Deuteronomy 6:17 (YLT)

Passage

ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 6:15 for a zealous God <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah thy God in thy midst--lest the anger of Jehovah thy God burn against thee, and He hath destroyed thee from off the face of the ground.

Deuteronomy 6:16 `Ye do not try Jehovah your God as ye tried in Massah;

Deuteronomy 6:17 ye do diligently keep the commands of Jehovah your God, and His testimonies, and His statutes which He hath commanded thee,

Deuteronomy 6:18 and thou hast done that which is right and good in the eyes of Jehovah, so that it is well with thee, and thou hast gone in and possessed the good land which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers,

Deuteronomy 6:19 to drive away all thine enemies from thy presence, as Jehovah hath spoken.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "diligently", "keep", "commands", "jehovah", "testimonies", "statutes", "hath", and "commanded". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "diligently" and "keep", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 16's "Ye do not try Jehovah your God..." into verse 18's "and thou hast done that which is...", so "diligently" and "keep" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "diligently" and "keep" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.