Deuteronomy 6:15

KJV1611 – Modern English

(For the LORD your God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD your God be kindled against you, and destroy you from the face of the earth.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    For the LORD your God, who is among you, is a jealous God. His anger will burn against you, and He will destroy you from the face of the earth.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and stroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    for Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} in the midst{H7130} of thee is a jealous{H7067} God;{H410} lest the anger{H639} of Jehovah{H3068} thy God{H430} be kindled{H2734} against thee, and he destroy{H8045} thee from off the face{H6440} of the earth.{H127}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    (For the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} is a jealous{H7067} God{H410} among{H7130} you) lest the anger{H639} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430} be kindled{H2734}{(H8799)} against thee, and destroy{H8045}{(H8689)} thee from off the face{H6440} of the earth{H127}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For the Lorde thy God is a gelouse God among you lest the wrath of the Lorde thy God waxe hotte vppon the and destroye the from the erth.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    (for the LORDE thy God is a gelous God in the myddest of the) that the wrath of the LORDE thy God waxe not whote ouer the, and destroye the from the earth.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    (For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you:) least the wrath of the Lord thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from the face of the earth.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    (For the Lorde thy God is a ielous God among you) lest the countenaunce of the Lorde thy God be moued to wrath agaynst thee, and destroy thee from the face of the earth.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    (For the LORD thy God [is] a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    for a zealous God `is' Jehovah thy God in thy midst -- lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    for Jehovah thy God in the midst of thee is a jealous God; lest the anger of Jehovah thy God be kindled against thee, and he destroy thee from off the face of the earth.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    For the Lord your God who is with you is a God who will not let his honour be given to another; or the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, causing your destruction from the face of the earth.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    for Yahweh your God in the midst of you is a jealous God; lest the anger of Yahweh your God be kindled against you, and he destroy you from off the face of the earth.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    for the LORD your God, who is present among you, is a jealous God and his anger will erupt against you and remove you from the land.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:24 : 24 For the LORD your God is a consuming fire, even a jealous God.
  • Exod 20:5 : 5 You shall not bow down to them or serve them, for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generation of those who hate Me.
  • Deut 7:4 : 4 For they will turn your son away from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly.
  • Deut 11:17 : 17 And then the LORD'S wrath be kindled against you, and He shuts up the heaven, so there is no rain, and the land yields no fruit; and you perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.
  • 1 Kgs 13:34 : 34 And this thing became sin to the house of Jeroboam, to cut it off and to destroy it from off the face of the earth.
  • 2 Chr 36:16 : 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, until there was no remedy.
  • Ps 90:7 : 7 For we are consumed by your anger, and by your wrath are we troubled.
  • Ps 90:11 : 11 Who knows the power of your anger? even according to your fear, so is your wrath.
  • Amos 3:2 : 2 You only have I known of all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.
  • Amos 9:8 : 8 Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth, except that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, says the LORD.
  • Exod 32:12 : 12 Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, 'He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from Your fierce wrath, and relent from this evil against Your people.
  • Num 32:10-15 : 10 And the LORD's anger was kindled at that time, and he swore, saying, 11 Surely none of the men who came up out of Egypt, from twenty years old and upward, shall see the land that I swore to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; because they have not wholly followed me, 12 Except Caleb the son of Jephunneh the Kenizzite, and Joshua the son of Nun; for they have wholly followed the LORD. 13 And the LORD's anger was kindled against Israel, and he made them wander in the wilderness forty years, until all the generation that had done evil in the sight of the LORD was consumed. 14 And, behold, you have risen in your fathers' place, an increase of sinful men, to add still more to the fierce anger of the LORD toward Israel. 15 For if you turn away from following him, he will again leave them in the wilderness, and you will have destroyed all this people.
  • Deut 5:9 : 9 You shall not bow down to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of those who hate me,
  • Gen 7:4 : 4 For in seven days, I will cause it to rain on the earth for forty days and forty nights; and every living thing that I have made will I destroy from the face of the earth.
  • 1 Cor 10:22 : 22 Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than He?

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    23 Take heed to yourselves, lest you forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, or the likeness of anything, which the LORD your God has forbidden you.

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    13 You shall fear the LORD your God and serve him, and shall swear by his name.

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    6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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    16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart is not deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods, and worship them;

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    4 For they will turn your son away from following me, that they may serve other gods: so the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and destroy you suddenly.

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    7 Remember, and do not forget, how you provoked the LORD your God to wrath in the wilderness: from the day that you departed out of the land of Egypt, until you came to this place, you have been rebellious against the LORD.

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    18 Then will the LORD be jealous for his land, and pity his people.

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    3 You shall have no other gods before Me.

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    4 You shall not do so unto the LORD your God.

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    22 Neither shall you set up for yourself any image, which the LORD your God hates.

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