Psalms 119:4

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

You have commanded Your precepts to be kept diligently.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַ֭תָּה צִוִּ֥יתָה פִקֻּדֶ֗יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֥ר מְאֹֽד׃

Transliteration

ʾattâ ṣiwwîtâ p̄iqqudêḵā to-šəmōr məʾōd

Grammar Details

• *ʾattâ*: 2nd person masculine singular pronoun - you
• *ṣiwwîtâ*: Piel perfect 2nd person masculine singular - you have commanded
• *p̄iqqudêḵā*: masculine plural noun + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your precepts
• to-*šəmōr*: preposition *lə* + Qal infinitive construct - to keep/observe
• *məʾōd*: adverb - very/exceedingly/diligently

Word Meanings

• *ṣiwwîtâ*: commanded/ordered/charged
• *p̄iqqudêḵā*: precepts/commandments/orders/decrees
• *šəmōr*: keep/observe/guard/watch
• *məʾōd*: very/exceedingly/diligently/carefully

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  You have commanded us to keep Your precepts diligently.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Thou hast commanded us to keep thy precepts diligently.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou hast commanded{H6680} [us] thy precepts,{H6490} That we should observe{H8104} them diligently.{H3966}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Thou hast commanded{H6680}{(H8765)} us to keep{H8104}{(H8800)} thy precepts{H6490} diligently{H3966}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Thou hast geuen strayte charge to kepe thy commaundementes.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Thou hast commaunded to keepe thy precepts diligently.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  Thou hast geuen charge: that we shoulde diligently kepe thy commaundementes.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  ¶ Thou hast commanded [us] to keep thy precepts diligently.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  You have commanded your precepts, That we should fully obey them.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Thou hast commanded us Thy precepts to keep diligently,

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou hast commanded `us' thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Thou hast commanded [us] thy precepts, That we should observe them diligently.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  You have put your orders into our hearts, so that we might keep them with care.

• World English Bible (2000)

  You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  You demand that your precepts be carefully kept.

Referenced Verses

• 1 John 5:3 : 3 For this is the love of God: that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome.
• Deut 4:1 : 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.
• 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 5:29-33 : 29 Oh, that their hearts would always fear Me and keep all My commands, so that it might go well with them and their children forever! 30 Go and tell them to return to their tents. 31 But as for you, stay here with Me, so that I may give you all the commands, decrees, and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess. 32 So be careful to do as the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or the left. 33 Walk in all the ways that the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land you will possess.
• 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 11:13 : 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—
• Deut 11:22 : 22 For if you carefully keep all these commandments I am giving you to follow—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him—
• 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.
• 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 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.
• Jer 7:23 : 23 But this is what I commanded them: Listen to my voice, and I will be your God, and you will be my people. Walk in all the ways I command you, so that it may go well with you.
• 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 : 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.
• Phil 4:8-9 : 8 Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable—if there is any excellence and if there is anything worthy of praise—think about these things. 9 Whatever you have learned or received or heard from me, or seen in me, put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.