Deuteronomy 28:58

KJV1611 – Modern English

If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אִם־לֹ֨א תִשְׁמֹ֜ר לַעֲשׂ֗וֹת אֶת־כָּל־דִּבְרֵי֙ הַתּוֹרָ֣ה הַזֹּ֔את הַכְּתוּבִ֖ים בַּסֵּ֣פֶר הַזֶּ֑ה לְ֠יִרְאָה אֶת־הַשֵּׁ֞ם הַנִּכְבָּ֤ד וְהַנּוֹרָא֙ הַזֶּ֔ה אֵ֖ת יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶֽיךָ׃

Transliteration

If-not tišmōr to-ʿăśôt ʾet-all-dibrê the-tôrāh the-this, the-kĕtûbîm in-the-sēper the-this, to-yirʾāh ʾet-the-šēm the-nikbād and-the-nôrāʾ the-this, ʾēt YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā.

Grammar Details

• *tišmōr*: Qal imperfect 2nd masculine singular - you will observe/keep
• *ʿăśôt*: Qal infinitive construct - doing/performing
• *dibrê*: noun masculine plural construct - words of
• *tôrāh*: noun feminine singular - instruction/law/teaching
• *kĕtûbîm*: Qal passive participle masculine plural - written/inscribed
• *sēper*: noun masculine singular - book/scroll/document
• *yirʾāh*: Qal infinitive construct - fearing/revering
• *šēm*: noun masculine singular - name
• *nikbād*: Niphal participle masculine singular - honored/glorious
• *nôrāʾ*: Niphal participle masculine singular - feared/awesome
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkā*: noun masculine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your God

Word Meanings

• *tišmōr*: observe/keep/guard/preserve
• *ʿăśôt*: to do/perform/accomplish/fulfill
• *dibrê*: words/matters/things
• *tôrāh*: instruction/law/teaching/direction
• *sēper*: book/scroll/document/writing
• *yirʾāh*: to fear/revere/be in awe of
• *šēm*: name/reputation/character
• *nikbād*: honored/glorious/weighty/distinguished
• *nôrāʾ*: feared/awesome/terrible/dreadful

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law that are written in this book, and do not fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  Yf thou wilt not be diligent to doo all the wordes of this lawe that are wrytten in thys boke, for to feare this glorious and fearfull name of the Lorde thy God:

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  Yf thou wilt not be diligent to do all the wordes of this lawe which are wrytten in this boke, that thou mayest feare this glorious and fearfull name, euen the LORDE thy God,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  If thou wilt not keepe and doe all the wordes of the Lawe (that are written in this booke) and feare this glorious and feareful name The Lord Thy God,

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  If thou wylt not kepe and do all the wordes of this lawe that are written in this booke, and feare this glorious and fearefull name, The Lorde thy God:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `If thou dost not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this book, to fear this honoured and fearful name -- Jehovah thy God --

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, JEHOVAH THY GOD;

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  If you will not take care to do all the words of this law, recorded in this book, honouring that name of glory and of fear, THE LORD YOUR GOD;

• World English Bible (2000)

  If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and fearful name, YAHWEH YOUR GOD;

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  The Curse of Covenant Termination“If you refuse to obey all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,

Referenced Verses

• Isa 42:8 : 8 I am the LORD: that is my name: and my glory will I not give to another, nor my praise to carved images.
• Jer 5:12 : 12 They have denied the LORD, and said, It is not he; neither shall evil come upon us; neither shall we see sword nor famine:
• Jer 7:9-9 : 9 Will you steal, murder, and commit adultery, and swear falsely, and burn incense to Baal, and walk after other gods whom you do not know; 10 And come and stand before me in this house, which is called by my name, and say, We are delivered to do all these abominations?
• Jer 7:26-28 : 26 Yet they did not listen to me, nor incline their ear, but stiffened their neck: they did worse than their fathers. 27 Therefore you shall speak all these words to them; but they will not listen to you: you shall also call to them; but they will not answer you. 28 But you shall say to them, This is a nation that does not obey the voice of the LORD their God, nor receive correction: truth has perished, and is cut off from their mouth.
• Mal 1:14 : 14 But cursed be the deceiver, who has in his flock a male, and vows, and sacrifices to the Lord a corrupt thing: for I am a great King, says the LORD of hosts, and my name is feared among the heathen.
• Matt 10:28 : 28 And do not fear those who kill the body, but cannot kill the soul: but rather fear him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.
• Heb 10:30-31 : 30 For we know him who has said, Vengeance belongs to me, I will repay, says the Lord. And again, The Lord will judge his people. 31 It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.
• Heb 12:28-29 : 28 Therefore, since we are receiving a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us have grace, by which we may serve God acceptably with reverence and godly fear: 29 For our God is a consuming fire.
• Exod 3:14-15 : 14 And God said to Moses, I AM WHO I AM. And he said, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, I AM has sent me to you. 15 And God said moreover to Moses, Thus you shall say to the children of Israel, The LORD God of your fathers, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob, has sent me to you: this is my name forever, and this is my memorial to all generations.
• Exod 6:2-3 : 2 And God spoke to Moses, and said to him, I am the LORD: 3 And I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name JEHOVAH I was not known to them.
• Exod 20:2 : 2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Exod 34:5-7 : 5 And the LORD descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed the name of the LORD. 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, "The LORD, the LORD God, merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth," 7 "Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and by no means clearing the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, to the third and the fourth generation."
• Lev 26:14-15 : 14 But if you will not listen to me, and will not do all these commandments; 15 And if you shall despise my statutes, or if your soul abhors my judgments, so that you will not do all my commandments, but that you break my covenant:
• Deut 6:13 : 13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.
• Deut 28:15 : 15 But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen unto the voice of the LORD your God, to observe to do all His commandments and His statutes which I command you this day; that all these curses shall come upon you, and overtake you:
• Neh 9:5 : 5 The Levites, Jeshua, Kadmiel, Bani, Hashabniah, Sherebiah, Hodijah, Shebaniah, and Pethahiah said, 'Stand up and bless the LORD your God forever and ever; and blessed be Your glorious name, exalted above all blessing and praise.'
• Ps 50:7 : 7 Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against you: I am God, even your God.
• Ps 72:19 : 19 And blessed be his glorious name forever, and let the whole earth be filled with his glory; Amen, and Amen.
• Ps 83:18 : 18 That men may know that you, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, are the most high over all the earth.
• Isa 41:10 : 10 Fear not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of my righteousness.