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The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail; and you shall be above only, and you shall not be beneath; if you shall listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, which I command you this day, to observe and to do,
World English Bible (WEB)
And the LORD{H3068} shall make{H5414}{(H8804)} thee the head{H7218}, and not the tail{H2180}; and thou shalt be above only{H4605}, and thou shalt not be beneath{H4295}; if that thou hearken{H8085}{(H8799)} unto the commandments{H4687} of the LORD{H3068} thy God{H430}, which I command{H6680}{(H8764)} thee this day{H3117}, to observe{H8104}{(H8800)} and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} them:
Strong's King James
‘And Jehovah hath given thee for head, and not for tail; and thou hast been only above, and art not beneath, for thou dost hearken unto the commands of Jehovah thy God, which I am commanding thee to-day, to keep and to do,
Young's Literal Translation
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