New English Translation
Deuteronomy 11:26
26Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
Deuteronomy 11:26 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;
- New International Version (NIV)See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—
- English Standard Version (ESV)"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:
Context of Deuteronomy 11:26
24Every place you set your foot will be yours; your border will extend from the desert to Lebanon and from the River (that is, the Euphrates) as far as the Mediterranean Sea. 25Nobody will be able to resist you; the Lord your God will spread the fear and terror of you over the whole land on which you walk, just as he promised you. Take note – I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27the blessing if you take to heart the commandments of the Lord your God that I am giving you today, 28and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known.
Read all of Deuteronomy 11Deuteronomy 11:26 word by word
רְאֵ֗ה אָנֹכִ֛י נֹתֵ֥ן לִפְנֵיכֶ֖ם הַיּ֑וֹם בְּרָכָ֖ה וּקְלָלָֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 11:26
- Deuteronomy 30:1“When you have experienced all these things, both the blessings and the curses I have set before you, you will reflect upon them in all the nations where the Lord your God has banished you.
- Galatians 3:10For all who rely on doing the works of the law are under a curse, because it is written, “Cursed is everyone who does not keep on doing everything written in the book of the law.”
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11:26
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 26Behold, I set before you - a blessing and a curse - If God had not put it in the power of this people either to obey or disobey; if they had not had a free will, over which they had complete authority, to use it either in the way of willing or nilling; could God, with any propriety, have given such precepts as these, sanctioned with such promises and threatenings? If they were not free agents, they could not be punished for disobedience, nor could they…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-32Verses 26-32 Moses sums up all the arguments for obedience in two words, the blessing and the curse. He charged the people to choose which they would have. Moses then appointed a public and solemn proclamation of the blessing and curse, to be made upon the two mountains of Gerizim and Ebal. We have broken the law, and are under its curse, without remedy from ourselves. In mercy, the gospel again sets before us a blessing and a curse. A blessing, if we…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 26In covenant contexts, a blessing is the outcome of obedience, while a curse is the result of disobedience (see chapters 27–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-3226-32. Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse--(See on De 27:11).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 11
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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