Deuteronomy 5:32

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Be careful, therefore, to do exactly what the LORD your God has commanded you; do not turn right or left!

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֣ם לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּ֛ה יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם אֶתְכֶ֑ם לֹ֥א תָסֻ֖רוּ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל

Transliteration

And-ûšəmartem to-laʿăśôt as-which ṣiwwāh YHWH ʾĕlōhêkem you not tāsûrû right and-left

Grammar Details

• *ûšəmartem*: waw conjunctive + Qal perfect 2mp - and you shall keep
• *laʿăśôt*: preposition + Qal infinitive construct - to do
• *ṣiwwāh*: Piel perfect 3ms - commanded
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *ʾĕlōhêkem*: common noun, masculine plural construct + 2mp suffix - your God
• *tāsûrû*: Qal imperfect 2mp - you shall turn aside

Word Meanings

• *ûšəmartem*: and you shall keep/and you shall observe/and you shall be careful
• *laʿăśôt*: to do/to perform/to carry out
• *ṣiwwāh*: commanded/ordered/instructed
• *tāsûrû*: you shall turn aside/you shall deviate/you shall depart

Referenced Verses

• Josh 1:7 : 7 Make sure you are very strong and brave! Carefully obey all the law my servant Moses charged you to keep! Do not swerve from it to the right or to the left, so that you may be successful in all you do.
• Josh 23:6 : 6 Be very strong! Carefully obey all that is written in the law scroll of Moses so you won’t swerve from it to the right or the left,
• Prov 4:27 : 27 Do not turn to the right or to the left; turn yourself away from evil.
• Deut 17:20 : 20 Then he will not exalt himself above his fellow citizens or turn from the commandments to the right or left, and he and his descendants will enjoy many years ruling over his kingdom in Israel.
• Deut 28:14 : 14 But you must not turn away from all the commandments I am giving you today, to either the right or left, nor pursue other gods and worship them.
• Deut 24:8 : 8 Respect for Human Dignity Be careful during an outbreak of leprosy to follow precisely all that the Levitical priests instruct you; as I have commanded them, so you should do.
• Ezek 37:24 : 24 “‘My servant David will be king over them; there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow my regulations and carefully observe my statutes.
• 2 Pet 2:21 : 21 For it would have been better for them never to have known the way of righteousness than, having known it, to turn back from the holy commandment that had been delivered to them.
• 2 Kgs 21:8 : 8 I will not make Israel again leave the land I gave to their ancestors, provided that they carefully obey all I commanded them, the whole law my servant Moses ordered them to obey.”
• Ps 125:5 : 5 As for those who are bent on traveling a sinful path, may the LORD remove them, along with those who behave wickedly! May Israel experience peace!
• Deut 4:1-2 : 1 The Privileges of the Covenant Now, Israel, pay attention to the statutes and ordinances I am about to teach you, so that you might live and go on to enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your ancestors, is giving you. 2 Do not add a thing to what I command you nor subtract from it, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am delivering to you.
• Deut 6:3 : 3 Pay attention, Israel, and be careful to do this so that it may go well with you and that you may increase greatly in number– as the LORD, God of your ancestors, said to you, you will have a land flowing with milk and honey.
• Deut 6:25 : 25 We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments before the LORD our God, just as he demands.”
• Deut 8:1 : 1 The Lord’s Provision in the Desert You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.
• Deut 11:32 : 32 Be certain to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am presenting to you today.
• Deut 12:32 : 32 Idolatry and False Prophets(13:1) You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!