Deuteronomy 6:4 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:4

2 ^athat you may fear the Lord your God, to keep all His statutes and His commandments which I command you, you and your son and your grandson, all the days of your life, ^band that your days may be prolonged.

3 Therefore hear, O Israel, and be careful to observe it, that it may be well with you, and that you may ^amultiply greatly ^bas the Lord God of your fathers has promised you—^c‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’

4 ^a“Hear, O Israel:¹ The Lord our God, the Lord is one!

5 ^aYou shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, ^bwith all your soul, and with all your strength.

6 “And ^athese words which I command you today shall be in your heart.

7 ^aYou shall teach them diligently to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up.

8 ^aYou shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

9 ^aYou shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Caution Against Disobedience

10 “So it shall be, when the Lord your God brings you into the land of which He¹ swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give you large and beautiful cities ^awhich you did not build,

11 houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, hewn-out wells which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees which you did not plant—^awhen you have eaten and are full—

Verse Comparison: Deuteronomy 6:4

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American Standard Version
Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:

Amplified® Bible
Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord [the only Lord].

Contemporary English Version
Listen, Israel! The LORD our God is the only true God!

Darby English Version
Hear, Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah;

Good News Bible
"Israel, remember this! The LORD ---and the LORD alone---is our God.

King James Version
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:

New American Standard Bible
"Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD is one!

New International Version
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one.

New King James Version
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one!

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" Hear, O Israel! The LORD we acknowledge as our God, the LORD we recognize as one!

Revised Standard Version
"Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD;

Young's Literal Translation
`Hear, O Israel, Jehovah our God `is' one Jehovah;

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