Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 6:4
4“Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
Deuteronomy 6:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God is one Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one!
Context of Deuteronomy 6:4
2Do this so that you may fear the Lord your God all the days of your life by keeping all his statutes and commands I am giving you, your son, and your grandson, and so that you may have a long life. 3Listen, Israel, and be careful to follow them, so that you may prosper and multiply greatly, because the Lord, the God of your ancestors, has promised you a land flowing with milk and honey. “Listen, Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one. 5Love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength. 6These words that I am giving you today are to be in your heart.
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שְׁמַ֖ע יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יְהוָ֥ה׀ אֶחָֽד׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 6:4
- Deuteronomy 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
- Deuteronomy 5:6I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the place of slavery.
- 1 Kings 18:21Then Elijah approached all the people and said, “How long will you waver between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow him. But if Baal, follow him.” But the people didn’t answer him a word.
- 2 Kings 19:5So the servants of King Hezekiah went to Isaiah,
- 1 Chronicles 29:10Then David blessed the Lord in the sight of all the assembly. David said, May you be blessed, Lord God of our father Israel, from eternity to eternity.
- Isaiah 42:8I am the Lord. That is my name, and I will not give my glory to another or my praise to idols.
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
- Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me. I will strengthen you, though you do not know me,
- Jeremiah 10:10But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at his wrath, and the nations cannot endure his fury.
- Mark 12:29Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
- John 17:3This is eternal life: that they may know you, the only true God, and the one you have sent — Jesus Christ.
- 1 Corinthians 8:4About eating food sacrificed to idols, then, we know that “an idol is nothing in the world,” and that “there is no God but one.”
- 1 Timothy 2:5For there is one God and one mediator between God and mankind, the man Christ Jesus,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6:4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4Hear, O Israel - אחד יהוה אלהינו יהוה ישראל שמע shema Yisrael, Yehovah Eloheinu, Yehovah achad . These words may be variously rendered into English; but almost all possible verbal varieties in the translation (and there can be none other) amount to the same sense: "Israel, hear! Jehovah, our God, is one Jehovah;" or, "Jehovah is our God, Jehovah is one;" or, "Jehovah is our God, Jehovah alone;" or, "Jehovah is our God, Jehovah who is one;" or, "Jehovah…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4These words form the beginning of what is termed the “Shema” (“Hear”) in the Jewish Services, and belong to the daily morning and evening office. They may be called “the creed of the Jews.” This weighty text contains far more than a mere declaration of the unity of God as against polytheism; or of the sole authority of the revelation that He had made to Israel as against other pretended manifestations of His will and attributes. It asserts that the Lord…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 4-5Verses 4-5 Here is a brief summary of religion, containing the first principles of faith and obedience. Jehovah our God is the only living and true God; he only is God, and he is but One God. Let us not desire to have any other. The three-fold mention of the Divine names, and the plural number of the word translated God, seem plainly to intimate a Trinity of persons, even in this express declaration of the unity of the Godhead. Happy those who have this…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4The LORD our God, the LORD is One: Only God is worthy of worship (5:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-251-9. Now these are the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which the Lord your God commanded to teach you, that ye might do them ... whither ye go to possess it--The grand design of all the institutions prescribed to Israel was to form a religious people, whose national character should be distinguished by that fear of the Lord their God which would ensure their divine observance of His worship and their steadfast obedience to His will. The…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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