Deuteronomy 4:2 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:2

Moses Commands Obedience

1 “Now, O Israel, listen to ^athe statutes and the judgments which I teach you to observe, that you may live, and go in and¹ possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers is giving you.

2 ^aYou shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did at ^aBaal Peor; for the Lord your God has destroyed from among you all the men who followed Baal of Peor.

4 But you who held fast to the Lord your God are alive today, every one of you.

5 “Surely I have taught you statutes and judgments, just as the Lord my God commanded me, that you should act according to them in the land which you go to possess.

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 4:2

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American Standard Version
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

Amplified® Bible
You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you diminish it, that you may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you.

Contemporary English Version
and now he is your God. I am telling you everything he has commanded, so don't add anything or take anything away.

Darby English Version
Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye take from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.

Good News Bible
Do not add anything to what I command you, and do not take anything away. Obey the commands of the LORD your God that I have given you.

King James Version
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

New International Version
Do not add to what I command you and do not subtract from it, but keep the commands of the LORD your God that I give you.

New King James Version
You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Revised Standard Version
You shall not add to the word which I command you, nor take from it; that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Young's Literal Translation
Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.

New English Translation
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 to¹ you.

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