Deuteronomy 30:19

Guidance and decisions Eternal life Obedience God's will and calling

¹⁷ But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

¹⁸ I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.

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:

²⁰ That thou mayest love the LORD thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.

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!

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Deuteronomy 30:15
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
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Deuteronomy 11:26
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
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Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
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Joshua 24:15–22
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.
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Proverbs 8:36
But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
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Deuteronomy 30:1
And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD thy God hath driven thee,
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Luke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
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Jeremiah 32:39
And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
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