Deuteronomy 6:13

“YHWH your Elohim you shall fear, and him you shall serve, and by his name you shall swear.”

Deuteronomy 6:13 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Quotation · Matthew 4:10

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Where Deuteronomy says “you shall fear,” Matthew says “you shall bow down,” and adds “alone.”

Formula: γέγραπται γάρ “for it is written” (Matthew 4:10)

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Greek of the New Testament: τότε λέγει αὐτῷ ὁ Ἰησοῦς Ὕπαγε Σατανᾶ γέγραπται γάρ Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּירָא וְאֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹד וּבִשְׁמוֹ תִּשָּׁבֵעַ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 6:13 in the Septuagint numbering): Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου φοβηθήσῃ καὶ αὐτῷ λατρεύσεις, καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν κολληθήσῃ, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ὀμῇ.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Quotation · Luke 4:8

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Where Deuteronomy says “you will fear,” Luke says “you will bow down,” and adds “alone.”

Formula: Γέγραπται “it is written” (Luke 4:8)

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ ἀποκριθεὶς ὁ Ἰησοῦς εἶπεν αὐτῷ Γέγραπται Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου προσκυνήσεις καὶ αὐτῷ μόνῳ λατρεύσεις

Hebrew (Masoretic text): אֶת יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ תִּירָא וְאֹתוֹ תַעֲבֹד וּבִשְׁמוֹ תִּשָּׁבֵעַ

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 6:13 in the Septuagint numbering): Κύριον τὸν θεόν σου φοβηθήσῃ καὶ αὐτῷ λατρεύσεις, καὶ πρὸς αὐτὸν κολληθήσῃ, καὶ τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ὀμῇ.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 4 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Deuteronomy 6:13, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

Where else “elohe” appears
you shall fearתִּירָאtira

revere

To revere God, or honor one's parents.

Where else “tira” appears
you shall serveתַעֲבֹדtaavod

worship

To honor and obey God, or other gods, as his people.

Where else “taavod” appears
and by his nameשְׁמshem

name of YHWH

YHWH's name: himself, as he makes himself known.

Where else “shem” appears
you shall swearתִּשָּׁבֵעַtishavea

swear

To promise with God as witness.

Where else “tishavea” appears

Translation note

Jesus answered the tempter with these words (Matthew 4:10).

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Matthew 4:10

Where Deuteronomy says “you shall fear,” Matthew says “you shall bow down,” and adds “alone.”

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Deuteronomy 6:13

13YHWH your Elohim you shall fear, and him you shall serve, and by his name you shall swear.

Matthew 4:10

10Then Jesus says to him, “Go away, Satan! For it is written, ‘You shall bow down before the Lord your God, and him alone you shall serve.’”

Quotation · Luke 4:8

Where Deuteronomy says “you will fear,” Luke says “you will bow down,” and adds “alone.”

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Deuteronomy 6:13

13YHWH your Elohim you shall fear, and him you shall serve, and by his name you shall swear.

Luke 4:8

8And answering, Jesus said to him, “It is written: Before the Lord your God you will bow down, and him alone you will serve.”

The context

12guard yourself so that you do not forget YHWH, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves.

13 · This verse (above)

14You shall not go after other gods, of the gods of the peoples who are around you,

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