Deuteronomy 29:19
17 You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
20 The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven
21 and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
- KJV
- And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
- WEB
- and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.
- ASV
- and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.
- DARBY
- and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.
- BLB
- and it will come to pass in his hearing the words of this oath, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,’ so that the wet are swept away with the dry.
- ÅB
- noen som når han hører dette eds-sambånds ord, priser seg lykkelig og tenker at det skal gå ham vel om han enn følger sitt eget hårde hjerte. For da kommer det vannrike land til å gå til grunne sammen med det tørstige[^1].
- OTB
- Når en slik person hører ordene i denne eden og velsigner seg selv, tenker: ‘Jeg vil være trygg, selv om jeg følger mitt eget sta hjerte,’ vil det bringe katastrofe over det velvannede landet så vel som det tørre.
- B1930
- nogen som når han hører dette eds-sambånds ord, priser sig lykkelig og tenker at det skal gå ham vel om han enn følger sitt eget hårde hjerte. For da kommer det vannrike land til å gå til grunne sammen med det tørstige. / < d.e. alle, både de som har overflod, og de som trenger.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 7:24
Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward.
Read in contextNumbers 15:39
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.
Read in contextNumbers 15:30
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 11:9
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.
Read in contextJeremiah 7:3–11
Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
Read in contextEphesians 4:17
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
Read in contextJeremiah 44:16–17
“As for the word you have spoken to us in the name of the LORD, we will not listen to you!
Read in context2 Corinthians 10:5
We tear down arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
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