| New King James Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1“Therefore you shall love the LORD your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always. | 1"You shall therefore love the LORD your God, and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments. |
| 2Know today that I do not speak with your children, who have not known and who have not seen the chastening of the LORD your God, His greatness and His mighty hand and His outstretched arm— | 2"Know this day that I am not speaking with your sons who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the LORD your God-- His greatness, His mighty hand and His outstretched arm, |
| 3His signs and His acts which He did in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land; | 3and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land; |
| 4what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots: how He made the waters of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued you, and how the LORD has destroyed them to this day; | 4and what He did to Egypt's army, to its horses and its chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to engulf them while they were pursuing you, and the LORD completely destroyed them; |
| 5what He did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place; | 5and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place; |
| 6and what He did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel— | 6and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, among all Israel-- |
| 7but your eyes have seen every great act of the LORD which He did. | 7but your own eyes have seen all the great work of the LORD which He did. |
| 8“Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, | 8"You shall therefore keep every commandment which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land into which you are about to cross to possess it; |
| 9and that you may prolong your days in the land which the LORD swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, ‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ | 9so that you may prolong your days on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. |
| 10For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden; | 10"For the land, into which you are entering to possess it, is not like the land of Egypt from which you came, where you used to sow your seed and water it with your foot like a vegetable garden. |
| 11but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, | 11"But the land into which you are about to cross to possess it, a land of hills and valleys, drinks water from the rain of heaven, |
| 12a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year. | 12a land for which the LORD your God cares; the eyes of the LORD your God are always on it, from the beginning even to the end of the year. |
| 13‘And it shall be that if you earnestly obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the LORD your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, | 13"It shall come about, if you listen obediently to my commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the LORD your God and to serve Him with all your heart and all your soul, |
| 14then I will give you the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. | 14that He will give the rain for your land in its season, the early and late rain, that you may gather in your grain and your new wine and your oil. |
| 15And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be filled.’ | 15"He will give grass in your fields for your cattle, and you will eat and be satisfied. |
| 16Take heed to yourselves, lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them, | 16"Beware that your hearts are not deceived, and that you do not turn away and serve other gods and worship them. |
| 17lest the LORD’s anger be aroused against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and you perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you. | 17"Or the anger of the LORD will be kindled against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the ground will not yield its fruit; and you will perish quickly from the good land which the LORD is giving you. |
| 18“Therefore you shall lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. | 18"You shall therefore impress these words of mine on your heart and on your soul; and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontals on your forehead. |
| 19You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. | 19"You shall teach them to your sons, talking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road and when you lie down and when you rise up. |
| 20And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, | 20"You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, |
| 21that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, like the days of the heavens above the earth. | 21so that your days and the days of your sons may be multiplied on the land which the LORD swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens remain above the earth. |
| 22“For if you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— | 22"For if you are careful to keep all this commandment which I am commanding you to do, to love the LORD your God, to walk in all His ways and hold fast to Him, |
| 23then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves. | 23then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. |
| 24Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea, shall be your territory. | 24"Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours; your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the river, the river Euphrates, as far as the western sea. |
| 25No man shall be able to stand against you; the LORD your God will put the dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you. | 25"No man will be able to stand before you; the LORD your God will lay the dread of you and the fear of you on all the land on which you set foot, as He has spoken to you. |
| 26“Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: | 26"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: |
| 27the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you today; | 27the blessing, if you listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am commanding you today; |
| 28and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. | 28and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. |
| 29Now it shall be, when the LORD your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. | 29"It shall come about, when the LORD your God brings you into the land where you are entering to possess it, that you shall place the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. |
| 30Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the terebinth trees of Moreh? | 30"Are they not across the Jordan, west of the way toward the sunset, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? |
| 31For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it. | 31"For you are about to cross the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the LORD your God is giving you, and you shall possess it and live in it, |
| 32And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today. | 32and you shall be careful to do all the statutes and the judgments which I am setting before you today. |
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