Passage

Deuteronomy 6.25

Book: Deuteronomy · NASB95

Immediate context (±2 verses)

ASV (ASV)

"23. and he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24. And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day."

"25. And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us." (Deuteronomy 6:23-25, ASV)

WEB (WEB)

"23. and he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers. 24. Yahweh commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Yahweh our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as we are today."

"25. It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.”" (Deuteronomy 6:23-25, WEB)

KJV (KJV)

"23. And he brought us out from thence, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he sware unto our fathers. 24. 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."

"25. And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us." (Deuteronomy 6:23-25, KJV)

YLT (YLT)

"23. and us He hath brought out thence, in order to bring us in, to give to us the land which He had sworn to our fathers. 24. And Jehovah commandeth us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for good to ourselves all the days, to keep us alive, as [at] this day;"

"25. and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us." (Deuteronomy 6:23-25, YLT)

Setting

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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.

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Quoted in

H6666 - tzedakah

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.

See Bibles for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.