New American Standard Bible 1995
Deuteronomy 4:25-49
25“WhenH3588 you 1becomeH3205 the fatherH3205 of childrenH1121 and children’sH1121 childrenH1121 and have remainedH3462 longH3462 in the landH776, and 2actH7843 corruptlyH7843, and 3makeH6213 an 4idolH6459 in the formH8544 of anythingH3605, and 5doH6213 that whichH7451 is evilH7451 in the sightH5869 of the LordH3068 your GodH430 so as to provokeH3707 Him to angerH3707, 26I 6callH5749 heavenH8064 and earthH776 to witnessH5749 against you todayH3117, that you will 7surelyH6 perishH6 quicklyH4118 from the landH776 whereH834H8033 you are goingH5674 overH5674 the JordanH3383 to possessH3423 it. You shall not 8liveH748 longH748H3117 on it, but will be utterlyH8045 destroyedH8045. 27The LordH3068 will 9scatterH6327 you among the peoplesH5971, and you will be leftH7604 fewH4962 in numberH4557 among the nationsH1471 whereH834H8033 the LordH3068 drivesH5090 you. 2810ThereH8033 you will serveH5647 godsH430, the workH4639 of man’sH120 handsH3027, 11woodH6086 and stoneH68, 12whichH834 neitherH3808 seeH7200 norH3808 hearH8085 norH3808 eatH398 norH3808 smellH7381. 2913But from thereH8033 you will seekH1245 the LordH3068 your GodH430, and you will findH4672 Him ifH3588 you searchH1875 for Him 14with allH3605 your heartH3824 and allH3605 your soulH5315. 30When you 15are in distressH6862 and allH3605 theseH428 thingsH1697 have comeH4672 upon you, 16in the latterH319 daysH3117 17you will returnH7725 to the LordH3068 your GodH430 and listenH8085 to His voiceH6963. 31For the LordH3068 your GodH430 is a 18compassionateH7349 GodH410; 19He will not failH7503 you norH3808 20destroyH7843 you norH3808 21forgetH7911 the covenantH1285 with your fathersH1 whichH834 He sworeH7650 to them.
32“IndeedH3588, 22askH7592 nowH4994 concerning the formerH7223 daysH3117 whichH834 were beforeH6440 you, sinceH4480 the 23dayH3117 that GodH430 createdH1254 24manH120 on the earthH776, and inquire 25from one endH7097 of the heavensH8064 to the otherH7097H8064. 26Has anything been doneH1961 like thisH2088 greatH1419 thingH1697, orH176 has anything been heardH8085 likeH3644 it? 3327Has any peopleH5971 heardH8085 the voiceH6963 of GodH430 speakingH1696 from the midstH8432 of the fireH784, as you have heardH8085 it, and survivedH2421? 3428OrH176 has a godH430 triedH5254 to goH935 to takeH3947 for himself a nationH1471 from withinH7130 another nationH1471 29by trialsH4531, by signsH226 and wondersH4159 and by warH4421 and 30by a mightyH2389 handH3027 and by an outstretchedH5186 armH2220 and by greatH1419 terrorsH4172, 31as the LordH3068 your GodH430 didH6213 for you in EgyptH4714 before your eyesH5869? 35To you it was shownH7200 that you might knowH3045 that the LordH3068, He is GodH430; 32thereH369 is noH369 otherH5750 besidesH4480H905 Him. 3633Out of the heavensH8064 He let you hearH8085 His voiceH6963 34to disciplineH3256 you; and on earthH776 He let you seeH7200 His greatH1419 fireH784, and you heardH8085 His wordsH1697 from the midstH8432 of the fireH784. 373536BecauseH8478H3588 He lovedH157 your fathersH1, therefore He choseH977 37their descendantsH2233 afterH310 them. And He 3839personallyH6440 broughtH3318 you from EgyptH4714 by His greatH1419 powerH3581, 38drivingH3423 out from beforeH6440 you nationsH1471 greaterH1419 and mightierH6099 thanH4480 you, to bringH935 you in and 40to giveH5414 you their landH776 for an inheritanceH5159, as it is todayH3117. 39KnowH3045 therefore todayH3117, and takeH7725 it to your heartH3824, that 41the LordH3068, He is GodH430 in heavenH8064 aboveH4480H4605 and on the earthH776 belowH4480H8478; thereH369 is noH369 otherH5750. 4042So you shall keepH8104 His statutesH2706 and His commandmentsH4687 whichH834 I am 43givingH6680 you todayH3117, that 44it may goH3190 wellH3190 with you and with your childrenH1121 afterH310 you, and 45that you may 46liveH748 longH748H3117 on the landH127 whichH834 the LordH3068 your GodH430 is givingH5414 you for allH3605 timeH3117.”
4147ThenH227 MosesH4872 setH914 apartH914 threeH7969 citiesH5892 acrossH5676 the JordanH3383 to the 48eastH4217H8121, 42that a manslayerH7523 might fleeH5127 thereH8033, whoH834 unintentionallyH1847H1097 slewH7523 his neighborH7453 withoutH3808 having enmityH8130 toward him in timeH8032 pastH8543; and by fleeingH5127 to oneH259 of theseH411 citiesH5892 he might liveH2421: 4349BezerH1221 in the wildernessH4057 on the plateauH776H4334 for the ReubenitesH7206, and RamothH7216 in GileadH1568 for the GaditesH1425, and GolanH1474 in BashanH1316 for the ManassitesH4520.
44Now thisH2088 is the lawH8451 whichH834 MosesH4872 setH7760 beforeH6440 the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478; 45theseH428 are the testimoniesH5713 and the statutesH2706 and the ordinancesH4941 whichH834 MosesH4872 spokeH1696 to the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478, when they cameH3318 out from EgyptH4714, 46acrossH5676 the JordanH3383, in the valleyH1516 50oppositeH4136 Beth-peorH1047, in the landH776 of 51SihonH5511 kingH4428 of the AmoritesH567 whoH834 livedH3427 at HeshbonH2809, whomH834 MosesH4872 and the sonsH1121 of IsraelH3478 52defeatedH5221 when they cameH3318 out from EgyptH4714. 47They tookH3423 possessionH3423 of his landH776 and the landH776 of 53OgH5747 kingH4428 of BashanH1316, the twoH8147 kingsH4428 of the AmoritesH567, who were acrossH5676 the JordanH3383 to the 54eastH4217H8121, 48from 55AroerH6177, whichH834 is on the edgeH8193 of the 56valleyH5158 of ArnonH769, even as farH5704 as 57MountH2022 SionH7865 (that is, HermonH2768), 49with allH3605 the ArabahH6160 acrossH5676 the JordanH3383 to the eastH4217, even as farH5704 as the seaH3220 of the ArabahH6160, 58at the footH8478 of the slopesH794 of PisgahH6449.
Notes
- 1. Deuteronomy 4:25 Lit beget ↩
- 2. Deuteronomy 4:25 Deut 4:16 ↩
- 3. Deuteronomy 4:25 Deut 4:23 ↩
- 4. Deuteronomy 4:25 Or a graven image ↩
- 5. Deuteronomy 4:25 2 Kin 17:17 ↩
- 6. Deuteronomy 4:26 Deut 30:19; 31:28; 32:1; Is 1:2; Mic 6:2 ↩
- 7. Deuteronomy 4:26 Deut 7:4; 8:19, 20 ↩
- 8. Deuteronomy 4:26 Lit prolong your days ↩
- 9. Deuteronomy 4:27 Lev 26:33; Deut 28:64; 29:28; Neh 1:8 ↩
- 10. Deuteronomy 4:28 Deut 28:36, 64; Jer 16:13 ↩
- 11. Deuteronomy 4:28 Deut 29:17 ↩
- 12. Deuteronomy 4:28 Ps 115:4-8; 135:15-18; Is 44:12-20 ↩
- 13. Deuteronomy 4:29 Deut 30:1-3, 10; 2 Chr 15:4; Is 55:6; Jer 29:13 ↩
- 14. Deuteronomy 4:29 Deut 6:5; 10:12 ↩
- 15. Deuteronomy 4:30 Ps 18:6; 59:16; 107:6, 13 ↩
- 16. Deuteronomy 4:30 Deut 31:29; Jer 23:20; Hos 3:5; Heb 1:2 ↩
- 17. Deuteronomy 4:30 Jer 4:1, 2 ↩
- 18. Deuteronomy 4:31 Ex 34:6; 2 Chr 30:9; Neh 9:31; Ps 103:8; 111:4; 116:5; Jon 4:2 ↩
- 19. Deuteronomy 4:31 Deut 31:6, 8; Josh 1:5; 1 Chr 28:20; Heb 13:5 ↩
- 20. Deuteronomy 4:31 Jer 30:11 ↩
- 21. Deuteronomy 4:31 Lev 26:45 ↩
- 22. Deuteronomy 4:32 Deut 32:7; Job 8:8 ↩
- 23. Deuteronomy 4:32 Gen 1:27; Is 45:12 ↩
- 24. Deuteronomy 4:32 Or Adam ↩
- 25. Deuteronomy 4:32 Deut 28:64; Matt 24:31 ↩
- 26. Deuteronomy 4:32 Deut 4:7; 2 Sam 7:23 ↩
- 27. Deuteronomy 4:33 Ex 20:22; Deut 5:24, 26 ↩
- 28. Deuteronomy 4:34 Ex 14:30; Deut 33:29 ↩
- 29. Deuteronomy 4:34 Deut 7:19 ↩
- 30. Deuteronomy 4:34 Deut 5:15; 6:21; Ps 136:12 ↩
- 31. Deuteronomy 4:34 Lit according to all that ↩
- 32. Deuteronomy 4:35 Ex 8:10; 9:14; Deut 4:39; 32:12, 39; 1 Sam 2:2; Is 43:10-12; 44:6-8; 45:5-7; Mark 12:32 ↩
- 33. Deuteronomy 4:36 Ex 19:9, 19; 20:18, 22; Deut 4:33; Neh 9:13; Heb 12:25 ↩
- 34. Deuteronomy 4:36 Deut 8:5 ↩
- 35. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit And instead, because ↩
- 36. Deuteronomy 4:37 Deut 7:7, 8; 10:15; 33:3 ↩
- 37. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit his seed ↩
- 38. Deuteronomy 4:37 Lit with His presence ↩
- 39. Deuteronomy 4:37 Ex 33:14; Is 63:9 ↩
- 40. Deuteronomy 4:38 Num 32:4; 34:14, 15 ↩
- 41. Deuteronomy 4:39 Deut 4:35; Josh 2:11 ↩
- 42. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lev 22:31; Deut 4:2; Ps 105:45 ↩
- 43. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit commanding ↩
- 44. Deuteronomy 4:40 Deut 4:1; 5:16, 29, 33; 6:3, 18; 12:25, 28; 22:7 ↩
- 45. Deuteronomy 4:40 Ex 23:26; Deut 32:47 ↩
- 46. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit prolong your days ↩
- 47. Deuteronomy 4:41 Num 35:6; Deut 19:2-13; Josh 20:7-9 ↩
- 48. Deuteronomy 4:41 Lit sunrise ↩
- 49. Deuteronomy 4:43 Josh 20:8 ↩
- 50. Deuteronomy 4:46 Deut 3:29 ↩
- 51. Deuteronomy 4:46 Num 21:21-25 ↩
- 52. Deuteronomy 4:46 Lit smote ↩
- 53. Deuteronomy 4:47 Deut 1:4; 3:3, 4 ↩
- 54. Deuteronomy 4:47 Lit sunrise ↩
- 55. Deuteronomy 4:48 Deut 2:36; 3:12 ↩
- 56. Deuteronomy 4:48 Or wadi ↩
- 57. Deuteronomy 4:48 Deut 3:9; Ps 133:3 ↩
- 58. Deuteronomy 4:49 Lit under ↩
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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