Deuteronomy 30:17

Deuteronomy 30:17 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them,
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them,
• New Living Translation (NLT)“But if your heart turns away and you refuse to listen, and if you are drawn away to serve and worship other gods,

Context of Deuteronomy 30:17

15See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. 16For I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the Lord your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, 18I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. 19This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live

Deuteronomy 30:17 word by word

וְאִם־יִפְנֶ֥ה לְבָבְךָ֖ וְלֹ֣א תִשְׁמָ֑ע וְנִדַּחְתָּ֗ וְהִֽשְׁתַּחֲוִ֛יתָ לֵאלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִ֖ים וַעֲבַדְתָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• But if thine heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• turn awayפָּנָהpânâh · to turnH6437
• so that thou wilt not hearשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• but shalt be drawn awayנָדַחnâdach · to banishH5080
• and worshipשָׁחָהshâchâh · to bowH7812
• otherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
• godsאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• and serveעָבַד‛âbad · to serve: ministerH5647

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 30:17

• Deuteronomy 29:18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the Lord our God to go and worship the gods of those nations; make sure there is no root among you that produces such bitter poison.
• 1 Samuel 12:25Yet if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will perish.”
• John 3:19This is the verdict: Light has come into the world, but people loved darkness instead of light because their deeds were evil.
• Deuteronomy 17:17He must not take many wives, or his heart will be led astray. He must not accumulate large amounts of silver and gold.
• 1 Kings 11:2They were from nations about which the Lord had told the Israelites, “You must not intermarry with them, because they will surely turn your hearts after their gods.” Nevertheless, Solomon held fast to them in love.
• Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will kill them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them;
• Proverbs 14:14The faithless will be fully repaid for their ways, and the good rewarded for theirs.
• 2 Timothy 4:4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths.
• Hebrews 3:12See to it, brothers and sisters, that none of you has a sinful, unbelieving heart that turns away from the living God.
• Hebrews 12:25See to it that you do not refuse him who speaks. If they did not escape when they refused him who warned them on earth, how much less will we, if we turn away from him who warns us from heaven?

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 30:17

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 11-20Verses 11-20 Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deuteronomy 30:10-14; hence, Deuteronomy 30:15-20 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an earnest exhortation to choose the better part concludes the address. Deuteronomy 30:11-14. “The righteousness which is of faith” is really and truly described in these words of the Law; and, under Paul‘s guidance (see marginal references) we…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-20Verses 15-20 What could be said more moving, and more likely to make deep and lasting impressions? Every man wishes to obtain life and good, and to escape death and evil; he desires happiness, and dreads misery. So great is the compassion of the Lord, that he has favoured men, by his word, with such a knowledge of good and evil as will make them for ever happy, if it be not their own fault. Let us hear the sum of the whole matter. If they and theirs would…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-20Obeying the covenant commands that Moses gave would lead to life. Disobeying them would lead to death. Here, life and death refer to physical life in the land. This applied both to individual people and to the whole community of Israel.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2015-20. See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil--the alternative of a good and happy, or a disobedient and miserable life. Love of God and compliance with His will are the only ways of securing the blessings and avoiding the evils described. The choice was left to them, and in urging upon them the inducements to a wise choice, Moses warmed as he proceeded into a tone of solemn and impressive earnestness similar to that of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 30:17

• Blessing
• Duty
• Idolatry

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 30

• 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