Deuteronomy 29 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 These are the terms of the promise that the LORD commanded Moses to give to the Israelites in Moab. This was in addition to the promise the LORD gave them at Mount Horeb. These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the people of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he had made with them at Horeb. These are the terms of the covenant the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in Moab, in addition to the covenant he had made with them at Horeb.
2 Moses summoned all the people of Israel and said to them: You've seen with your own eyes everything that the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to his whole country. And Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: “You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt, to Pharaoh and to all his servants and to all his land, Moses summoned all the Israelites and said to them: Your eyes have seen all that the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials and to all his land.
3 You also saw those terrible plagues, those miraculous signs, and those spectacular, amazing things. the great trials that your eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders. With your own eyes you saw those great trials, those signs and great wonders.
4 But to this day the LORD hasn't given you a mind that understands, eyes that see, or ears that hear. But to this day the LORD has not given you a heart to understand or eyes to see or ears to hear. But to this day the LORD has not given you a mind that understands or eyes that see or ears that hear.
5 For 40 years I led you through the desert. During that time your clothes and shoes never wore out. I have led you forty years in the wilderness. Your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn off your feet. Yet the LORD says, “During the forty years that I led you through the wilderness, your clothes did not wear out, nor did the sandals on your feet.
6 You ate no bread and drank no wine or liquor. I did this so that you would know that I am the LORD your God. You have not eaten bread, and you have not drunk wine or strong drink, that you may know that I am the LORD your God. You ate no bread and drank no wine or other fermented drink. I did this so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.”
7 When you came to this place, King Sihon of Heshbon and King Og of Bashan came out to fight us, but we defeated them. And when you came to this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us to battle, but we defeated them. When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out to fight against us, but we defeated them.
8 We took their land and gave it to the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and half of the tribe of Manasseh as their property. We took their land and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of the Manassites. We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh.
9 Faithfully obey the terms of this promise. Then you will be successful in everything you do. Therefore keep the words of this covenant and do them, that you may prosper in all that you do. Carefully follow the terms of this covenant, so that you may prosper in everything you do.
10 All of you are standing here today in the presence of the LORD your God. The heads of your tribes, your leaders, your officers, and all the men of Israel are here. “You are standing today, all of you, before the LORD your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, All of you are standing today in the presence of the LORD your God—your leaders and chief men, your elders and officials, and all the other men of Israel,
11 Your children, your wives, and the foreigners who cut wood and carry water in your camp are also here. your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water.
12 You are ready to accept the terms and conditions of the promise that the LORD your God is giving you today. so that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the LORD your God, which the LORD your God is making with you today, You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the LORD your God, a covenant the LORD is making with you this day and sealing with an oath,
13 With this promise the LORD will confirm today that you are his people and that he is your God. This is what he told you, and this is what he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob with an oath. that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he promised you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
14 You aren't the only people to receive this promise and its conditions. It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant, I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you
15 It is for those of you who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God and also for those who are not here today. but with whoever is standing here with us today before the LORD our God, and with whoever is not here with us today. who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God but also with those who are not here today.
16 You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through other countries on our way here. “You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here.
17 You saw their disgusting gods and idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. You saw among them their detestable images and idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold.
18 Make sure there is no man, woman, family, or tribe among you today who turns from the LORD our God to worship the gods of those nations. Make sure that no one among you is the source of this kind of bitter poison. Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.
19 Someone may hear the conditions of this promise. He may think that he is so blessed that he can say, |I'll be safe even if I go my own stubborn way. After all, [the LORD would never] sweep away well-watered ground along with dry ground.| one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
20 The LORD will never be willing to forgive that person, because the LORD's burning anger will smolder against him. All the curses described in this book will happen to him. The LORD will erase [every memory of] that person's name from the earth. The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven. The LORD will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the LORD will blot out their names from under heaven.
21 And the LORD will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster based on all the conditions of the promise written in this Book of the Teachings. And the LORD will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, in accordance with all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. The LORD will single them out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
22 Then the next generation of your children and foreigners who come from distant countries will see the plagues that have happened in this land and the diseases the LORD sent here. And the next generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, will say, when they see the afflictions of that land and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick— Your children who follow you in later generations and foreigners who come from distant lands will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it.
23 They will see all the soil poisoned with sulfur and salt. Nothing will be planted. Nothing will be growing. There will be no plants in sight. It will be as desolate as Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, cities the LORD destroyed in fierce anger. the whole land burned out with brimstone and salt, nothing sown and nothing growing, where no plant can sprout, an overthrow like that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and wrath— The whole land will be a burning waste of salt and sulfur—nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing on it. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboyim, which the LORD overthrew in fierce anger.
24 Then all the other nations in the world will ask, |Why has the LORD done this to their land? Why is he so angry?| all the nations will say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’ All the nations will ask: “Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?”
25 The answer will be, |Because they abandoned the promise of the LORD God of their ancestors. He made this promise to them when he brought them out of Egypt. Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt, And the answer will be: “It is because this people abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, the covenant he made with them when he brought them out of Egypt.
26 They worshiped other gods and bowed down to them. These were gods they never heard of, gods the LORD didn't permit them to have. and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods whom they had not known and whom he had not allotted to them. They went off and worshiped other gods and bowed down to them, gods they did not know, gods he had not given them.
27 So the LORD became angry with this land and brought on it all the curses described in this book. Therefore the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, bringing upon it all the curses written in this book, Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, so that he brought on it all the curses written in this book.
28 In his fierce anger and fury the LORD uprooted these people from their land and deported them to another country, where they still are today.| and the LORD uprooted them from their land in anger and fury and great wrath, and cast them into another land, as they are this day.’ In furious anger and in great wrath the LORD uprooted them from their land and thrust them into another land, as it is now.”
29 Some things are hidden. They belong to the LORD our God. But the things that have been revealed in these teachings belong to us and to our children forever. We must obey every word of these teachings. “The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law. The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
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