The Greatest Commandment
Deuteronomy 6:9
In 11 translations
- BSB
- Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates.
- KJV
- And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- WEB
- You shall write them on the door posts of your house and on your gates.
- ASV
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
- LSV
- and you have written them on doorposts of your house and on your gates.
- YLT
- and thou hast written them on door-posts of thy house, and on thy gates.
- DBY
- And thou shalt write them upon the posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
- DRC
- And thou shalt write them in the entry, and on the doors of thy house.
- GNV
- Also thou shalt write them vpon ye postes of thine house, and vpon thy gates.
- JPS
- And thou shalt write them upon the door-posts of thy house, and upon thy gates.
- LXXE
- And ye shall write them on the lintels of your houses and of your gates.
Word by word Hebrew · tap a word
Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- וּכְתַבְתָּ֛ם עַל־מְזוּזֹ֥ת בֵּיתֶ֖ךָ וּבִשְׁעָרֶֽיךָ׃
- LXX-Br
- Καὶ γράψετε αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὰς φλιὰς τῶν οἰκιῶν ὑμῶν, καὶ τῶν πυλῶν ὑμῶν.
In the reference works topics that cite this verse
HouseMosesReadingPhylacteriesPhylacteryDoor-postsFrontletsLegends (Inscriptions)Frontlets, or PhylacteriesObligation
From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).
Cross-references most cited first
- Deuteronomy 11:20Write them on the doorposts of your houses and on your gates,
- Isaiah 30:8Go now, write it on a tablet in their presence and inscribe it on a scroll; it will be for the days to come, a witness forever and ever.
- Isaiah 57:8Behind the door and doorpost you have set up your memorial. Forsaking Me, you uncovered your bed; you climbed up and opened it wide. And you have made a pact with those whose bed you have loved; you have gazed upon…
- Habakkuk 2:2Then the LORD answered me: “Write down this vision and clearly inscribe it on tablets, so that a herald may run with it.
- Job 19:23–25I wish that my words were recorded and inscribed in a book, by an iron stylus on lead, or chiseled in stone forever. But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Exodus 12:7They are to take some of the blood and put it on the sides and tops of the doorframes of the houses where they eat the lambs.
From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).