commaundementes and ordinaunces, which are wrytten in the boke of this lawe) and turne vnto the LORDE thy God with all thy hert and with all thy soule.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Because thou shalt obey the voyce of the Lord thy God, in keeping his comandements, and his ordinances, which are written in the booke of this Law, when thou shalt returne vnto the Lord thy God with all thine heart & with al thy soule.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou hearken only vnto the voyce of the Lorde thy God, to kepe his commaundementes and his ordinaunces which are written in the booke of this lawe, and if thou turne vnto the Lorde thy God with all thine heart and all thy soule.)

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, [and] if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  for thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which are written in the book of this law, for thou turnest back unto Jehovah thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his orders and his laws which are recorded in this book of the law, and turning to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

• World English Bible (2000)

  if you shall obey the voice of Yahweh your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if you turn to Yahweh your God with all your heart, and with all your soul.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commandments and statutes that are written in this scroll of the law. But you must turn to him with your whole mind and being.

Referenced Verses

• 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 30:2 : 2 and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and soul, you and your children, according to all that I command you today,
• Deut 30:8 : 8 And you will again obey the LORD and follow all His commandments that I am giving you today.
• Neh 1:9 : 9 but if you return to me and obey my commands, then even if your exiled people are at the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for my Name.'
• Isa 55:2-3 : 2 Why spend money on what is not bread, and your labor on what does not satisfy? Listen carefully to me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of food. 3 Incline your ear and come to me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David.
• Lam 3:40-41 : 40 Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD. 41 Let us lift up our hearts and our hands to God in heaven:
• Ezek 18:21 : 21 But if the wicked turn from all their sins that they have committed, keep all my statutes, and do what is just and right, they will live; they will not die.
• Ezek 33:11 : 11 Say to them, 'As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked turn from their ways and live. Turn back! Turn back from your evil ways! Why should you die, house of Israel?'
• Ezek 33:14 : 14 And if I say to the wicked person, 'You will surely die,' but they turn from their sin and do what is just and right—
• Ezek 33:19 : 19 But if a wicked person turns away from their wickedness and does what is just and right, they will live because of it.
• Acts 3:19 : 19 Repent, therefore, and turn back, so that your sins may be wiped away.
• Acts 26:20 : 20 Instead, I preached first to those in Damascus and in Jerusalem, and then to all the region of Judea and to the Gentiles, that they should repent, turn to God, and demonstrate their repentance by their deeds.
• 1 Cor 7:19 : 19 Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what matters.