Deuteronomy 30:12
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?
KJV
nec in cælo situm, ut possis dicere : Quis nostrum valet ad cælum ascendere, ut deferat illud ad nos, et audiamus atque opere compleamus ?
Vulgate
οὐκ ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ ἄνω ἐστὶν λέγων Τίς ἀναβήσεται ἡμῖν εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ λήμψεται αὐτὴν ἡμῖν, καὶ ἀκούσαντες αὐτὸ ποιήσομεν;
LXX
It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?
ASV
לֹ֥א בַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם הִ֑וא לֵ/אמֹ֗ר מִ֣י יַעֲלֶה לָּ֤/נוּ הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יְמָ/ה֙ וְ/יִקָּחֶ֣/הָ לָּ֔/נוּ וְ/יַשְׁמִעֵ֥/נוּ אֹתָ֖/הּ וְ/נַעֲשֶֽׂ/נָּה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
10 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Intertextual echoes
Quoted or echoed by 1 later passage.
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Rom 10:6 · adapted"But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)"Deuteronomy: who will ascend to heaven — Paul adapts for righteousness by faith
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- John 3:13 — And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.
- Prov 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w
- Prov 30:4 — Who hath ascended up into heaven, or descended? who hath gathered the wind in his fists? who hath bound the waters in a garment? who hath established all the ends of the earth? what is his name, and w
- Rom 2:13 — (For not the hearers of the law are just before God, but the doers of the law shall be justified.
- Rom 10:6 — But the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? (that is, to bring Christ down from above:)