The Shema
Now these are the commandments, rules and judgments the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, so you may do them in the land you are crossing over to possess. Fear the Lord your God and keep all his rules and commandments that I command you — you, your son and your grandson — all the days of your life, so your days may be prolonged. So listen, Israel, and be careful to do it, so things go well with you and you increase greatly, as the Lord God of your fathers promised you, in the land flowing with milk and honey. Listen, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord. You'll love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might. These words I command you today will be in your heart. Teach them diligently to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home, when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. Tie them on your hand as a sign, and wear them like a band on your forehead. Write them on the posts of your house and on your gates.
Now these are the orders and the rules and the judgments the Lord your God ordered to teach you, so you'd do them in the land you're going over to own — so you'd fear the Lord your God and keep all his rules and his orders that I'm ordering you, you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life, and so your days are made long. So listen, Israel, and watch that you do it, so it goes well for you and you grow to be many — the way the Lord God of your fathers has promised you — in the land flowing with milk and honey. Listen, Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord. And you'll love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul and all your strength. And these words I'm ordering you today will be in your heart. And you'll teach them hard to your children and talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up. And you'll tie them on your hand as a sign, and they'll be like a band between your eyes. And you'll write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it: That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged. Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey. Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD: And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart: And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Now these are the commandments, rules and judgments the Lord your God commanded me to teach you, so you may do them in the land you are crossing over to possess.
Now these are the orders and the rules and the judgments the Lord your God ordered to teach you, so you'd do them in the land you're going over to own —
Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them in the land whither ye go to possess it:
Fear the Lord your God and keep all his rules and commandments that I command you — you, your son and your grandson — all the days of your life, so your days may be prolonged.
so you'd fear the Lord your God and keep all his rules and his orders that I'm ordering you, you and your son and your son's son, all the days of your life, and so your days are made long.
That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
So listen, Israel, and be careful to do it, so things go well with you and you increase greatly, as the Lord God of your fathers promised you, in the land flowing with milk and honey.
So listen, Israel, and watch that you do it, so it goes well for you and you grow to be many — the way the Lord God of your fathers has promised you — in the land flowing with milk and honey.
Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it; that it may be well with thee, and that ye may increase mightily, as the LORD God of thy fathers hath promised thee, in the land that floweth with milk and honey.
Listen, Israel: the Lord our God is one Lord.
Listen, Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord.
Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God is one LORD:
You'll love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul and with all your might.
And you'll love the Lord your God with your whole heart and your whole soul and all your strength.
And thou shalt love the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
These words I command you today will be in your heart.
And these words I'm ordering you today will be in your heart.
And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
Teach them diligently to your children. Talk about them when you sit at home, when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
And you'll teach them hard to your children and talk about them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you get up.
And thou shalt teach them diligently unto thy children, and shalt talk of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down, and when thou risest up.
Tie them on your hand as a sign, and wear them like a band on your forehead.
And you'll tie them on your hand as a sign, and they'll be like a band between your eyes.
And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
Write them on the posts of your house and on your gates.
And you'll write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.
And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
Don't forget the Lord
When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give you — with great and good cities you did not build, houses full of good things you did not fill, wells you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees you did not plant — and when you have eaten and are full, then watch yourself, so you do not forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. You'll fear the Lord your God, serve him, and swear by his name. Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples around you, because the Lord your God among you is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be kindled against you and destroy you from off the face of the earth. You won't tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah. Keep diligently the commandments of the Lord your God, and his instructions and rules that he has commanded you. Do what is right and good in the LORD's eyes, so things may go well with you and you may go in and possess the good land the Lord swore to your fathers, To throw out all your enemies before you, as the Lord has said.
And when the Lord your God has brought you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, to give you — big and good towns you didn't build, houses full of every good thing that you didn't fill, wells dug that you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees that you didn't plant — when you've eaten and had your fill, then watch yourself, so you don't forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves. You'll fear the Lord your God and serve him and swear by his name. You won't go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round you — because the Lord your God among you is a jealous God — or the anger of the Lord your God will burn against you and wreck you off the face of the earth. You won't test the Lord your God the way you tested him at Massah. You'll keep the orders of the Lord your God carefully, and his testimonies and his rules that he's ordered you. And you'll do what's right and good in the eyes of the Lord, so it goes well for you and you go in and own the good land the Lord swore to your fathers — to throw out all the ones against you in front of you, the way the Lord has said.
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not, And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full; Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name. Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you; (For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth. Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah. Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee. And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
When the Lord your God brings you into the land he swore to your fathers Abraham, Isaac and Jacob to give you — with great and good cities you did not build,
And when the Lord your God has brought you into the land he swore to your fathers, to Abraham and Isaac and Jacob, to give you — big and good towns you didn't build,
And it shall be, when the LORD thy God shall have brought thee into the land which he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give thee great and goodly cities, which thou buildedst not,
houses full of good things you did not fill, wells you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees you did not plant — and when you have eaten and are full,
houses full of every good thing that you didn't fill, wells dug that you didn't dig, vineyards and olive trees that you didn't plant — when you've eaten and had your fill,
And houses full of all good things, which thou filledst not, and wells digged, which thou diggedst not, vineyards and olive trees, which thou plantedst not; when thou shalt have eaten and be full;
then watch yourself, so you do not forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
then watch yourself, so you don't forget the Lord who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.
Then beware lest thou forget the LORD, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
You'll fear the Lord your God, serve him, and swear by his name.
You'll fear the Lord your God and serve him and swear by his name.
Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
Do not go after other gods, the gods of the peoples around you,
You won't go after other gods, the gods of the peoples round you —
Ye shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
because the Lord your God among you is a jealous God. Otherwise the anger of the Lord your God will be kindled against you and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
because the Lord your God among you is a jealous God — or the anger of the Lord your God will burn against you and wreck you off the face of the earth.
(For the LORD thy God is a jealous God among you) lest the anger of the LORD thy God be kindled against thee, and destroy thee from off the face of the earth.
You won't tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
You won't test the Lord your God the way you tested him at Massah.
Ye shall not tempt the LORD your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
Keep diligently the commandments of the Lord your God, and his instructions and rules that he has commanded you.
You'll keep the orders of the Lord your God carefully, and his testimonies and his rules that he's ordered you.
Ye shall diligently keep the commandments of the LORD your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
Do what is right and good in the LORD's eyes, so things may go well with you and you may go in and possess the good land the Lord swore to your fathers,
And you'll do what's right and good in the eyes of the Lord, so it goes well for you and you go in and own the good land the Lord swore to your fathers —
And thou shalt do that which is right and good in the sight of the LORD: that it may be well with thee, and that thou mayest go in and possess the good land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers,
To throw out all your enemies before you, as the Lord has said.
to throw out all the ones against you in front of you, the way the Lord has said.
To cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the LORD hath spoken.
When your son asks
When your son asks you in time to come, "What do these instructions, rules and judgments mean that the Lord our God commanded you?" then tell your son, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand. Before our eyes the Lord showed great and terrible signs and wonders on Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household. He brought us out from there so he could bring us in and give us the land he swore to our fathers. The Lord commanded us to do all these rules, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, so he might preserve us alive, as we are this day. And it will be our righteousness if we are careful to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he commanded us."
And when your son asks you in time to come: What do the testimonies and the rules and the judgments mean that the Lord our God has ordered you? — then tell your son: We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand. And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and hard ones, on Egypt and on Pharaoh and on his whole household, in front of our eyes. And he brought us out from there, so he could bring us in and give us the land he swore to our fathers. And the Lord ordered us to do all these rules and to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, so he'd keep us alive the way we are today. And it'll be righteousness for us if we watch that we do all these orders in front of the Lord our God, the way he's ordered us.
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you? Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand: And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes: And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.
When your son asks you in time to come, "What do these instructions, rules and judgments mean that the Lord our God commanded you?"
And when your son asks you in time to come: What do the testimonies and the rules and the judgments mean that the Lord our God has ordered you? —
And when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the judgments, which the LORD our God hath commanded you?
then tell your son, "We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
then tell your son: We were slaves to Pharaoh in Egypt, and the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh’s bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
Before our eyes the Lord showed great and terrible signs and wonders on Egypt, Pharaoh and all his household.
And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and hard ones, on Egypt and on Pharaoh and on his whole household, in front of our eyes.
And the LORD shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
He brought us out from there so he could bring us in and give us the land he swore to our fathers.
And he brought us out from there, so he could bring us in and give us the land he swore to our fathers.
And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
The Lord commanded us to do all these rules, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, so he might preserve us alive, as we are this day.
And the Lord ordered us to do all these rules and to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, so he'd keep us alive the way we are today.
And the LORD commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear the LORD our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
And it will be our righteousness if we are careful to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he commanded us."
And it'll be righteousness for us if we watch that we do all these orders in front of the Lord our God, the way he's ordered us.
And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us.