Deuteronomy 29:1

AMP: These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant which He made with them at Horeb (Sinai).

ASV: These are the words of the covenant which Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

BSB: These are the words of the covenant that the LORD commanded Moses to make with the Israelites in the land of Moab, in addition to the covenant He had made with them at Horeb.

DARBY: These are the words of the covenant that Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he made with them in Horeb.

DRA: These are the words of the covenant which the Lord commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab: beside that covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

KJV: These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Deuteronomy 29:2

AMP: 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, to all his servants, and to all his land;

ASV: And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

BSB: Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.

DARBY: And Moses called to all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his bondmen, and to all his land:

DRA: And Moses called all Israel, and said to them: You have seen all the things that the Lord did before you in the land of Egypt to Pharao, and to all his servants, and to his whole land.

KJV: And Moses called unto all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh, and unto all his servants, and unto all his land;

Deuteronomy 29:3

AMP: the great trials [of Pharaoh] which your eyes have seen, the signs and those great wonders.

ASV: the great trials which thine eyes saw, the signs, and those great wonders:

BSB: You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders.

DARBY: the great trials that thine eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders.

DRA: The great temptations, which thy eyes have seen, those mighty signs and wonders,

KJV: The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

Deuteronomy 29:4

AMP: Yet to this day the Lord has not given you a heart and mind to understand, nor eyes to see, nor ears to hear.

ASV: but Jehovah hath not given you a heart to know, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

BSB: Yet to this day the LORD has not given you a mind to understand, eyes to see, or ears to hear.

DARBY: But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

DRA: And the Lord hath not given you al heart to understand, and eyes to see, and ears that may hear, unto this present day.

KJV: Yet the LORD hath not given you an heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, unto this day.

Deuteronomy 29:5

AMP: I have led you in the wilderness forty years; your clothes have not worn out on you, and your sandals have not worn out on your feet.

ASV: And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxed old upon thy foot.

BSB: For forty years I led you in the wilderness,yet your clothes and sandals did not wear out.

DARBY: And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not grown old upon you, and thy sandal is not grown old upon thy foot;

DRA: He hath brought you forty years through the desert: your garments are not worn out, neither are the shoes of your feet consumed with age.

KJV: And I have led you forty years in the wilderness: your clothes are not waxen old upon you, and thy shoe is not waxen old upon thy foot.

Deuteronomy 29:6

AMP: You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink, so that you might know that I am the Lord your God [on whom you must depend].

ASV: Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink; that ye may know that I am Jehovah your God.

BSB: You ate no bread and drank no wine or strong drink,so that you might know that I am the LORD your God.

DARBY: ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah your God.

DRA: You have not eaten bread, nor have you drunk wine or strong drink: that you might know that I am the Lord your God.

KJV: Ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink: that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

Deuteronomy 29:7

AMP: When you reached this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out to meet us in battle, but we defeated them;

ASV: And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

BSB: When you reached this place, Sihon king of Heshbon and Og king of Bashan came out against us in battle, but we defeated them.

DARBY: And ye came to this place; and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us for battle, and we smote them.

DRA: And you came to this place: sand Sehon king of Hesebon, and Og king of Basan, came out against us to fight. And we slew them.

KJV: And when ye came unto this place, Sihon the king of Heshbon, and Og the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them:

Deuteronomy 29:8

AMP: and we took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the tribe of Reuben, the tribe of Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

ASV: and we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half-tribe of the Manassites.

BSB: We took their land and gave it as an inheritance to the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh.

DARBY: And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Manassites.

DRA: And took their land, and delivered it for a possession to h Ruben and Gad, and the half tribe of Manasses.

KJV: And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

Deuteronomy 29:9

AMP: So keep the words of this covenant and obey them, so that you may prosper and be successful in everything that you do.

ASV: Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

BSB: So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.

DARBY: Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

DRA: Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and fulfil them: that you may understand all that you do.

KJV: Keep therefore the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

Deuteronomy 29:10

AMP: “All of you stand today before the Lord your God—your chiefs, your tribes, your elders and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

ASV: Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God; your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your officers, even all the men of Israel,

BSB: All of you are standing today before the LORD your God— you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,

DARBY: Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God: your chiefs [of] your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

DRA: You all stand this day before the Lord your God, your princes, and tribes, and ancients, and doctors, all the people of Israel,

KJV: Ye stand this day all of you before the LORD your God; your captains of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

Deuteronomy 29:11

AMP: your little ones, your wives, and the stranger (resident alien, foreigner) who is in your camps, from the one who chops and gathers your firewood to the one who draws your water—

ASV: your little ones, your wives, and thy sojourner that is in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water;

BSB: your children and wives, and the foreigners in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—

DARBY: your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, as well the hewer of thy wood as the drawer of thy water;

DRA: , 11Your children and your wives, and the stranger that abideth with thee in the camp, besides the hewers of wood, and them that bring water:

KJV: Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water:

Deuteronomy 29:12

AMP: so that you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, and into His oath and agreement which the Lord your God is making with you today,

ASV: that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

BSB: so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

DARBY: that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

DRA: That thou mayst pass in the covenant of the Lord thy God, and in the oath which this day the Lord thy God maketh with thee.

KJV: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the LORD thy God, and into his oath, which the LORD thy God maketh with thee this day:

Deuteronomy 29:13

AMP: so that He may establish you today as His people and that He may be your God, just as He spoke to you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

ASV: that he may establish thee this day unto himself for a people, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he spake unto thee, and as he sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

BSB: and so that He may establish you today as His people, and He may be your God as He promised you and as He swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

DARBY: that he may establish thee this day for a people unto himself, and [that] he may be to thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

DRA: That he may raise thee up a people to himself, and he may be thy God as he hath spoken to thee, and as he swore to thy fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

KJV: That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

Deuteronomy 29:14

AMP: “It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,

ASV: Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

BSB: I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,

DARBY: Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

DRA: Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,

KJV: Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;

Deuteronomy 29:15

AMP: but with those [future Israelites] who are not here with us today, as well as with those who stand here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God

ASV: but with him that standeth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day

BSB: but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the LORD our God, as well as with those who are not here today.

DARBY: but with him that standeth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and with him that is not here with us this day

DRA: But with all that are present and that are absent.

KJV: But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:

Deuteronomy 29:16

AMP: (for you know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we passed through the nations along the way;

ASV: (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which ye passed;

BSB: For you yourselves know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we passed through the nations on the way here.

DARBY: (for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations which ye passed;

DRA: For you know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we have passed through the midst of nations, and passing through them,

KJV: (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

Deuteronomy 29:17

AMP: and you have seen their detestable acts and their [repulsive] idols of wood and stone, [lifeless images] of silver and gold, which they had with them),

ASV: and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

BSB: You saw the abominations and idols among them made of wood and stone, of silver and gold.

DARBY: and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

DRA: You have seen their abominations and filth, that is to say, their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they worshipped.

KJV: And ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them:)

Deuteronomy 29:18

AMP: so that there will not be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the Lord our God, to go and serve the [false] gods of these nations; so that there will not be among you a root [of idolatry] bearing poisonous fruit and wormwood (bitterness).

ASV: lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

BSB: 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 bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

DARBY: lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood,

DRA: Lest perhaps there should be among you a man or a woman, a family or a tribe, whose heart is turned away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of those nations: and there should be among you a root bringing forth gall and bitterness.

KJV: Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;

Deuteronomy 29:19

AMP: It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’

ASV: and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

BSB: because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

DARBY: and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.

DRA: And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty,

KJV: And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

Deuteronomy 29:20

AMP: the Lord will not be willing to forgive him, but then the anger of the Lord and His jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse which is written in this book will rest on him; the Lord will blot out his name from under heaven.

ASV: Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.

BSB: The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

DARBY: Jehovah will not pardon him, but the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will then smoke against that man, and all the curse shall be upon him that is written in this book; and Jehovah will blot out his name from under the heavens;

DRA: And the Lord should not forgive him: but his wrath and jealousy against that man should be exceedingly enkindled at that time, and all the curses that are written in this volume should light upon him: and the Lord should blot out his name from under heaven,

KJV: The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Deuteronomy 29:21

AMP: Then the Lord will single him out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel [making an example of him], according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this Book of the Law.

ASV: And Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

BSB: and single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.

DARBY: and Jehovah will separate him for mischief out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

DRA: And utterly destroy him out of all the tribes of Israel, according to the curses that are contained in the book of this law and covenant:

KJV: And the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

Deuteronomy 29:22

AMP: Now the next generation, your children who come after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land, when they see the plagues of this land and the diseases with which the Lord has afflicted it, will say,

ASV: And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick;

BSB: Then the generation to come — your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land — will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.

DARBY: And the generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and its sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath visited it,

DRA: And the following generation shall say, and the children that shall be born hereafter, and the strangers that shall come from afar, seeing the plagues of that land and the evils wherewith the Lord hath afflicted it,

KJV: So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

Deuteronomy 29:23

AMP: ‘The whole land is brimstone and salt, a burning waste, unsown and unproductive, and no grass grows in it; it is like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the Lord overthrew in His anger and wrath.’

ASV: [and that] the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, [and] a burning, [that] it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

BSB: All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.

DARBY: [that] the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, [and] burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:

DRA: Burning it with brimstone, and the heat of salt, so that it cannot be sown any more, nor any green thing grow therein, after the example of the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrha, Adama and Seboim, which the Lord destroyed in his wrath and indignation:

KJV: And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

Deuteronomy 29:24

AMP: All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

ASV: even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

BSB: So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

DARBY: even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?

DRA: And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

KJV: Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Deuteronomy 29:25

AMP: Then people will say, ‘It is because they abandoned (broke) 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.

ASV: Then men shall say, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt,

BSB: And the people will answer, ‘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.

DARBY: And men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah the God of their fathers, which he had made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

DRA: And they shall answer: Because they forsook the covenant of the Lord, which he made with their fathers, when he brought them out of the land of Egypt:

KJV: Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:

Deuteronomy 29:26

AMP: For they went and served other gods and worshiped them, [false] gods whom they have not known and whom He had not allotted (given) to them.

ASV: and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them:

BSB: They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known— gods that the LORD had not given to them.

DARBY: and they went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them.

DRA: And they have served strange gods, and adored them, whom they knew not, and for whom they had not been assigned:

KJV: For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:

Deuteronomy 29:27

AMP: So the anger of the Lord burned against this land, bringing on it every curse that is written in this book;

ASV: therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;

BSB: Therefore the anger of the LORD burned against this land, and He brought upon it every curse written in this book.

DARBY: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;

DRA: Therefore the wrath of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this volume :

KJV: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:

Deuteronomy 29:28

AMP: and the Lord uprooted them from their land in anger and in wrath and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.’

ASV: and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

BSB: The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

DARBY: and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as [it appears] this day.

DRA: And he hath cast them out of their land, in anger and in wrath, and in very great indignation, and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it is seen this day.

KJV: And the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 29:29

AMP: “The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but the things which are revealed and disclosed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may do all of the words of this law.

ASV: The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

BSB: The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, so that we may follow all the words of this law.[’’]

DARBY: The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law.

DRA: Secret things to the Lord our God: things that are manifest, to us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

KJV: The secret things belong unto the LORD our God: but those things which are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Deuteronomy 29

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