Deuteronomy 4:6 — all translations

American Standard Version (1901)

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

ASV Byzantine Text

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Asang Khongca Bible

To pongah lokcaekhaih hoi zaehhoihaih daannawk to pazui oh; to tiah ni to thuitaekhaih lok kathaih prae kaminawk boih hma ah, nangcae palunghahaih hoi panoek thaihaih to amtueng ueloe, kalen parai hae kaminawk loe palungha hoi panoek thaihaih tawn kaminawk ah oh o, tiah thui o tih.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible w/ Strongs

Pilnam kah mikhmuh ah na cueihnah neh na yakmingnah ham khaw he he ngaithuen uh lamtah vai uh. Tekah oltlueh boeih te a yaak uh vaengah, 'Hekah Pilnam bueng ni aka cueih tih aka thuep pilnu la aka om he,’ a ti uh ni.

Matupi Chin Standard Bible 2019

Pilnam kah mikhmuh ah na cueihnah neh na yakmingnah ham khaw he he ngaithuen uh lamtah vai uh. Tekah oltlueh boeih te a yaak uh vaengah, 'Hekah Pilnam bueng ni aka cueih tih aka thuep pilnu la aka om he,’ a ti uh ni.

Hawaiian Bible 1868

E malama hoi oukou, a e hana aku; no ka mea, o ko oukou naauao keia, a me ko oukou ike imua o na lahuikanaka, ka poe e lohe i keia mau kanawai a pau, a e i ae lakou, He oiaio, o keia lahuikanaka nui, he poe kanaka naauao a me ka ike.

English Berean Standard Bible

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Haitian Creole Bible 1985

Se pou nou kenbe yo, se pou nou fè tou sa yo mande nou fè ladan yo. Paske, se konsa n'a fè lòt nasyon yo wè jan nou gen konprann, jan nou gen lespri. Lè y'a rive tande pale tout lòd sa yo, y'a di: Ala yon gwo pèp, papa! Pèp sa a gen tan gen konprann, yo gen tan gen lespri!

Clementine Vulgate 1598

et observabitis et implebitis opere. Hæc est enim vestra sapientia, et intellectus coram populis, ut audientes universa præcepta hæc, dicant: En populus sapiens et intelligens, gens magna.

Bible in Basic English

So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people.

French: Bible J.N. Darby

Et vous les garderez et les pratiquerez ; car ce sera là votre sagesse et votre intelligence aux yeux des peuples qui entendront tous ces statuts et diront : Quel peuple sage et intelligent que cette grande nation !

Czech Kralická Bible 1613

Ostříhejtež tedy a čiňte je, nebo to jest moudrost vaše a opatrnost vaše před očima národů, kteříž, slyšíce všecka ustanovení tato, řeknou: Jistě lid moudrý a rozumný národ veliký tento jest.

Kosraean Bible

Ke kowos oaru in liyaung ma sap inge, ac fah akkalemye nu sin mwet in mutunfacl saya lupan lalmwetmet lowos. Ke pacl elos ac lohng ma sap inge, elos ac fahk, ‘Seyal yohk lalmwetmet ac etauk lun mutunfacl lulap se inge!’

World Portuguese Bible

Portanto, guardem-nos e cumpram-nos; pois esta é a sabedoria e o entendimento de vocês aos olhos dos povos que ouvirão todos estes estatutos e dirão: “Certamente esta grande nação é um povo sábio e de entendimento.”

Romanian BTF Bible

Ţineţi-le de aceea şi faceţi-le, pentru că aceasta este înţelepciunea voastră şi înţelegerea voastră înaintea ochilor naţiunilor care vor auzi toate aceste statute şi vor spune: Cu adevărat această naţiune mare este un popor înţelept şi priceput.

Brenton English Septuagint

And ye shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Burmese Common Language Bible

သင်တို့သည်ထိုပညတ်တော်တို့ကိုတစ်သဝေ မတိမ်းလိုက်နာစောင့်ထိန်းကြလျှင် အခြား သောလူမျိုးများရှေ့တွင်သင်တို့၏၊ ဉာဏ်ပညာ ပေါ်လွင်ထင်ရှားလိမ့်မည်။ သူတို့သည်ထို ပညတ်တော်ရှိသမျှကိုကြားရသောအခါ `ဤလူမျိုးသည်ဉာဏ်ပညာအမြော်အမြင် နှင့်ပြည့်စုံသောလူမျိုးကြီးဖြစ်ပါသည် တကား' ဟုချီးကူးကြလိမ့်မည်။''

Darby Translation

And ye shall keep and do them; for that will be your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the peoples that shall hear all these statutes, and say, Verily this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

German Unrevised Elberfelder Bible

Und so beobachtet und tut sie! Denn das wird eure Weisheit und euer Verstand sein vor den Augen der Völker, welche alle diese Satzungen hören und sagen werden: Diese große Nation ist ein wahrhaft weises und verständiges Volk.

Dutch Bible 1917

Behoudt ze dan, en doet ze; want dat zal uw wijsheid en uw verstand zijn voor de ogen der volken, die al deze inzettingen horen zullen, en zeggen: Dit grote volk alleen is een wijs en verstandig volk!

Dutch Bible, Petrus Canisius

Onderhoudt ze dus en leeft ze na! Want daarin zal uw wijsheid en inzicht bestaan in de ogen der volken, die, als zij al die bepalingen horen, zullen zeggen: Waarachtig, een wijs en verstandig volk is deze machtige natie!

Italian Diodati Bible

Osservate li adunque, e mettete li in opera; conciossiachè questa sia la vostra sapienza e il vostro senno , nel cospetto de' popoli, i quali, udendo tutti questi statuti, diranno: Questa gran nazione sola è un popolo savio e intendente.

Douay-Rheims 1899

And you shall observe, and fulfill them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation.

Geneva Bible 1599

Keepe them therefore, and doe them; for that is your wisdome, and your vnderstanding in the sight of the people, which shall heare all these ordinances, and shall say, Onely this people is wise, and of vnderstanding, and a great nation.

Danish Bible 1931

hold dem og følg dem! Thi det skal være eders Visdom og eders Kløgt i de andre Folks Øjne. Når de hører om alle disse Anordninger, skal de sige: “Sandelig, det er et vist og klogt Folk, dette store Folk!”

Leeser Tanakh

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding before the eyes of the nations, that shall hear all these statutes, and they will say, Nothing but a wise and understanding people is this great nation.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

Observe therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, that, when they hear all these statutes, shall say: 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.'

King James Version

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

King James Version + Apocrypha

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Vietnamese Bible 1923

Vậy, các ngươi phải giữ làm theo các mạng lịnh và luật lệ nầy; vì ấy là sự khôn ngoan và sự thông sáng của các ngươi trước mặt các dân tộc; họ nghe nói về các luật lệ nầy, sẽ nói rằng: Dân nầy là một dân khôn ngoan và thông sáng không hai!

KJV Cambridge Paragraph

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Revised West Version

Ko ia ke mou tauhi mo fai ki ai; he ko hoʻomou poto ia, mo hoʻomou ʻiloʻanga ʻi he ʻao ʻoe ngaahi puleʻanga, ʻaia ʻe fanongo ki he ngaahi tuʻutuʻuni ni kotoa pē, ʻonau pehē, ‘Ko e moʻoni ko e puleʻanga lahi ni ko e kakai poto mo faʻa ʻilo.’

French Ostervald Bible

Vous les garderez donc et vous les pratiquerez; car ce sera là votre sagesse et votre intelligence aux yeux des peuples, qui, entendant tous ces statuts, diront: Cette grande nation est le seul peuple sage et intelligent!

Esperanto Bible

Kaj observu kaj plenumu ilin; ĉar tio estas via saĝo kaj via prudento en la okuloj de la popoloj, kiuj aŭdos pri ĉiuj ĉi tiuj leĝoj, kaj diros: Efektive, popolo saĝa kaj prudenta estas tiu granda popolo.

French Louis Segond 1910 Bible

Vous les observerez et vous les mettrez en pratique; car ce sera là votre sagesse et votre intelligence aux yeux des peuples, qui entendront parler de toutes ces lois et qui diront: Cette grande nation est un peuple absolument sage et intelligent!

German Luther Bible 1912

So behaltet's nun und tut es. Denn das wird eure Weisheit und Verstand sein bei allen Völkern, wenn sie hören werden alle diese Gebote, daß sie müssen sagen: Ei, welch weise und verständige Leute sind das und ein herrlich Volk!

LXX2012 U. S. English

And you⌃ shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

British English Septuagint 2012

And you⌃ shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Majority Standard BIble

Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

Webster Bible

Keep therefore and do them ; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which will hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Revised Version

Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Italian Riveduta Bible

Le osserverete dunque e li metterete in pratica; poiché quella sarà la vostra sapienza e la vostra intelligenza agli occhi dei popoli, i quali, udendo parlare di tutte queste leggi, diranno: “Questa grande nazione è il solo popolo savio e intelligente!”

French Free Holy Bible for the World

Vous les garderez donc et vous les mettrez en pratique ; car ce sera votre sagesse et votre intelligence aux yeux des peuples qui entendront parler de toutes ces prescriptions et diront : « Certainement, cette grande nation est un peuple sage et intelligent. »

Reina Valera 1909

Guardadlos, pues, y ponedlos por obra: porque esta es vuestra sabiduría y vuestra inteligencia en ojos de los pueblos, los cuales oirán todos estos estatutos, y dirán: Ciertamente pueblo sabio y entendido, gente grande es ésta.

Spanish BLL

Guárdenlos, pues, y pónganlos por obra; porque ésta es su sabiduría y su entendimiento a los ojos de los pueblos que oirán todos estos estatutos y dirán: “Ciertamente esta gran nación es un pueblo sabio y entendido.”

Spanish Free Bible for the World

Guarda, pues, y ponedlos por obra; porque ésta es tu sabiduría y tu entendimiento a los ojos de los pueblos que oirán todos estos estatutos y dirán: «Ciertamente esta gran nación es un pueblo sabio y entendido.»

Croatian Bible

Držite ih i vršite: to će u očima naroda biti vaša mudrost i vaša razboritost. Kad oni čuju za sve ove zakone, reći će: 'Samo je jedan narod mudar i pametan, a to je ovaj veliki narod.'

Serbian DK Bible (Latin)

Držite dakle i izvršujte ih, jer je to mudrost vaša i razum vaš pred narodima, koji će kad čuju sve ove uredbe reći: Samo je ovaj veliki narod mudar i razuman.

Targum Onkelos Etheridge

And observe, and perform; for this is your wisdom and understanding in the eyes of the nations who will hear all these statutes, and say, Most surely this great people is a wise and understanding people.

German Textbibel

Beobachtet und befolgt sie! Denn daß wird auch in den Augen der anderen Völker eure Weisheit und Klugheit ausmachen; wenn sie von allen diesen Satzungen hören, werden sie sprechen: Wahrlich, ein weises und kluges Volk ist diese große Nation!

Updated Brenton English Septuagint

And ye shall keep and do them: for this is your wisdom and understanding before all nations, as many as shall hear all these ordinances; and they shall say, Behold, this great nation is a wise and understanding people.

Hebrew OT (WLC)

וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם֮ וַעֲשִׂיתֶם֒ כִּ֣י הִ֤וא חָכְמַתְכֶם֙ וּבִ֣ינַתְכֶ֔ם לְעֵינֵ֖י הָעַמִּ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר יִשְׁמְע֗וּן אֵ֚ת כָּל־הַחֻקִּ֣ים הָאֵ֔לֶּה וְאָמְר֗וּ רַ֚ק עַם־חָכָ֣ם וְנָב֔וֹן הַגּ֥וֹי הַגָּד֖וֹל הַזֶּֽה׃