Deuteronomy 10:20
18 He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
19 So you also must love the foreigner, since you yourselves were foreigners in the land of Egypt.
You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
21 He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
22 Your fathers went down to Egypt, seventy in all, and now the LORD your God has made you as numerous as the stars in the sky.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- You are to fear the LORD your God and serve Him. Hold fast to Him and take your oaths in His name.
- KJV
- Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- WEB
- You shall fear the LORD your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
- ASV
- Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him shalt thou serve; and to him shalt thou cleave, and by his name shalt thou swear.
- DARBY
- Thou shalt fear Jehovah thy God; him thou shalt serve, and unto him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
- BLB
- YHWH your God you shall fear; Him you shall serve, and to Him you shall hold fast, and by His name you shall swear.
- ÅB
- Herren din Gud skal du frykte, ham skal du tjene, og ham skal du holde fast ved, og ved hans navn skal du sverge.
- OTB
- Frykt Herren din Gud og tjen Ham. Hold deg nær til Ham og sverg ved Hans navn.
- B1930
- Herren din Gud skal du frykte, ham skal du tjene, og ham skal du holde fast ved, og ved hans navn skal du sverge.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 6:13
Fear the LORD your God, serve Him only, and take your oaths in His name.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 13:4
You are to follow the LORD your God and fear Him. Keep His commandments and listen to His voice; serve Him and hold fast to Him.
Read in contextLuke 4:8
But Jesus answered, “It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:22
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—
Read in contextMatthew 4:10
“Away from Me, Satan!” Jesus declared. “For it is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
Read in contextPsalms 63:11
But the king will rejoice in God; all who swear by Him will exult, for the mouths of liars will be shut.
Read in contextIsaiah 45:23
By Myself I have sworn; truth has gone out from My mouth, a word that will not be revoked: Every knee will bow before Me, every tongue will swear allegiance.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:4
But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.
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