Deuteronomy 29:19 BSB

Deuteronomy 29:19

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

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ASV

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

KJV

And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Compare on the thought Jer 23:17. The secret and presumptuous sinner is meant who flatters himself that all is well and will be well with him, since he follows his own devices and prospers. Compare Psa 73:11 ff. To add drunkenness to thirst - The sense is probably: “Himself, drinking iniquity like water, Job 15:16, he corrupts and destroys others who are thirsting for it or prone to it.” The sense of the whole passage from Deu 29:16 onward to Deu 29:20 may be exhibited thus: “Ye have seen the abominations of idolatry among the pagan.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

To add drunkenness to thirst - The words may be rendered, to add thirst to drunkenness, and so the sense may be, that when he hath multiplied his sins, and made himself as it were drunk with them, yet he is not satisfied therewith, but still whets his appetite, and provokes his thirst after more, as drunkards often use means to make themselves thirst after more drink.

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Original language & word study

21 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֡ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
בְּשָׁמְעוֹ֩	be.sha.me.'O	when hears he	H8085 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
דִּבְרֵ֨י	div.Rei	[the] words of	H1697 →
הָֽאָלָ֜ה	ha.'a.Lah	the oath	H423 →
הַזֹּ֗את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
וְהִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְ	ve.hit.ba.Rekh	and he will bless himself	H1288 →
בִּלְבָב֤וֹ	bil.va.Vo	in heart his	H3824 →
לֵאמֹר֙	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
שָׁל֣וֹם	sha.Lom	peace	H7965 →
יִֽהְיֶה־	yih.yeh-	it will belong	H1961 →
לִּ֔י	Li	to <the> me
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
בִּשְׁרִר֥וּת	bish.ri.Rut	in [the] stubbornness of	H8307 →
לִבִּ֖י	li.Bi	heart my	H3820 →
אֵלֵ֑ךְ	'e.Lekh	I walk	H1980 →
לְמַ֛עַן	le.Ma.'an	so as	H4616 →
סְפ֥וֹת	se.Fot	to sweep away	H5595 →
הָרָוָ֖ה	ha.ra.Vah	the watered [ground]	H7302 →
אֶת־	'et-	with	H854 →
הַצְּמֵאָֽה׃	ha.tze.me.'Ah	the thirsty [ground]	H6771 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 4:17
So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.
leads to
- Romans 1:21
  For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts.
- 1 Peter 4:3–4
  For you have spent enough time in the past carrying out the same desires as the Gentiles: living in debauchery, lust, drunkenness, orgies, carousing, and detestable idolatry.
- 1 Thessalonians 4:1–2
  Finally, brothers, we ask and encourage you in the Lord Jesus to live in a way that is pleasing to God, just as you have received from us. This is how you already live,…
- Colossians 3:5–8
  Put to death, therefore, the components of your earthly nature: sexual immorality, impurity, lust, evil desires, and greed, which is idolatry.
- Ephesians 2:1–3
  And you were dead in your trespasses and sins,
Through
Numbers 15:30
But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:26
  If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains,
- Psalms 19:13
  Keep Your servant also from willful sins; may they not rule over me. Then I will be blameless and cleansed of great transgression.
Through
Numbers 15:39
These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own…
leads to
- Proverbs 28:26
  He who trusts in himself is a fool, but one who walks in wisdom will be safe.

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Where the connections lead

04Related verses

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06About Deuteronomy

Where the connections lead

The record, by era

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

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About Deuteronomy