Deuteronomy 30:14
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?’
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?’
But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
15 See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
16 For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
- KJV
- But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
- WEB
- But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
- ASV
- But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
- DARBY
- For the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
- BLB
- But the word [is] very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
- ÅB
- Men ordet er deg meget nær, i din munn og i ditt hjerte, så du kan gjøre etter det.
- OTB
- Nei, ordet er svært nær deg; det er i din munn og i ditt hjerte så du kan følge det.
- B1930
- Men ordet er dig meget nær, i din munn og i ditt hjerte, så du kan gjøre efter det.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 10:8–10
But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming:
Read in contextJeremiah 12:2
You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Read in contextJohn 5:46
If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
Read in contextMatthew 7:21
Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
Read in contextLuke 10:11–12
‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’
Read in contextEzekiel 33:31
So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
Read in contextHebrews 2:1–3
We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away.
Read in contextEzekiel 33:33
So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
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