Deuteronomy 12:32
New International Version
See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.

New Living Translation
“So be careful to obey all the commands I give you. You must not add anything to them or subtract anything from them.

English Standard Version
“Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.

Berean Standard Bible
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

King James Bible
What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

New King James Version
“Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

New American Standard Bible
“Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take anything away from it.

NASB 1995
“Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.

NASB 1977
“Whatever I command you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.

Legacy Standard Bible
“Whatever I am commanding you, you shall be careful to do; you shall not add to nor take away from it.

Amplified Bible
“Everything I command you, you shall be careful to do it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

Christian Standard Bible
Be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
You must be careful to do everything I command you; do not add anything to it or take anything away from it.”

American Standard Version
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Every word that I command to you, keep it and do; you shall not add upon it and you shall not subtract from it.”

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Every word that I command you this day, it shalt thou observe to do: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.

Contemporary English Version
Obey all the laws and teachings I am giving you. Don't add any, and don't take any away.

Douay-Rheims Bible
What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

English Revised Version
What thing soever I command you, that shall ye observe to do: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Be sure to do everything I command you. Never add anything to it or take anything away from it.

Good News Translation
"Do everything that I have commanded you; do not add anything to it or take anything from it.

International Standard Version
Now as to everything I'm commanding you, you must be careful to observe it. Don't add to or subtract from it."

JPS Tanakh 1917
All this word which I command you, that shall ye observe to do; thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Literal Standard Version
The whole thing which I am commanding you, you observe to do it; you do not add to it, nor diminish from it.”

Majority Standard Bible
See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

New American Bible
Every word that I command you, you shall be careful to observe, neither adding to it nor subtracting from it.

NET Bible
You must be careful to do everything I am commanding you. Do not add to it or subtract from it!

New Revised Standard Version
You must diligently observe everything that I command you; do not add to it or take anything from it.

New Heart English Bible
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Webster's Bible Translation
Whatever thing I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add to it, nor diminish from it.

World English Bible
Whatever thing I command you, that you shall observe to do. You shall not add to it, nor take away from it.

Young's Literal Translation
The whole thing which I am commanding you -- it ye observe to do; thou dost not add unto it, nor diminish from it.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
A Warning Against Idolatry
31You must not worship the LORD your God in this way, because they practice for their gods every abomination which the LORD hates. They even burn their sons and daughters in the fire as sacrifices to their gods. 32 See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.

Cross References
Revelation 22:18
I testify to everyone who hears the words of prophecy in this book: If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book.

Revelation 22:19
And if anyone takes away from the words of this book of prophecy, God will take away his share in the tree of life and the holy city, which are described in this book.

Deuteronomy 4:2
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

Joshua 1:7
Above all, be strong and very courageous. Be careful to observe all the law that My servant Moses commanded you. Do not turn from it to the right or to the left, so that you may prosper wherever you go.

Proverbs 30:6
Do not add to His words, lest He rebuke you and prove you a liar.

Ezekiel 44:5
The LORD said to me: "Son of man, pay attention; look carefully with your eyes and listen closely with your ears to everything I tell you concerning all the statutes and laws of the house of the LORD. Take careful note of the entrance to the temple, along with all the exits of the sanctuary.


Treasury of Scripture

What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: you shall not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

thou shalt not

Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.

Deuteronomy 13:18
When thou shalt hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of the LORD thy God.

Joshua 1:7
Only be thou strong and very courageous, that thou mayest observe to do according to all the law, which Moses my servant commanded thee: turn not from it to the right hand or to the left, that thou mayest prosper whithersoever thou goest.

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Deuteronomy 12
1. Monuments of idolatry to be destroyed
4. The place of God's service to be kept
15. Blood is forbidden
17. Holy things must be eaten in the holy place
19. The Levite is not to be forsaken
20. Blood is again forbidden
26. and holy things must be eaten in the holy place
29. Idolatry is not to be enquired after














(32) What thing soever I command you.--No later writer could put these words into the mouth of Moses, if he had altered the precepts of Moses to any appreciable extent.

Verse 32. - The admonition in this verse is best regarded as forming an intermediate link between this chapter and the following, "closing what goes before and introductory to what follows" (Keil).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
See that you do
תִשְׁמְר֖וּ (ṯiš·mə·rū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to

everything
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

I
אָנֹכִי֙ (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

command you;
מְצַוֶּ֣ה (mə·ṣaw·weh)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

do not
לֹא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

add
תֹסֵ֣ף (ṯō·sêp̄)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Jussive - second person masculine singular
Strong's 3254: To add, augment

to it
עָלָ֔יו (‘ā·lāw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

or subtract
תִגְרַ֖ע (ṯiḡ·ra‘)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1639: To scrape off, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold

from it.
מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ (mim·men·nū)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of


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