Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version And if we are careful to obey all this law before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, that will be our righteousness.” New Living Translation For we will be counted as righteous when we obey all the commands the LORD our God has given us.’ English Standard Version And it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.’ Berean Standard Bible And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.” King James Bible And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. New King James Version Then it will be righteousness for us, if we are careful to observe all these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.’ New American Standard Bible And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to follow all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us. NASB 1995 “It will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us. NASB 1977 “And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God, just as He commanded us. Legacy Standard Bible And it will be righteousness for us if we are careful to do all this commandment before Yahweh our God, just as He commanded us. Amplified Bible It will be [considered] righteousness for us [that is, right standing with God] if we are careful to observe all this commandment before the LORD our God—just as He has commanded us. Christian Standard Bible Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us.’ Holman Christian Standard Bible Righteousness will be ours if we are careful to follow every one of these commands before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us.’” American Standard Version And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as he hath commanded us. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And righteousness will be ours whenever we keep and we do all of this commandment before LORD JEHOVAH our God as He commanded us.’” Brenton Septuagint Translation And there shall be mercy to us, if we take heed to keep all these commands before the Lord our God, as he has commanded us. Douay-Rheims Bible And he will be merciful to us, if we keep and do all his precepts before the Lord our God, as he hath commanded us. English Revised Version And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. GOD'S WORD® Translation This is how we'll have the LORD's approval: If we faithfully obey all these laws in the presence of the LORD our God, as he has commanded us." Good News Translation If we faithfully obey everything that God has commanded us, he will be pleased with us.' International Standard Version It will be credited as righteousness for us, if we're careful to obey the entire Law in the presence of the LORD our God, as he commanded.'" JPS Tanakh 1917 And it shall be righteousness unto us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as He hath commanded us.' Literal Standard Version and it is righteousness for us when we observe to do all this command before our God YHWH, as He has commanded us.” Majority Standard Bible And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.” New American Bible This is our justice before the LORD, our God: to observe carefully this whole commandment he has enjoined on us.” NET Bible We will be innocent if we carefully keep all these commandments before the LORD our God, just as he demands." New Revised Standard Version If we diligently observe this entire commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us, we will be in the right.” New Heart English Bible It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all this commandment before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us." Webster's Bible Translation And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he hath commanded us. World English Bible It shall be righteousness to us, if we observe to do all these commandments before Yahweh our God, as he has commanded us.” Young's Literal Translation and righteousness it is for us, when we observe to do all this command before Jehovah our God, as He hath commanded us. Additional Translations ... Context Teach Your Children…24And the LORD commanded us to observe all these statutes and to fear the LORD our God, that we may always be prosperous and preserved, as we are to this day. 25And if we are careful to observe every one of these commandments before the LORD our God, as He has commanded us, then that will be our righteousness.” Cross References Romans 10:3 Because they were ignorant of God's righteousness and sought to establish their own, they did not submit to God's righteousness. Deuteronomy 24:13 be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God. Treasury of Scripture And it shall be our righteousness, if we observe to do all these commandments before the LORD our God, as he has commanded us. Deuteronomy 24:13 In any case thou shalt deliver him the pledge again when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his own raiment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before the LORD thy God. Leviticus 18:5 Ye shall therefore keep my statutes, and my judgments: which if a man do, he shall live in them: I am the LORD. Psalm 106:30,31 Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and so the plague was stayed… Jump to Previous Care Careful Command Commanded Commandment Commandments Heed Law Obey Observe Order RighteousnessJump to Next Care Careful Command Commanded Commandment Commandments Heed Law Obey Observe Order RighteousnessDeuteronomy 6 1. The end of the law is obedience3. An exhortation thereto 20. What they are to teach their children (25) And it shall be our righteousness.--In one Targum, "It shall be merit to us," or more fully, in the other, "It shall be merit laid up for us against the world to come." In the LXX., "It shall be alms to us." This conjunction of ideas will help to explain why in Matthew 6:1 "alms" and "righteousness" occur as alternative readings. We have "alms" in the Authorised Version, "righteousness" in the Revised Version. To this day the Jews call alms ts'dakah, "righteousness." Verse 25. - And it shall be our righteousness; literally, And righteousness shall be to us, i.e. we shall be held righteous by God if we observe to do all that he has enjoined (comp. Romans 10:5; Romans 6:16; Philippians 3:6). Before the Lord, i.e. not only in his sight, but according to his judgment, so as to be approved of him (cf. Psalm 56:13; Psalm 116:9). |
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