What Does Deuteronomy 6:25 Mean?

“And it shall be our righteousness”

rightness (abstractly), subjectively (rectitude), objectively (justice), morally (virtue) or figuratively (prosperity)

to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)

(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed

“if we observe”

properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc

“to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“commandments”

a command, whether human or divine (collectively, the law)

“all these”

this (often used adverb)

“before”

the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“our God”

gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

“as he hath commanded”

(intensively) to constitute, enjoin