New American Standard Bible 2020
Leviticus 19:37
37So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the Lord.’”
Leviticus 19:37 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall ye observe all my statutes, and all my judgments, and do them: I am the Lord.
- New International Version (NIV)“ ‘Keep all my decrees and all my laws and follow them. I am the Lord.’ ”
- English Standard Version (ESV)And you shall observe all my statutes and all my rules, and do them: I am the Lord."
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘Therefore you shall observe all My statutes and all My judgments, and perform them: I am the Lord.’ ”
Context of Leviticus 19:37
35‘You shall do no wrong in judgment, in measurement of weight, or volume. 36You shall have accurate balances, accurate weights, an accurate ephah, and an accurate hin; I am the Lord your God, who brought you out from the land of Egypt. So you shall keep all My statutes and all My ordinances, and do them; I am the Lord.’”
Read all of Leviticus 19Leviticus 19:37 word by word
וּשְׁמַרְתֶּ֤ם אֶת־כָּל־חֻקֹּתַי֙ וְאֶת־כָּל־מִשְׁפָּטַ֔י וַעֲשִׂיתֶ֖ם אֹתָ֑ם אֲנִ֖י יְהוָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear
Cross-references for Leviticus 19:37
- Leviticus 18:4You are to perform My judgments and keep My statutes, to live in accord with them; I am the Lord your God.
- Deuteronomy 4:1“Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you will live and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 5:1Now Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “Listen, Israel, to the statutes and ordinances which I am speaking today for you to hear, so that you may learn them and be careful to do them.
- Deuteronomy 6:1“Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which the Lord your God has commanded me to teach you, so that you may do them in the land where you are going over to take possession of it,
- Deuteronomy 8:1“All the commandments that I am commanding you today you shall be careful to do, so that you may live and increase, and go in and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to give to your forefathers.
- Psalms 119:4You have ordained Your precepts, That we are to keep them diligently.
- 1 John 3:22and whatever we ask, we receive from Him, because we keep His commandments and do the things that are pleasing in His sight.
Commentaries on Leviticus 19:37
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 37Shall ye observe all my statutes - חקתי chukkothi, from חק chak, to describe, mark, or trace out; the righteousness which I have described, and the path of duty which I have traced out. Judgments, משפטי mishpatai, from שפט shaphat, to discern, determine, direct, etc.; that which Divine Wisdom has discerned to be best for man, has determined shall promote his best interest, and has directed him conscientiously to use. See the note on Leviticus 26:15. Many…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3737. I am the Lord--This solemn admonition, by which these various precepts are repeatedly sanctioned, is equivalent to "I, your Creator--your Deliverer from bondage, and your Sovereign, who have wisdom to establish laws, have power also to punish the violation of them." It was well fitted to impress the minds of the Israelites with a sense of their duty and God's claims to obedience.Read the comment
Topics related to Leviticus 19:37
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Leviticus 19
- 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
New American Standard Bible 2020 — © 1960–2020 The Lockman Foundation. All rights reserved.
Commentaries