King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:32 in the King James Version says “Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or t...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.”
Deuteronomy 5:32 · KJV
Go say to them, Get you into your tents again.
But as for thee, stand thou here by me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you: ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
Ye shall walk in all the ways which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
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“Ye shall observe”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“therefore as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“your God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“to the right hand”
H3225the right hand or side (leg, eye) of a person or other object (as the stronger and more dexterous); locally, the south
“or to the left”
H8040properly, dark (as enveloped), i.e., the north; hence (by orientation), the left hand
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