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Deuteronomy 30:12

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10 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.

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?’

13 And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’

14 But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.

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Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
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?’
KJV
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
WEB
It is not in heaven, that you should say, “Who will go up for us to heaven, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”
ASV
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
DARBY
It is not in the heavens, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to the heavens, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?
BLB
It [is] not in the heavens, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend for us into the heavens and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
ÅB
Det er ikke oppe i himmelen, så du måtte si: Hvem vil fare opp til himmelen for oss og hente det ned til oss og la oss høre det, så vi kan gjøre etter det?
OTB
Det er ikke i himmelen, så du må spørre, ‘Hvem vil stige opp til himmelen for å hente det og forkynne det for oss så vi kan følge det?’
B1930
Det er ikke oppe i himmelen, så du måtte si: Hvem vil fare op til himmelen for oss og hente det ned til oss og la oss høre det, så vi kan gjøre efter det?

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Romans 10:6–8

    But the righteousness that is by faith says: “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’ (that is, to bring Christ down)

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  • Proverbs 30:4

    Who has ascended to heaven and come down? Who has gathered the wind in His hands? Who has bound up the waters in His cloak? Who has established all the ends of the earth? What is His name, and what is the name of His Son— surely you know!

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  • John 3:13

    No one has ascended into heaven except the One who descended from heaven—the Son of Man.

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