Deuteronomy 5:29

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

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27 Go near and listen to all that the LORD our God says. Then you can tell us everything the LORD our God tells you; we will listen and obey.”

28 And the LORD heard the words you spoke to me, and He said to me, “I have heard the words that these people have spoken to you. They have done well in all that they have spoken.

29 If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.

30 Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’

31 But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

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Deuteronomy 5:29 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
KJV King James Version: O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
WEB World English Bible: Oh that there were such a heart in them that they would fear me and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them and with their children forever!
ASV American Standard Version: Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
YLT Young's Literal Translation: O that their heart had been thus to them, to fear Me, and to keep My commands all the days, that it may be well with them, and with their sons — to the age!
DBY Darby Translation: Oh that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments continually, that it might be well with them and with their sons for ever!
WBS Webster Bible: O that there were such a heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!