Deuteronomy 30:13

11 For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

12 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?

Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

14 But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

15 See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

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

Compare

BSB
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?’
KJV
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
WEB
Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, “Who will go over the sea for us, bring it to us, and proclaim it to us, that we may do it?”
ASV
Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
DARBY
And it is not beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it to us, that we should hear it and do it?
BLB
Nor [is] it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go for us to beyond the sea and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’
ÅB
Det er heller ikke på den andre side av havet, så du måtte si: Hvem vil fare over havet for oss og hente det til oss og la oss høre det, så vi kan gjøre etter det?
OTB
Det er heller ikke bortenfor havet, så du må spørre, ‘Hvem vil krysse havet for å hente det og forkynne det for oss så vi kan følge det?’
B1930
Det er heller ikke på den andre side av havet, så du måtte si: Hvem vil fare over havet for oss og hente det til oss og la oss høre det, så vi kan gjøre efter det?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 6:27

    Labour not for the meat which perisheth, but for that meat which endureth unto everlasting life, which the Son of man shall give unto you: for him hath God the Father sealed.

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  • Proverbs 2:1–5

    My son, if thou wilt receive my words, and hide my commandments with thee;

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  • Proverbs 8:11

    For wisdom is better than rubies; and all the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it.

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  • Romans 10:14–15

    How then shall they call on him in whom they have not believed? and how shall they believe in him of whom they have not heard? and how shall they hear without a preacher?

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  • Acts 10:33

    Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God.

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  • Matthew 12:42

    The queen of the south shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and, behold, a greater than Solomon is here.

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  • Proverbs 16:6

    By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD men depart from evil.

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  • Acts 8:27–40

    And he arose and went: and, behold, a man of Ethiopia, an eunuch of great authority under Candace queen of the Ethiopians, who had the charge of all her treasure, and had come to Jerusalem for to worship,

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