Deuteronomy 6
- 1Now these are the commandments, the laws, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go to possess it:
- 2That you might fear the Lord your God, to keep all his laws and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life. That your days may be prolonged.
- 3Hear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it. That it may be well with you, and that you may increase greatly, as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.
- 4Hear, O Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord.
- 5And you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
- 6And these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart:
- 7And you shall teach them carefully to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
- 8And you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be as headbands between your eyes.
- 9And you shall write them on the posts of your house, and on your gates.
- 10And it shall be, when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and fine cities, which you did not build,
- 11And houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, when you shall have eaten and be full.
- 12Then beware or else you will forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
- 13You shall fear the Lord your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.
- 14You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you.
- 15For the Lord your God is a jealous God among you. Or else the anger of the Lord your God will burn against you, and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
- 16You shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
- 17You shall carefully keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his teachings, and his laws, which he has commanded you.
- 18And you shall do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
- 19To cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.
- 20And when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the teachings, and the laws, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded you?
- 21Then you shall say to your son, We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
- 22And the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household, before our eyes:
- 23And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
- 24And the Lord commanded us to do all these laws, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
- 25And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 6 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVNow 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:
GIGAKJVNow these are the commandments, the laws, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go to possess it:
KJVThat 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.
GIGAKJVThat you might fear the Lord your God, to keep all his laws and his commandments, which I command you, you, and your son, and your son's son, all the days of your life. That your days may be prolonged.
KJVHear 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.
GIGAKJVHear therefore, O Israel, and observe to do it. That it may be well with you, and that you may increase greatly, as the Lord God of your fathers has promised you, in the land that flows with milk and honey.
KJVHear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
GIGAKJVHear, O Israel. The Lord our God is one Lord.
KJVAnd thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your might.
KJVAnd these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:
GIGAKJVAnd these words, which I command you this day, shall be in your heart:
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall teach them carefully to your children, and shall talk of them when you sit in your house, and when you walk by the way, and when you lie down, and when you rise up.
KJVAnd thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall bind them for a sign on your hand, and they shall be as headbands between your eyes.
KJVAnd thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall write them on the posts of your house, and on your gates.
KJVAnd 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,
GIGAKJVAnd it shall be, when the Lord your God shall have brought you into the land which he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give you great and fine cities, which you did not build,
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd houses full of all good things, which you did not fill, and wells dug, which you did not dig, vineyards and olive trees, which you did not plant, when you shall have eaten and be full.
KJVThen beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
GIGAKJVThen beware or else you will forget the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.
KJVThou shalt fear the Lord thy God, and serve him, and shalt swear by his name.
GIGAKJVYou shall fear the Lord your God, and serve him, and shall swear by his name.
KJVYe shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people which are round about you;
GIGAKJVYou shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the people who are all around you.
KJV(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.
GIGAKJVFor the Lord your God is a jealous God among you. Or else the anger of the Lord your God will burn against you, and destroy you from off the face of the earth.
KJVYe shall not tempt the Lord your God, as ye tempted him in Massah.
GIGAKJVYou shall not tempt the Lord your God, as you tempted him in Massah.
KJVYe shall diligently keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his testimonies, and his statutes, which he hath commanded thee.
GIGAKJVYou shall carefully keep the commandments of the Lord your God, and his teachings, and his laws, which he has commanded you.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd you shall do that which is right and good in the sight of the Lord: that it may be well with you, and that you may go in and possess the good land which the Lord swore to your fathers.
KJVTo cast out all thine enemies from before thee, as the Lord hath spoken.
GIGAKJVTo cast out all your enemies from before you, as the Lord has spoken.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd when your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the teachings, and the laws, and the judgments, which the Lord our God has commanded you?
KJVThen 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:
GIGAKJVThen you shall say to your son, We were Pharaoh's slaves in Egypt. The Lord brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:
KJVAnd the Lord shewed signs and wonders, great and sore, upon Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his household, before our eyes:
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord showed signs and wonders, great and severe, on Egypt, on Pharaoh, and on all his household, before our eyes:
KJVAnd he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers.
GIGAKJVAnd he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord commanded us to do all these laws, to fear the Lord our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as it is at this day.
KJVAnd it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us.
GIGAKJVAnd it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us.
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