Deuteronomy 13:4 — Compare Translations

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You shall walk after the Lord your God and [reverently] fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cling to Him.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

You shall walk after the Lord your God and [reverently] fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice, and you shall serve Him and cling to Him.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

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.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

You must follow the LORD your God and fear him. You must keep his commands and listen to him; you must worship him and remain faithful to him.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

Ye shall walk after Jehovah your God, and ye shall fear him, and his commandments shall ye keep, and his voice shall ye hear; and ye shall serve him, and unto him shall ye cleave.

English EASY 2024

You must serve only the Lord your God and respect him with fear. You must obey his commands and serve him faithfully.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

You must follow the Lord your God. Respect him. Obey his commands and do what he tells you. Serve the Lord your God, and never leave him.

You shall walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and hold fast to him.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Follow the Lord and honor him; obey him and keep his commands; worship him and be faithful to him.

English God's Word - GW 1995

Worship the Lord your God, fear him, obey his commands, listen to what he says, serve him, and be loyal to him.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

You must follow the LORD your God and fear Him. You must keep His commands and listen to His voice; you must worship Him and remain faithful to Him.

English KJV 1611

Ye shall walk after the LORD your God, and fear him, and keep his commandments, and obey his voice, and ye shall serve him, and cleave unto him.

English LSB

You shall walk after Yahweh your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

You must follow after the Lord your God, fear Him, and keep His commandments, obey His voice, and you must serve Him, and cling to Him.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"You shall follow the LORD your God and fear Him; and you shall keep His commandments, listen to His voice, serve Him, and cling to Him.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

pay no attention to the words of that prophet or that dreamer; for the LORD, your God, is testing you to learn whether you really love him with all your heart and with all your soul.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

You must follow the LORD your God and revere only him; and you must observe his commandments, obey him, serve him, and remain loyal to him.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

You must follow him. You must have respect for him. Keep his commands. Obey him. Serve him. Remain true to him.

English NIV

It is the LORD your God you must follow, and him you must revere. Keep his commands and obey him; serve him and hold fast to him.

English NKJ 1982

You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear Him, and keep His commandments and obey His voice; you shall serve Him and hold fast to Him.

English NLT

Serve only the LORD your God and fear him alone. Obey his commands, listen to his voice, and cling to him.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The LORD your God you shall follow, him alone you shall fear, his commandments you shall keep, his voice you shall obey, him you shall serve, and to him you shall hold fast.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

You shall walk after the Lord your God and fear him, and keep his commandments and obey his voice, and you shall serve him and cleave to him.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

You must never worship any God but Jehovah; obey only his commands and cling to him.

English Tyndale 1537

For ye must walk after the LORD your God and fear him and keep his commandments and hearken unto his voice and serve him and cleave unto him.