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Deuteronomy 30:19

I 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,

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ASV

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

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:

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Original language & word study

19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
הַעִידֹ֨תִיha.'i.Do.tiI call as witnessesH5749 →
בָכֶ֣םva.Khemagainst <the> you
הַיּוֹם֮hai.yOmthis dayH3117 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
הַשָּׁמַ֣יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064 →
וְאֶת־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853 →
הָאָרֶץ֒ha.'a.Retzthe earthH776 →
הַחַיִּ֤יםha.chai.Yim<the> lifeH2416 →
וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ve.ha.Ma.vetand <the> deathH4194 →
נָתַ֣תִּיna.Ta.tiI have setH5414 →
לְפָנֶ֔יךָle.fa.Nei.kha<to> before youH6440 →
הַבְּרָכָ֖הha.be.ra.Khah<the> blessingH1293 →
וְהַקְּלָלָ֑הve.ha.ke.la.Lahand <the> curseH7045 →
וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙u.va.char.Taand you will chooseH977 →
בַּֽחַיִּ֔יםba.chai.Yim<in> <the> lifeH2416 →
לְמַ֥עַןle.Ma.'anso thatH4616 →
תִּחְיֶ֖הtich.Yehyou may liveH2421 →
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859 →
וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ve.zar.'E.khaand offspring yourH2233 →

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Deuteronomy 30:15See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster.Deuteronomy 11:26See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—Psalms 119:30I have chosen the way of truth; I have set Your ordinances before me.Proverbs 8:36But he who fails to find me harms himself; all who hate me love death.”Joshua 24:15–22But 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 of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”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,Luke 10:42But only one thing is necessary. Mary has chosen the good portion, and it will not be taken away from her.”Jeremiah 21:8Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death.Jeremiah 32:39I will give them one heart and one way, so that they will always fear Me for their own good and for the good of their children after them.1 Timothy 5:21I solemnly charge you before God and Christ Jesus and the elect angels to maintain these principles without bias, and to do nothing out of partiality.Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.Acts 2:39This promise belongs to you and your children and to all who are far off—to all whom the Lord our God will call to Himself.”Psalms 119:173May Your hand be ready to help me, for I have chosen Your precepts.Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.Micah 6:1–2Hear now what the LORD says: “Arise, plead your case before the mountains, and let the hills hear your voice.Proverbs 1:29For they hated knowledge and chose not to fear the LORD.Psalms 119:111Your testimonies are my heritage forever, for they are the joy of my heart.Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

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