Deuteronomy 30:19
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:
KJV
Testes invoco hodie cælum et terram, quod proposuerim vobis vitam et mortem, benedictionem et maledictionem. Elige ergo vitam, ut et tu vivas, et semen tuum :
Vulgate
διαμαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον τόν τε οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, τὴν ζωὴν καὶ τὸν θάνατον δέδωκα πρὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, τὴν εὐλογίαν καὶ τὴν κατάραν· ἔκλεξαι τὴν ζωὴν σύ, ἵνα ζῇς σὺ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου,
LXX
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;
ASV
הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָ/כֶ֣ם הַ/יּוֹם֮ אֶת הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם וְ/אֶת הָ/אָרֶץ֒ הַ/חַיִּ֤ים וְ/הַ/מָּ֨וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ הַ/בְּרָכָ֖ה וְ/הַ/קְּלָלָ֑ה וּ/בָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּֽ/חַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְ/זַרְעֶֽ/ךָ
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אַתָּ֣ה
'th
pronoun · 1088×
אָעִ֣ידָה
''ydh
verb · 44×
בְּרָכָ֖ה
brkh
noun · 68×
בָּחַ֣ר
bchr
verb · 168×
וֹ
v
noun · 226×
וֹ
v
noun · 157×
חַי
chy
verb · 502×
יּ֣וֹם
yvm
noun · 2285×
לְמַ֣עַן
lm'n
preposition · 268×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
נִי
ny
verb · 264×
פְנֵ֣י
pny
noun · 2111×
קְלָלָ֔ה
qllh
noun · 33×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Themes
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Perfect righteousness was conferred neither by circumcision nor by any other legal ceremonies. The Decalogue, however, was not cancelled by Christ, but is always in force: men were never released from its commandments. 1. Moreover, we learn from the Scripture itself, that God gave circumcision, not as the completer of righteousness, but as a sign, that the race of Abraham might…
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The Will is that by which the mind chooses anything. The faculty of the Will is that power or principle of mind by which it is capable of choosing: an act of the Will is the same as an act of choosing or choice. Whatever names we call the act of the Will by — choosing, refusing, approving, disapproving, liking, disliking, embracing, rejecting, determining, directing — it is all…
We believe man in falling by the [Original] transgression to have become comparable and like unto the beasts, that is, to have been utterly undone, and to have fallen from his perfection and impassibility, yet not to have lost the nature and power which he had received from the supremely good God. For otherwise he would not be rational, and consequently not man; but to have the…
Cross-references
- 1Tim 5:21 — I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before another, doing nothing by partiality.
- Acts 2:39 — For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the LORD our God shall call.
- Deut 4:1 — Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the LORD God of your fathers giveth
- Deut 4:6 — Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understandi
- Deut 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal
- Deut 11:26 — Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
- Deut 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
- Deut 30:1 — And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the LORD
- Deut 30:15 — See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
- Deut 30:15 — See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
- Deut 31:28 — Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
- Deut 31:28 — Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
- Deut 32:1 — Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Deut 32:1 — Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- Deut 32:47 — For it is not a vain thing for you; because it is your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
- Ezek 18:31 — Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
- Gen 2:17 — But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.
- Isa 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Isa 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Isa 56:4 — For thus saith the LORD unto the eunuchs that keep my sabbaths, and choose the things that please me, and take hold of my covenant;
- Jer 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
- Jer 21:8 — And unto this people thou shalt say, Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I set before you the way of life, and the way of death.
- Jer 22:29 — O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
- Jer 32:39 — And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
- Josh 24:15 — And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites
- Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Luke 10:42 — But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
- Mic 6:1 — Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Prov 1:29 — For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:
- Prov 8:36 — But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death.
- Ps 50:4 — He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
- Ps 119:21 — Thou hast rebuked the proud that are cursed, which do err from thy commandments.
- Ps 119:30 — I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me.
- Ps 119:111 — Thy testimonies have I taken as an heritage for ever: for they are the rejoicing of my heart.
- Ps 119:173 — Let thine hand help me; for I have chosen thy precepts.