Deuteronomy 4:2
Ye do not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor diminish from it, to keep the commands of Jehovah your God which I am commanding you.This verse in the real world
Who
In what words
- גָּרַעgâraʻto scrape off; by implication, to shave, remove, lessen, withhold
- מִצְוָהmitsvâha command, whether human or divine (collectively, the Law)
- יָסַףyâçaphto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- צָוָהtsâvâh(intensively) to constitute, enjoin
- שָׁמַרshâmarproperly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e. guard; generally, to protect, attend to, e
- דָּבָרdâbâra word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
- אֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîymgods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the
- יְהֹוָהYᵉhôvâhJehovah, Jewish national name of God
The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Pro 30:6, Deu 12:32, Rev 22:18–19, Jos 1:7, Mat 5:18, Gal 3:15, Ecc 12:13, Mrk 7:1–13