Deuteronomy 30:17

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.

But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,

18 I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

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

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BSB
But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them,
KJV
But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
WEB
But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away and worship other gods, and serve them,
ASV
But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
DARBY
But if thy heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and thou shalt bow down to other gods and serve them;
BLB
But if your heart turns away, so that you do not listen, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
ÅB
Men dersom ditt hjerte vender seg bort, og du ikke vil lyde, men lar deg forføre og tilber andre guder og dyrker dem,
OTB
Men hvis ditt hjerte vender seg bort og du ikke adlyder, og hvis du blir forført til å bøye deg for andre guder og tilbe dem,
B1930
Men dersom ditt hjerte vender sig bort, og du ikke vil lyde, men lar dig forføre og tilbeder andre guder og dyrker dem,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 2 Timothy 4:4

    So they will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.

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  • Proverbs 1:32

    For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

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  • Hebrews 3:12

    See to it, brothers, that none of you has a wicked heart of unbelief that turns away from the living God.

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  • John 3:19–21

    And this is the verdict: The Light has come into the world, but men loved the darkness rather than the Light because their deeds were evil.

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  • 1 Samuel 12:25

    But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”

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  • Deuteronomy 17:17

    He must not take many wives for himself, lest his heart go astray. He must not accumulate for himself large amounts of silver and gold.

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  • Proverbs 14:14

    The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.

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  • 1 Kings 11:2

    These women were from the nations about which the LORD had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, for surely they will turn your hearts after their gods.” Yet Solomon clung to these women in love.

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