Passage
Deuteronomy 5.1
Book: Deuteronomy · ASV / WEB / KJV / YLT
Immediate context (±2 verses)
ASV
1. And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
- Jehovah our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3. Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. (Deuteronomy 5:1-3, ASV)
WEB
1. Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, “Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears today, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.”
- Yahweh our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3. Yahweh didn’t make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive today. (Deuteronomy 5:1-3, WEB)
KJV
1. And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. keep: Heb. keep to do them
- The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb. 3. The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day. (Deuteronomy 5:1-3, KJV)
YLT
1. And Moses calleth unto all Israel, and saith unto them, 'Hear, Israel, the statutes and the judgments which I am speaking in your ears to-day, and ye have learned them, and have observed to do them.
- Jehovah our God made with us a covenant in Horeb; 3. not with our fathers hath Jehovah made this covenant, but with us; we, these, here to-day, all of us alive. (Deuteronomy 5:1-3, YLT)
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Theological reading
Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added.
Key words
Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word; see Lexicon Roadmap.
- H4941 - mishpat, mishpat, Strong's H4941
- H8085 - shama, shama, Strong's H8085
- H6213 - asah, asah, Strong's H6213
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Why these four translations
ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the most literal English translations available (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the public domain in the United States, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.
The four:
- ASV (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- WEB (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- KJV (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- YLT (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.
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