Deuteronomy 4:2

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

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1 Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.

2 You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.

3 Your eyes have seen what the LORD did at Baal-peor, for the LORD your God destroyed from among you all who followed Baal of Peor.

4 But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive to this day, every one of you.

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Deuteronomy 4:2 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
KJV King James Version: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
WEB World English Bible: You shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall you take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.
ASV American Standard Version: Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
YLT Young's Literal Translation: 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.
DBY Darby Translation: Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye take from it, that ye may keep the commandments of Jehovah your God which I command you.
WBS Webster Bible: Ye shall not add to the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish aught from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you.