Comparison of Pentateuch:
Jewish Publication Society 1917
Targums Onkelos,
Jonathan Ben Uzziel/Palestinian,
Jerusalem Fragments

 

Deuteronomy
Chapter 5

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Deuteronomy 5:1
JPS 5:1 And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and observe to do them.
ONK 5:1 And Mosheh called all Israel, and said to them: Listen, Israel, to the statutes and judgments which I speak before you this day, and learn them, and keep them to do them.
PAL 5:1 And Mosheh called all Israel, and said to them: Hear, Israel, the statutes and judgments that I speak before you this day, to learn them, and observe to perform them.
     
 
Deuteronomy 5:2
JPS 5:2 The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
ONK 5:2 The Lord our God confirmed a covenant with us at Horeb.
PAL 5:2 The Lord our God confirmed a covenant with us in Horeb:
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:3
JPS 5:3 The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
ONK 5:3 The Lord confirmed not this covenant with our fathers, but with us who are here all of us living this day:
PAL 5:3 not with our fathers did the Lord confirm this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here this day alive and abiding.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:4
JPS 5:4 The LORD spoke with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire—
ONK 5:4 word with word hath the Lord spoken with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire
PAL 5:4 Word to word did the Lord speak with you at the mountain from the midst of the fire.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:5
JPS 5:5 I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to declare unto you the word of the LORD; for ye were afraid because of the fire, and went not up into the mount—saying:
ONK 5:5 (I stood between the Word of the Lord and you, to announce to you at that time the word of the Lord; for you were afraid in presence of the fire, and went not up to the mountain), saying:
PAL 5:5 I stood between the Word of the Lord and you at that time, to declare to you the Word of the Lord, because you were afraid before the voice of the Word of the Lord, which you heard from the midst of the fire; neither did you go up to the mountain while He said:
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:6
JPS 5:6 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
ONK 5:6 I am the Lord thy God, who hath brought thee out of the land of Mizraim, from the house of bondage;
PAL 5:6 Sons of Israel, My people, I am the Lord your God, who made and led you out free from the land of Mizraim, from the house of the bondage of slaves. Sons of Israel, My people, no other god shall you have beside Me.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:7
JPS 5:7 Thou shalt have no other gods before Me.
ONK 5:7 there shall not be with thee another god beside Me.
PAL 5:7 You shall not make to you an image or the likeness of anything which is in the heavens above, or in the earth below, or in the waters under the earth:
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:8
JPS 5:8 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, even any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth.
ONK 5:8 Thou shalt not make to thee an image or any likeness of that which is in the heavens above, or on the earth below, or in the waters under the earth;
PAL 5:8 thou shalt not worship them or do service before them; for I am the Lord your God, a jealous and avenging God, taking vengeance in jealousy; remembering the sins of wicked fathers upon rebellious children to the third generation and to the fourth of them that hate Me, when the children complete to sin after their fathers;
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:9
JPS 5:9 Thou shalt not bow down unto them, nor serve them; for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate Me,
ONK 5:9 thou shalt not worship them or serve them: for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the guilt of fathers upon rebellious children, upon the third generation and upon the fourth of them that hate Me, when the children complete the sins of their fathers;
PAL 5:9 but keeping mercy and bounty for a thousand generations of the righteous who love Me and keep My mandates and My laws.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:10
JPS 5:10 and showing mercy unto the thousandth generation of them that love Me and keep My commandments.
ONK 5:10 but doing good unto (thousands of) generations of those who love Me, and keep My commandments.
PAL 5:10 Sons of Israel, My people, no one of you shall swear by the Name of the Word of the Lord your God in vain: for the Lord, in the day of the great judgment, will not acquit any one who shall swear by His Name in vain.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:11
JPS 5:11 Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain; for the LORD will not hold him guiltless that taketh His name in vain.
ONK 5:11 Thou shalt not swear by the Name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not acquit him who shall swear by His Name falsely.
PAL 5:11 Sons of Israel, My people, observe the day of Sabbath, to sanctify it according to all that the Lord your God hath commanded.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:12
JPS 5:12 Observe the sabbath day, to keep it holy, as the LORD thy God commanded thee.
ONK 5:12 Keep the day of Shabbatha to sanctify it, as the Lord thy God hath commanded thee.
PAL 5:12 Six days you shall labour and do all your work,
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:13
JPS 5:13 Six days shalt thou labour, and do all thy work;
ONK 5:13 Six days thou shalt work, and do all thy labour;
PAL 5:13 but the seventh day (shall be for) rest and quiet before the Lord your God; ye shall do no work, neither you, nor your sons, nor your daughters, nor your servants, nor your handmaids, nor your oxen, your asses, nor any of your cattle, nor your sojourners who are among you; that your servants and handmaids may have repose as well as you.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:14
JPS 5:14 but the seventh day is a sabbath unto the LORD thy God, in it thou shalt not do any manner of work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy man-servant, nor thy maid-servant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that is within thy gates; that thy man-servant and thy maid-servant may rest as well as thou.
ONK 5:14 but the seventh day is the Sabbath before the Lord thy God: thou shalt not perform any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, thy servant, thy handmaid, thy ox, thy ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy sojourner who is in thy gates; that thy servant and handmaid may rest as well as thou.
PAL 5:14 And remember that you were servants in the land of Mizraim, and that the Lord your God delivered and led you out with a strong hand and uplifted arm; therefore the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to keep the Sabbath day.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:15
JPS 5:15 And thou shalt remember that thou was a servant in the land of Egypt, and the LORD thy God brought thee out thence by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm; therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.
ONK 5:15 And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Mizraim, and that the Lord brought thee out from thence with a mighty hand and uplifted arm; therefore the Lord thy God hath commanded thee to observe the Sabbath day.
PAL 5:15 Sons of Israel, My people, be every one mindful of the honour of his father and his mother, as the Lord your God hath commanded you, that your days may be prolonged, and it may be well with you in the land which the Lord your God giveth you.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:16
JPS 5:16 Honour thy father and thy mother, as the LORD thy God commanded thee; that thy days may be long, and that it may go well with thee, upon the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
ONK 5:16 Honour thy father and mother, as the Lord hath commanded, that thou mayest prolong thy days, and it may be well with thee in the land which the Lord thy God shall give thee.
PAL 5:16 Sons of Israel, My people, you shall not murder, nor be companions or participators with those who do murder, nor shall there be seen in the congregations of Israel (those who have part) with murderers; that your children may not arise after you, and teach their own (to have part) with murderers; for because of the guilt of murder the sword cometh forth upon the world.

Sons of Israel, My people, you shall not be adulterers, nor companions of, or have part with, adulterers; neither shall there be seen in the congregations of Israel (those who have part) with adulterers, and that your children may not arise after you, and teach theirs also to be with adulterers; for through the guilt of adulteries the plague cometh forth upon the world. Sons of Israel, My people, you shall not be thieves, nor be companions nor have fellowship with thieves, nor shall there be seen in the congregations of Israel (those who have part) with thieves; for because of the guilt of robberies famine cometh forth on the world. Sons of Israel, My people, you shall not bear false witness, nor be companions or have fellowship with the bearers of false testimony; neither shall there be seen in the congregations of Israel those who (have part) with false witnesses; for because of the guilt of false witnesses the clouds arise, but the rain does not come down, and dearth cometh on the world.

 
 
Deuteronomy 5:17
JPS 5:17 Thou shalt not murder. Neither shalt thou commit adultery. Neither shalt thou steal. Neither shalt thou bear false witness against thy neighbour.
ONK 5:17 Thou shalt not kill life, nor commit adultery, nor steal, nor bear false witness against thy neighbour.
PAL 5:17 Sons of Israel, My people, you shall not be covetous, nor be companions or have fellowship with the covetous; neither shall there be seen in the congregation of Israel any who (have part) with the covetous; that your children may not arise after you, and teach their own to be with the covetous. Nor let any one of you desire his neighbour's wife, nor his field, nor his servant, nor his handmaid, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor anything that belongeth to his neighbour; for because of the guilt of covetousness the government (malkutha) seizeth upon men's property to take it away, and bondage cometh on the world.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:18
JPS 5:18 Neither shalt thou covet thy neighbour's wife; neither shalt thou desire thy neighbour's house, his field, or his man-servant, or his maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
ONK 5:18 Nor shalt thou desire thy neighbour's wife, nor covet thy neighbour's house, his field, or his servant, or his handmaid, his ox, or his ass, or any thing that is thy neighbour's.
PAL 5:18 These words spake the Lord with all your congregation at the mount, from the midst of the fiery cloud and tempest, with a great voice which was not limited; and the voice of the Word was written upon two tables of marble, and He gave them unto me.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:19
JPS 5:19 These words the LORD spoke unto all your assembly in the mount out of the midst of the fire, of the cloud, and of the thick darkness, with a great voice, and it went on no more. And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them unto me.
ONK 5:19 These words spake the Lord with all your congregation at the mount, from the midst of the fire, the clouds and the darkness, with a great voice, and hath not ceased.(11) And He wrote them upon two tables of stone, and gave them to me.
PAL 5:19 But when you had heard the voice of the Word from the midst of the darkness, the mountain burning with fire, the chiefs of your tribes and your sages drew nigh to me,
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:20
JPS 5:20 And it came to pass, when ye heard the voice out of the midst of the darkness, while the mountain did burn with fire, that ye came near unto me, even all the heads of your tribes, and your elders;
ONK 5:20 But it was, when you heard the voice from the midst of the fire and darkness, the mount burning with fire, all the chiefs of your tribes and your elders drew near to me;
PAL 5:20 and said, Behold, the Word of the Lord our God hath showed us His glorious Shekinah, and the greatness of His excellency, (tushbachteih, His magnificence,) and the voice of His Word have we heard out of the midst of the fire. This day have we seen that the Lord speaketh with a man in whom is the Holy Spirit, and he remaineth alive.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:21
JPS 5:21 and ye said: 'Behold, the LORD our God hath shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire; we have seen this day that God doth speak with man, and he liveth.
ONK 5:21 and you said, Behold, the Lord our God hath showed to us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard the voice of His Word out of the midst of the fire; this day have we seen that the Lord speaketh with a man,(12) and he liveth.
PAL 5:21 But now why should we die? For this great fire will devour us; if we again hear the voice of the Word of the Lord our God, we shall die.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:22
JPS 5:22 Now therefore why should we die? for this great fire will consume us; if we hear the voice of the LORD our God any more, then we shall die.
ONK 5:22 But now why should we die? For this great fire will consume us: if we go on to hear the voice of the Word of the Lord our God, we shall die.
PAL 5:22 For who, of all the offspring of flesh, hath heard the voice of the Word of the Living God speaking from amid the fire as we, and hath lived?
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:23
JPS 5:23 For who is there of all flesh, that hath heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?
ONK 5:23 For who is there of all flesh who can hear the voice of the Word of the Living God speaking from the midst of fire (in the manner) that we have, and can live?
PAL 5:23
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:24
JPS 5:24 Go thou near, and hear all that the LORD our God may say; and thou shalt speak unto us all that the LORD our God may speak unto thee; and we will hear it and do it.'
ONK 5:24 Go thou near, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say, and speak thou with us all that the Lord our God shall speak with thee, and we will hearken and will do.
PAL 5:24 And the voice of your words was heard before the Lord when you spake with me, and the Lord said to me, All the words of this people which they have spoken with thee are heard before Me; all that they have said is good.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:25
JPS 5:25 And the LORD heard the voice of your words, when ye spoke unto me; and the LORD said unto me: 'I have heard the voice of the words of this people, which they have spoken unto thee; they have well said all that they have spoken.
ONK 5:25 And the voice of your words was heard before the Lord when you spake with me, and the Lord said to me, The voice of the words of this people which they have spoken with thee is heard before Me; all (the words) they have spoken are right.
PAL 5:25 O that the disposition of their heart were perfect as this willingness is to fear Me and to keep all My commandments all days, that it may be well with them and with their children for ever!
JER 5:25 O that they may have this good heart!
 
Deuteronomy 5:26
JPS 5:26 Oh that they had such a heart as this alway, to fear Me, and keep all My commandments, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
ONK 5:26 O that they may have such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments all days, that it may be well with them and their children for ever.
PAL 5:26 Now therefore be separate from thy wife,
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:27
JPS 5:27 Go say to them: Return ye to your tents.
ONK 5:27 Go, and say to them, Return to your tents.
PAL 5:27 that with the orders above thou mayest stand before Me, and I will speak with thee the commandments, statutes, and judgments, which thou shalt teach them to perform in the land that I give you to inherit.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:28
JPS 5:28 But as for thee, stand thou here by Me, and I will speak unto thee all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.'
ONK 5:28 But thou, stand here before Me, and I will tell thee all the commandments, the statutes, and the judgments, which thou shalt teach them, that they may do them in the land that I will give them to possess it.
PAL 5:28 And now observe to do as the Lord your God hath commanded you; decline not to the right hand or to the left.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:29
JPS 5:29 Ye shall observe to do therefore as the LORD your God hath commanded you; ye shall not turn aside to the right hand or to the left.
ONK 5:29 And you shall observe to do as the Lord your God hath commanded you, nor decline to the right hand or to the left.
PAL 5:29 Walk in all the way which the Lord your God commandeth you, that you may live and do well, and lengthen out days in the land you shall inherit.
 
 
Deuteronomy 5:30
JPS 5:30 Ye shall walk in all the way which the LORD your God hath commanded you, that ye may live, and that it may be well with you, and that ye may prolong your days in the land which ye shall possess.
ONK 5:30 In all the way which the Lord your God hath commanded you shall ye walk, that you may live, and it may be well with you, and you may lengthen out your days in the land which you are to inherit.
PAL 5:30
 
 
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