Deuteronomy 4:9

7 For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?

8 And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

10 The day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, the LORD said to me, “Gather the people before Me to hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach them to their children.”

11 You came near and stood at the base of the mountain, a mountain blazing with fire to the heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.
KJV
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;
WEB
Only be careful, and keep your soul diligently, lest you forget the things which your eyes saw, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your children and your children’s children—
ASV
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children`s children;
DARBY
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things that thine eyes have seen (and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but thou shalt make them known to thy sons and to thy sons' sons),
BLB
Only take heed to yourself and keep yourself diligently, lest you forget the things that your eyes have seen, and lest they depart from your heart all the days of your life; and teach them to your sons and to the sons of your sons.
ÅB
Vokt deg bare og ta deg vel i akt at du ikke glemmer det dine øyne har sett, så det ikke går ut av din hu alle ditt livs dager, men kunngjør det for dine barn og dine barnebarn,
OTB
Bare vær forsiktig, og vokt dere nøye, så dere ikke glemmer de tingene deres øyne har sett eller lar dem forsvinne fra deres hjerte så lenge dere lever. Gjør dem kjent for deres barn og deres barnebarn.
B1930
Vokt dig bare og ta dig vel i akt at du ikke glemmer det dine øine har sett, så det ikke går ut av din hu alle ditt livs dager, men kunngjør det for dine barn og dine barnebarn,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 6:7

    And you shall teach them diligently to your children and speak of them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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  • Deuteronomy 11:19

    Teach them to your children, speaking about them when you sit at home and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.

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  • Psalms 78:3–8

    that we have heard and known and our fathers have relayed to us.

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  • Genesis 18:19

    For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”

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  • Deuteronomy 32:46

    he said to them, “Take to heart all these words I testify among you today, so that you may command your children to carefully follow all the words of this law.

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  • Ephesians 6:4

    Fathers, do not provoke your children to wrath; instead, bring them up in the discipline and instruction of the Lord.

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  • Deuteronomy 29:29

    The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.

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  • Exodus 13:8–9

    And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’

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