Deuteronomy 30:19
17 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.
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,
20 and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- 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,
- KJV
- I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
- WEB
- I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,
- ASV
- I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
- DARBY
- I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,
- BLB
- I call as witnesses against you⁺ today the heavens and the earth [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, that you may live—you and your seed,
- ÅB
- Jeg tar idag himmelen og jorden til vitne mot dere: Livet og døden har jeg lagt fram for deg, velsignelsen og forbannelsen; velg da livet, så skal du få leve, du og din slekt!
- OTB
- Jeg kaller himmelen og jorden til vitne mot deg i dag at jeg har lagt fram for deg liv og død, velsignelser og forbannelser. Velg nå livet, så du og dine etterkommere kan leve
- B1930
- Jeg tar idag himmelen og jorden til vidne mot eder: Livet og døden har jeg lagt frem for dig, velsignelsen og forbannelsen; velg da livet, så skal du få leve, du og din ætt!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 30:15
See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 11:26
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
Read in contextPsalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
Read in contextJoshua 24:15–22
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
Read in contextProverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:1
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
Read in contextLuke 10:42
But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”
Read in contextJeremiah 32:39
I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.
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