Deuteronomy 5:29
World English Bible (WEB)
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!
In context
27 Go near, and hear all that the LORD our God shall say, and tell us all that the LORD our God tells you; and we will hear it, and do it.”
28 The LORD heard the voice of your words when you spoke to me; and the LORD said to me, “I have heard the voice of the words of this people which they have spoken to you. They have well said all that they have spoken.
29 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!
30 “Go tell them, ‘Return to your tents.’
31 But as for you, stand here by me, and I will tell you all the commandments, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess.”
Deuteronomy 5:29 in every translation
- 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!
- 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!
- 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.
- 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!