Deuteronomy 30:10
8 And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
9 So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
11 For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
12 It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
- KJV
- If thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, and if thou turn unto the LORD thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul.
- WEB
- if you will obey the LORD your God’s voice, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- ASV
- if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.
- DARBY
- if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn to Jehovah thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul.
- BLB
- if you listen to the voice of YHWH your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes written in the Book of this Law, [and] if you turn to YHWH your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
- ÅB
- så sant du hører på Herrens, din Guds røst, så du tar vare på hans bud og hans lover, det som er skrevet i denne lovens bok, og så sant du omvender deg til Herren din Gud av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel.
- OTB
- hvis du lytter til Herren din Gud og holder Hans bud og forskrifter som er skrevet i denne Lovens Bok, og vender deg til Herren din Gud av hele ditt hjerte og av hele din sjel.
- B1930
- så sant du hører på Herrens, din Guds røst, så du tar vare på hans bud og hans lover, det som er skrevet i denne lovens bok, og så sant du omvender dig til Herren din Gud av alt ditt hjerte og av all din sjel.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 3:40–41
Let us examine and test our ways, and turn back to the LORD.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:29
But if from there you will seek the LORD your God, you will find Him if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:8
And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
Read in context1 Corinthians 7:19
Circumcision is nothing and uncircumcision is nothing. Keeping God’s commandments is what counts.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:2
and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
Read in contextIsaiah 55:2–3
Why spend money on that which is not bread, and your labor on that which does not satisfy? Listen carefully to Me, and eat what is good, and your soul will delight in the richest of foods.
Read in contextNehemiah 1:9
but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling for My Name.’
Read in contextActs 26:20
First to those in Damascus and Jerusalem, then to everyone in the region of Judea, and then to the Gentiles, I declared that they should repent and turn to God, performing deeds worthy of their repentance.
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