Deuteronomy 30:15
in Deuteronomy 30See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
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ASV
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
KJV
See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;
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This verse in Deuteronomy 30
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThere is a certain balance constructed in the interior of each of us by our Creator, on which it is possible to judge the nature of things. "I have set before you life and death, good and evil," two natures contrary to each other. Balance them against each other in your own tribunal.
This site's exposition
See, I have set before thee this day
on Deuteronomy 30:15-16
Moses puts the whole covenant into one pair of choices, life and good against death and evil, which is the form he used at 11:26-28 with a blessing and a curse. Verse 16 then defines the life by three verbs, to love the Lord thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments, so the choice is described by conduct. Love stands first and the keeping follows from it, in the order of 6:5-6.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| רְאֵ֨ה | reeh | see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| נָתַ֤תִּי | natati | I set | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙ | lefaneikha | <to> before you | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| הַיּ֔וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַֽחַיִּ֖ים | hachaiyim | <the> life | H2416 → | 498 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַטּ֑וֹב | hatov | <the> good | H2896 → | 538 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַמָּ֖וֶת | hamavet | <the> death | H4194 → | 156 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הָרָֽע׃ | hara' | <the> evil | H7451 → | 662 times |
רְאֵ֨הsee
reehH7200 →1300 times
נָתַ֤תִּיI set
natatiH5414 →2011 times
לְפָנֶ֙יךָ֙<to> before you
lefaneikhaH6440 →2123 times
הַיּ֔וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַֽחַיִּ֖ים<the> life
hachaiyimH2416 →498 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַטּ֑וֹב<the> good
hatovH2896 →538 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַמָּ֖וֶת<the> death
hamavetH4194 →156 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הָרָֽע׃<the> evil
hara'H7451 →662 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 11:26
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
- Deuteronomy 30:1
“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 119:30
I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.
- Joshua 24:15–22
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods…
- Proverbs 8:36
But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”
- Deuteronomy 11:26
Through
Deuteronomy 11:26See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 30:15–20
See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.
- Deuteronomy 30:15–20
Through
Deuteronomy 32:47For they are not idle words to you, because they are your life, and by them you will live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
it leads to
- Proverbs 4:22
For they are life to those who find them, and health to the whole body.
- Leviticus 18:5
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
- Proverbs 4:22
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Basil of Caesarea, HOMILY ON PSALM 61:4; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.