Deuteronomy 12:32

Deuteronomy 12:32 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.
• New International Version (NIV)See that you do all I command you; do not add to it or take away from it.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"Everything that I command you, you shall be careful to do. You shall not add to it or take from it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Whatever I command you, be careful to observe it; you shall not add to it nor take away from it.

Context of Deuteronomy 12:32

30Take heed to thyself that thou be not snared by following them, after that they be destroyed from before thee; and that thou enquire not after their gods, saying, How did these nations serve their gods? even so will I do likewise. 31Thou shalt not do so unto Yhwh thy God: for every abomination to Yhwh, which he hateth, have they done unto their gods; for even their sons and their daughters they have burnt in the fire to their gods. What thing soever I command you, observe to do it: thou shalt not add thereto, nor diminish from it.

Deuteronomy 12:32 word by word

אֵ֣ת כָּל־הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר אָנֹכִי֙ מְצַוֶּ֣ה אֶתְכֶ֔ם אֹת֥וֹ תִשְׁמְר֖וּ לַעֲשׂ֑וֹת לֹא־תֹסֵ֣ף עָלָ֔יו וְלֹ֥א תִגְרַ֖ע מִמֶּֽנּוּ׃ פRead the interlinear

• What thingדָּבָרdâbâr · word: thingH1697
• soever I commandצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
• you, observeשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: carefulH8104
• to doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• it: thou shalt not addיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• thereto, nor diminishגָּרַעgâra‛ · diminishH1639

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 12:32

• Deuteronomy 4:2Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Yhwh your God which I command you.
• Deuteronomy 13:18When thou shalt hearken to the voice of Yhwh thy God, to keep all his commandments which I command thee this day, to do that which is right in the eyes of Yhwh thy God.
• Joshua 1:7Only 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.
• Proverbs 30:6Add thou not unto his words, lest he reprove thee, and thou be found a liar.
• Matthew 28:20Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you: and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
• Revelation 22:18For I testify unto every man that heareth the words of the prophecy of this book, If any man shall add unto these things, God shall add unto him the plagues that are written in this book:

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12:32

• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 5-32Verses 5-32 The command to bring ALL the sacrifices to the door of the tabernacle, was now explained with reference to the promised land. As to moral service, then, as now, men might pray and worship every where, as they did in their synagogues. The place which God would choose, is said to be the place where he would put his name. It was to be his habitation, where, as King of Israel, he would be found by all who reverently sought him. Now, under the…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 12:32

• Judgments
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 12

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings