The Lord your God will make you leaders, not followers. Pay attention to his commands that I’m giving you today. Be careful to obey them. Then you will always be on top. You will never be on the bottom.

你若听从耶和华你神的诫命，就是我今日所吩咐你的，谨守遵行，不偏左右，也不随从侍奉别神，耶和华就必使你作首不作尾，但居上不居下。”

你若听从耶和华—你上帝的诫命，就是我今日所吩咐你的，谨守遵行，耶和华就必使你作首不作尾，居上不居下，

你若听从耶和华—你神的诫命，就是我今日所吩咐你的，谨守遵行，耶和华就必使你作首不作尾，居上不居下，

你们若听从你们的上帝耶和华借我今天吩咐你们的诫命，谨慎遵行，毫不偏离，也不随从、供奉别的神明，祂必使你们做首不做尾，居上不居下。

耶和华必使你作头不作尾，居上不居下，只要你听从耶和华你的神的诫命，就是我今日吩咐你的，谨守遵行；

你若聽從耶和華－你神的誡命，就是我今日所吩咐你的，謹守遵行，不偏左右，也不隨從事奉別神，耶和華就必使你作首不作尾，但居上不居下。」

你若聽從耶和華－你上帝的誡命，就是我今日所吩咐你的，謹守遵行，耶和華就必使你作首不作尾，居上不居下，

你若聽從耶和華－你神的誡命，就是我今日所吩咐你的，謹守遵行，耶和華就必使你作首不作尾，居上不居下，

你們若聽從你們的上帝耶和華藉我今天吩咐你們的誡命，謹慎遵行，毫不偏離，也不隨從、供奉別的神明，祂必使你們做首不做尾，居上不居下。

耶和華必使你作頭不作尾，居上不居下，只要你聽從耶和華你的神的誡命，就是我今日吩咐你的，謹守遵行；

永恆主必使你做頭不做尾，但居上不居下，如果你聽從永恆主你的上帝的誡命、就是我今日所吩咐你的，謹慎遵行，

如爾聽從爾上帝耶和華之誡命、我今日所諭爾者、謹守遵行、不偏左右、離我今日所諭之言、不從他神、而崇事之、則耶和華必以爾為首、不以爾為尾、使爾居上、不居於下、○

耶和華必以爾為端、不以爾為末、使爾獨在於上、不在於下、我今日所傳上帝耶和華之命、爾當聽從、遵行勿失。

主必使爾為首、不使爾為尾、使爾獨居上、不居下、如爾聽從主爾天主之誡命、即我今日所諭爾者、謹守遵行、不違我今日所諭爾之諸言、不偏於左、不偏於右、不從異邦之神而崇事之、則必蒙此諸福、○

The Lord will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the Lord your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.

And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,

If you listen to these commands of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, and if you carefully obey them, the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always be on top and never at the bottom.

The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the LORD your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail, and you will only be above, and not be underneath, if you listen to the commandments of the Lord your God which I am commanding you today, to follow them carefully,

And the Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you shall be above only, and not be beneath, if you heed the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you today, and are careful to observe them.

And Jehovah will make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if thou shalt hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them,

The Lord will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward if you listen to the Lord your God’s commands I am giving you today and are careful to follow them.

And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do[ them]:

The LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you will always end up at the top and not at the bottom, if you obey his commandments which I am urging you today to be careful to do.

Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath, if you listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God which I command you today, to observe and to do,

Make sure you obey the Lord your God completely. Be careful to obey all his commands. I’m giving them to you today. If you do these things, the Lord will honor you more than all the other nations on earth.

Be careful to keep them. That will show the nations how wise and understanding you are. They will hear about all these rules. They’ll say,“ That great nation certainly has wise and understanding people.”The Lord our God is near us every time we pray to him. What other nation is great enough to have its gods that close to them?I’m giving you the laws of the Lord today. What other nation is great enough to have rules and laws as fair as these?Don’t be careless. Instead, be very careful. Don’t forget the things your eyes have seen. As long as you live, don’t let them slip from your mind. Teach them to your children and their children after them.

No matter what happens, live in a way that brings honor to the good news about Christ. Then I will know that you remain strong together in the one Spirit. I will know this if I come and see you or only hear about you. I will know that you work together as one person. I will know that you work to spread the teachings about the good news.

So he will cut off from Israel heads and tails alike. In a single day he will cut off palm branches and tall grass alike. The palm branches are the people who rule over others. The tall grass is the people who bow down to them.The elders and important leaders are the heads. The prophets who teach lies are the tails.

He’ll win the battle over Edom. He’ll win the battle over his enemy Seir. But Israel will grow strong.A ruler will come from among the people of Jacob. He’ll destroy those from the city who are still alive.”