You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
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You shall fear Yahweh your God. You shall serve him. You shall cling to him, and you shall swear by his name.
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
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Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; Him shalt thou serve; and to Him shalt thou cleave, and by His name shalt thou swear.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 10:20 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 6:13 You shall fear Yahweh your God; and you shall serve him, and shall swear by his name.
- Deuteronomy 13:4 You shall walk after Yahweh your God, fear him, keep his commandments, and obey his voice. You shall serve him, and cling to him.
- Luke 4:8 Jesus answered him, “Get behind me Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
- Deuteronomy 11:22 For if you shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you—to do them, to love Yahweh your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cling to him—
- Psalms 63:11 But the king shall rejoice in God. Everyone who swears by him will praise him, for the mouth of those who speak lies shall be silenced.
- Matthew 4:10 Then Jesus said to him, “Get behind me, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall worship the Lord your God, and you shall serve him only.’ ”
- Isaiah 45:23 I have sworn by myself. The word has gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and will not be revoked, that to me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall take an oath.
- Deuteronomy 4:4 But you who were faithful to Yahweh your God are all alive today.
- Joshua 23:8 but hold fast to Yahweh your God, as you have done to this day.
- Acts 11:23 who, when he had come, and had seen the grace of God, was glad. He exhorted them all, that with purpose of heart they should remain near to the Lord.
- Romans 12:9 Let love be without hypocrisy. Abhor that which is evil. Cling to that which is good.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Read Deut. 6:13.
Read Deut. 6:13.
Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.
John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God;…
Deu 10:20 Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.
Ver. 20. To him shalt thou cleave, and swear by his name.] Cleaving will call for swearing. {Act 11:23} Broken bones must have strong bands to close them fast again. A crazy piece of building must be crampt with iron bars, to keep it up from tottering.
John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain To him shalt thou cleave, with firm confidence, true…
To him shalt thou cleave, with firm confidence, true affection, and constant attendance and obedience.
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible (1683–1685) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword/MySword module.
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God,.... Which includes…
Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God,.... Which includes the whole worship of him, external and internal:
him shalt thou serve; heartily and sincerely, according to his revealed will, and him only:
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and to him shall thou cleave; and not turn aside to follow other gods, and worship them:
and swear by his name; and his only, whenever it is necessary to take an oath, which should not be done rashly or on trivial accounts; and never by any creature, but by the living God; see Deu 6:13.
John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible (1746–1763) — public domain (CC PDM 1.0). Text via the HelloAO Bible API.
John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To him shalt thou cleave - With firm confidence,…
To him shalt thou cleave - With firm confidence, true affection, and constant obedience.
John Wesley, Explanatory Notes Upon the Whole Bible (1754–1765) — public domain. Text via the GEBible commentary corpus.
Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 10:20-21. To him shalt thou cleave — With…
Deu 10:20-21. To him shalt thou cleave — With firm confidence, true affection, and constant obedience. He is thy praise — The object and matter of thy praise, as Exo 15:2. It is thy greatest honour to belong to him, to be his subject and servant, his child and spouse, and it should be thy chief duty and delight to praise and glorify him.
Joseph Benson's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1811–1818) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Only, a word not found in the Hebrew, but…
Only, a word not found in the Hebrew, but deemed necessary by the Septuagint to express the true meaning of this passage. See chap. vi. 13. (Calmet) --- Name, when an oath is necessary. Thou shalt never swear by false gods. (Worthington)
George Leo Haydock (1774–1849), Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary, 1859 edition — public domain. Excludes Psalms (Douay-Rheims chapter numbering differs from Protestant) and Deuterocanonical books (Catholic canon only).
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 20. See on Deu_6:13, which this repeats (with LXX,…
20. See on Deu_6:13, which this repeats (with LXX, Sam., read, as there, and him) but adds another clause,
and to him shalt thou cleave] This verb dabaḳ is used in J of close and warm affection from man to woman (Gen_2:24; Gen_34:3), and in J and D of the adhesion of evil (Gen_19:19; Deu_13:17 (18) of the devoted thing, Deu_28:21; Deu_28:60 of diseases). It is not applied to the relation of Israel to God in the Pent, except in D, Deu_10:20, Deu_11:22, Deu_13:4 (5), Deu_30:20, in which passages it is combined with some or other of the verbs love, fear, obey, serve, walk after. In Deu_4:4 the adj. dabeḳ is used by itself. Cp. deuteronomic passages in Jos_22:5; Jos_23:8.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges (gen. ed. J. J. S. Perowne; Cambridge University Press, 1878–1918) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (20) Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him…
(20) Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God; him shalt thou serve.—In the New Testament, “Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve.” It was our Lord’s last answer to the tempter in the wilderness. The order of the Hebrew gives the emphasis. “Jehovah thy God shalt thou fear, Him shalt thou serve, and to Him shalt thou cleave;” “and (adds Rashi) after all these qualities are established in thee, then thou shalt swear by His name.” At least His name would not be profaned in such a case.
A Bible Commentary for English Readers, edited by Charles John Ellicott (1878–1897) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Reverting to his main theme, Moses anew exhorts Israel…
Reverting to his main theme, Moses anew exhorts Israel to fear Jehovah their God, and to show true reverence to him by serving him, by cleaving to him, and by swearing in his Name (cf. Deu_4:4; Act_11:23) Such reverence was due from Israel to God, because of the great things he had done for them, and those terrible acts by which his mighty power had been displayed on their behalf.
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A text made illustrious by our Savior"s use of it. Like ver. 12, a summary of duty, but in a form giving prominence to the truth that fear of God works from within outwards. This central religious principle particularizes itself into
I SERVING HIM or religion in deed. In resistance of all seductions to a counter-service. (Mat_4:10) In the faithful and diligent discharge of all duties.
II CLEAVING TO HIM or religion in heart. Fear and love, rooted in faith, here reveal themselves as an energy of trust and adherence. They dread separation from God as the worst evil. They hold by him for support, for keeping, for strength, for direction.
III SWEARING BY HIS NAME or religion in word. This includes religious oaths, but denotes also willingness at any time to make public confession of God.
IV REJOICING IN HIM. "He is thy praise". J.O. (cf. Php_4:4)
The Pulpit Commentary (1880–1919), ed. H.D.M. Spence-Jones & Joseph S. Exell — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
C. I. Scofield 1917 · Public Domain (See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
fear
(See Scofield "Psa 19:9").
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unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 General Information:
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Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so all instances of "you" and "your" are singular. (See: Forms of You)
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him will you worship
"he is the one you must worship"
To him you must cling
To have a good relationship with Yahweh and to completely rely on him is spoken of as if the person were clinging to Yahweh. AT: "You must rely on him" or "He is the one you must rely on" (See: Metaphor)
by his name will you swear
To swear by the name of Yahweh means to make Yahweh the basis or the power on which the oath is made. Here "name" represents Yahweh himself. See how you translated a similar phrase in Deuteronomy 6:13. AT: "you will swear and ask Yahweh to confirm it" or "when you swear you will speak his name" (See: Metonymy)
which your eyes have seen
Here "eyes" refers to the whole person. AT: "which you yourselves have seen" (See: Synecdoche)
He is your praise
Possible meanings are 1) "He is the one you must praise" or 2) "It is because you worship him that other peoples will praise you"
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fear
Yahweh
God
worship
name
oath
praise
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