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Deuteronomy 30:19

Deuteronomy chapter 30 · verse 19 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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;

Context

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

v.19This passage

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

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Psalms 119:111

    Thy testimonies have I taken as a heritage for ever; For they are the rejoicing of my heart.

  • Deuteronomy 11:26

    Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

  • 1 Timothy 5:21

    I charge thee in the sight of God, and Christ Jesus, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing by partiality.

  • Micah 6:1

    Hear ye now what Jehovah saith: Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.

  • Joshua 24:15

    And if it seem evil unto you to serve Jehovah, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve Jehovah.

  • Jeremiah 22:29

    O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of Jehovah.