King James Version

Deuteronomy 18:13

Thou shalt be perfect with the LORD thy God.

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תָּמִ֣יםtamimwithout blemishתָּמִיםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “without blemish”, the ordinary formH8549entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truthwithout blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.תִּֽהְיֶ֔הtihyehbeהָיָהverb, qal, imperfect, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “be”, an unfinished actionH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.עִ֖םimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).יְהוָ֥הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).אֱלֹהֶֽיךָeloheykhaGodאֱלֹהִיםnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 2nd person, masculine, singular — “God”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlativeangels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy God.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God.

Young’s Literal Translation

Perfect thou art with Jehovah thy God,

World English Bible

You shall be blameless with Yahweh your God.

Darby Translation

Thou shalt be perfect with Jehovah thy God.

Douay-Rheims

Thou shalt be perfect, and without spot before the Lord thy God.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Thou shalt be whole-hearted with the LORD thy God.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Thou shalt be perfect before the Lord thy God.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τέλειος ἔσῃ ἐναντίον Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου.