Deuteronomy 6:8 - Forerunner Commentary

Deuteronomy 6:8

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.

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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 6:8

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American Standard Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Amplified® Bible
And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets (forehead bands) between your eyes.

Contemporary English Version
Write down copies and tie them to your wrists and foreheads to help you obey them.

Darby English Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign on thy hand, and they shall be for frontlets between thine eyes.

Good News Bible
Tie them on your arms and wear them on your foreheads as a reminder.

King James Version
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.

New American Standard Bible
"You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall be as frontals on your forehead.

New International Version
Tie them as symbols on your hands and bind them on your foreheads.

New King James Version
You shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
" You shall bind them as a sign on your hand and they shall resemble frontals on your forehead.

Revised Standard Version
And you shall bind them as a sign upon your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes.

Young's Literal Translation
and hast bound them for a sign upon thy hand, and they have been for frontlets between thine eyes,

New English Translation
You should tie them as a reminder on your forearm¹ and fasten them as symbols² on your forehead.

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