Deuteronomy 17:20 Cross References - Rotherham

²⁰ that his heart may not be lifted up above his brethren, and he may not turn aside from the commandment to the right hand or to the left,––that he may prolong his days over his kingdom––he, and his sons, in the midst of Israel.

² Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom,––that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you.

³² So then ye must observe to do, as Yahweh your God hath commanded you,––ye must not turn aside, to the right hand or to the left.

² So then, thou shalt remember all the way in which Yahweh thy God caused thee to journey these forty years in the desert,––that he might humble thee, to put thee to the proof, to know what was in thy heart,––whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or not.

¹³ and, thy herd and thy flock, increase, and, silver and gold, increase unto thee,––and, all that thou hast, increase; ¹⁴ and so thy heart be lifted up,––and thou forget Yahweh thy God, who brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of servants;

²⁵ Thou shalt not eat it,––that is may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee, when thou shalt do that which is right in the eyes of Yahweh.

²⁸ Observe and hear all these things which I am commanding thee,––that it may be well with thee, and with thy children after thee,––unto times age–abiding, so long as thou shalt do that which is pleasing and right in the eyes of Yahweh thy God.

³² Whatsoever be the thing which I am commanding you, the same, shall ye observe to do,––thou shalt neither add thereunto, nor take away therefrom.

¹¹ according to the direction wherewith they direct thee, and after the judgment which they shall announce to thee, shalt thou do,––thou shalt not turn aside from the sentence which they shall declare unto thee to the right hand or to the left.

¹³ And Samuel said unto Saul––Thou hast shewn thyself foolish,––thou hast not kept the commandment of Yahweh thy God, which he commanded thee, for, now, would Yahweh have established thy kingdom unto Israel until times age–abiding; ¹⁴ Whereas, now, shall thy kingdom not be established,––Yahweh hath sought out for him a man after his own heart, and Yahweh hath commanded him to be leader over his people, because thou hast not kept that which Yahweh commanded thee.

²³ For, as the sin of divination, is, rebelliousness,––and, as transgression with household gods, is, stubbornness,––Because thou hast rejected the word of Yahweh, therefore hath he rejected thee from being king.

¹² Notwithstanding, in thine own days, will I not do it, for the sake of David thy father,––out of the hand of thy son, will I rend it. ¹³ Howbeit, all the kingdom, will I not rend away, one tribe, will I give unto thy son,––for the sake of David my servant, and for the sake of Jerusalem, which I have chosen.

³⁴ Yet will I not take all the kingdom out of his hand,––but will suffer him to be, leader, all the days of his life, for the sake of David my servant, whom I chose,––who kept my commandments and my statutes.

³⁶ Nevertheless, go his son, will I give one tribe,––to the end there may remain a lamp unto David my servant always before me, in Jerusalem, the city that I have chosen for myself, to put my Name there.

⁵ because David did that which was right in the eyes of Yahweh,––and turned not aside from anything that he commanded him, all the days of his life, save only in the matter of Uriah the Hittite.

³⁰ And Yahweh said unto Jehu: Because thou hast done well, by doing that which was right in mine eyes––according to all that was in my heart, hast done to the house of Ahab, sons, of thine, unto the fourth generation, shall sit upon the throne of Israel.

¹⁰ Thou hast, smitten, Edom, and, thy heart, would lift thee up,––Glory, and stay at home! Wherefore, then, shouldest thou contend with misfortune, and fall, thou, and Judah with thee?

¹⁹ Thou hast said–Lo! thou hast smitten the Edomites, and thy heart hath lifted thee up to display honour,–Now, abide in thine own house, wherefore shouldst thou engage in strife with Misfortune, and fall, thou and Judah with thee?

¹⁶ But, when he became strong, uplifted was his heart, unto ruin, for he acted unfaithfully against Yahweh his God,––and entered into the temple of Yahweh, to burn incense upon the altar of incense.

²⁵ But, not according to the benefit done unto him, did Hezekiah make return, for uplifted was his heart,––and so there came upon him, wrath, and upon Judah and Jerusalem. ²⁶ Then Hezekiah humbled himself, for the uplifting of his heart, he and the inhabitants of Jerusalem,––so that the wrath of Yahweh came not upon them, in the days of Hezekiah.

¹² But, in his distress, he appeased the face of Yahweh his God,––and humbled himself greatly, before the God of his fathers;

¹⁹ both his prayer and how [God] was entreated of him––and all his sin and his treacherous act, and the sites whereon he built high places, and set up the Sacred Stems and the images, before he humbled himself, there they are, written in the story of the seers.

²³ But he did not humble himself before Yahweh as Manasseh his father humbled himself,––for, he, Amon, made guilt abound.

²⁷ Because tender was thy heart, and thou didst humble thyself before God when thou heardest his words against this place and against the inhabitants thereof, and didst humble thyself before me, and didst rend thy clothes and weep before me, therefore, I also, have heard, is the declaration of Yahweh.

¹¹ Even thine own servant, taketh warning by them, In the keeping of them, great is the reward.

¹ [A Song of Ascents. David’s.]
O Yahweh, my heart, is not haughty, nor are mine eyes, lofty, neither have I moved among great matters, or among affairs too wonderful for me. ² Surely I have soothed and silenced my soul,––like a weaned child, concerning his mother, like a weaned child, concerning myself––mine own soul.

¹² If thy sons keep my covenant, and my testimony which I will teach them, even their sons, unto futurity, shall sit on thy throne.

²⁷ The reverence of Yahweh, addeth days, but, the years of the lawless, shall be shortened.

²⁴ For, not age–abiding, are riches, nor is the diadem, from generation to generation:––

¹³ but, well, shall it not be to the lawless man, neither shall he lengthen out his days like a shadow,––because he standeth not in awe before God.

¹² For, a day of Yahweh of hosts, [shall be]––Upon every one who is high and lofty,––And upon every one who is lifted up, And he shall be brought low;

²⁰ But, when uplifted was his heart and, his spirit, became obstinate so as to act arrogantly, he was put down from the throne of his kingdom, and, his dignity, took they from him; ²¹ And, from among the sons of men, was he driven, and, his heart, to a wild beast’s, became equal, and, with the wild asses, was his dwelling, and, grass––like oxen, they suffered him to eat, and, with the dew of the heavens, his body, was drenched––until that he came to know that the Most High God, hath dominion, over the kingdom of men, and, whomsoever he pleaseth, he setteth up over it. ²² And yet, thou, his son, O Belshazzar! hast not humbled thy heart, though, all this, thou knewest; ²³ but, against the Lord of the heavens, hast uplifted thyself, and, the vessels of his house, have they brought before thee, and, thou, and thy nobles, thy wives and thy concubines, have been drinking, wine, therein, and, gods of silver and gold, of bronze, iron, wood and stone, which see not nor hear nor know, hast thou praised,––whereas, God, in whose hand thy breath is and whose are all thy ways, him, hast thou not glorified.

⁴ Lo! as for the conceited one, crooked is his soul within him,– but, one who is righteous, by his faithfulness, shall live.

⁷ Wherefore, lest I should be unduly lifted up, there was given to me a thorn in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, that he might buffet me,––lest I should be unduly lifted up.

⁵ In like manner, ye younger men––submit yourselves unto elders; ––All, however, one towards another, gird on humility; because, God, against the haughty, arrayeth himself, whereas, unto the lowly, he giveth favour.