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Deuteronomy 4:9

Only be on your guard and diligently watch yourselves, so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen, and so that they do not slip from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and grandchildren.

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ASV

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes saw, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life; but make them known unto thy children and thy children’s children;

KJV

Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons’ sons;

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Original language & word study

23 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
רַ֡קrakonlyH7535
הִשָּׁ֣מֶרhi.Sha.mertake heedH8104
לְךָ֩le.Khato yourself
וּשְׁמֹ֨רu.she.Morand guardH8104
נַפְשְׁךָ֜naf.she.Khaself yourH5315
מְאֹ֗דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435
תִּשְׁכַּ֨חtish.Kachyou should forgetH7911
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדְּבָרִ֜יםha.de.va.Rimthe thingsH1697
אֲשֶׁר־'a.Sher-whichH834
רָא֣וּra.'Uthey have seenH7200
עֵינֶ֗יךָ'ei.Nei.khaeyes yourH5869
וּפֶן־u.fen-and lestH6435
יָס֙וּרוּ֙ya.Su.ruthey should departH5493
מִלְּבָ֣בְךָ֔mi.le.Va.ve.khafrom heart yourH3824
כֹּ֖לkolallH3605
יְמֵ֣יye.Mei[the] days ofH3117
חַיֶּ֑יךָchai.Yei.khalife yourH2416
וְהוֹדַעְתָּ֥םve.ho.da'.Tamand you will make known themH3045
לְבָנֶ֖יךָle.va.Nei.khato children yourH1121
וְלִבְנֵ֥יve.liv.Neiand to [the] children ofH1121
בָנֶֽיךָ׃va.Nei.khachildren yourH1121

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain