Deuteronomy 29:19

Deuteronomy 29:19 in other versions

• King James Version (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:
• New International Version (NIV)When such a person hears the words of this oath and they invoke a blessing on themselves, thinking, “I will be safe, even though I persist in going my own way,” they will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
• English Standard Version (ESV)one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, 'I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
• New King James Version (NKJV)and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart’—as though the drunkard could be included with the sober.

Context of Deuteronomy 29:19

17Beware in case there is among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart turns away today from Adonai our God to go serve the gods of those nations. Beware in case there is among you a root producing poison and bitter fruit. 18“Now when someone hears the words of this oath and in his heart considers himself blessed, thinking, ‘Shalom will be mine, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart’—thus sweeping away the moist with the dry— Adonai will be unwilling to forgive him. For then the anger of Adonai and His jealousy will smoke against that person. So all the oath that is written in this scroll will settle on him, and Adonai will blot out his name from under the heavens. 20Adonai will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for ­calamity, according to all the oaths of the covenant written in this scroll of the Torah. 21“The following generation, your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a distant land will say, when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses Adonai afflicted on it:

Deuteronomy 29:19 word by word

וְהָיָ֡ה בְּשָׁמְעוֹ֩ אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֨י הָֽאָלָ֜ה הַזֹּ֗את וְהִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְ בִּלְבָב֤וֹ לֵאמֹר֙ שָׁל֣וֹם יִֽהְיֶה־לִּ֔י כִּ֛י בִּשְׁרִר֥וּת לִבִּ֖י אֵלֵ֑ךְ לְמַ֛עַן סְפ֥וֹת הָרָוָ֖ה אֶת־הַצְּמֵאָֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And it come to pass, when he hearethשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: hearH8085
• the wordsדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of this curseאָלָה'âlâh · oathH423
• that he blessבָּרַךְbârak · to blessH1288
• himself in his heartלֵבָבlêbâb · heartH3824
• sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I shall have peaceשָׁלוֹםshâlôm shâlôm · peace: well-beingH7965
• thoughכִּיkîy · forH3588
• I walkיָלַךְyâlak · to walkH3212
• in the imaginationשְׁרִירוּתsherîyrûth · stubbornnessH8307
• of mine heartלֵבlêb · heartH3820
• to addסָפָהsâphâh · to snatchH5595
• drunkennessרָוֶהrâveh · wateredH7302
• to thirstצָמֵאtsâmê' · thirstyH6771

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 29:19

• Deuteronomy 29:12“This is in order to confirm you today as His people. So He will be your God, just as He promised you and just as He swore to your fathers—to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob.
• Genesis 2:17But of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil you must not eat. For when you eat from it, you most assuredly will die!
• Deuteronomy 17:2Suppose there is found in your midst—within one of your gates that Adonai your God is giving you—a man or woman who does what is evil in the eyes of Adonai your God by transgressing His covenant.
• Numbers 15:30“But the person who sins defiantly, whether native or outsider, reviles Adonai and that person is to be cut off from his people.
• Psalms 10:4The wicked one, with his nose in the air, never seeks Him. All his thoughts are: “There is no God.”
• Psalms 49:18For when he dies he takes nothing away. His splendor will not follow him down.
• Psalms 94:6They slay the widow and the outsider, and murder the fatherless.
• Proverbs 29:1One who remains stiff-necked after many rebukes will suddenly be destroyed— without remedy.
• Jeremiah 5:12They have lied about Adonai saying: “Not He! No harm will come to us. Nor will we see sword or famine.
• Jeremiah 7:3Thus says Adonai-Tzva’ot, the God of Israel; mend your ways and your deeds, and I will let you live in this place.
• Jeremiah 28:15Then said the prophet Jeremiah to the prophet Hananiah: “Hear now, Hananiah! Adonai has not sent you, yet you have caused this people to trust in a lie.
• Jeremiah 44:16“As for the word that you spoke to us in the Name of Adonai, we are not going to listen to you!
• Jeremiah 17:27“But if you do not listen to Me to keep Yom Shabbat holy, by not bearing a burden or entering through the gates of Jerusalem on Yom Shabbat, then I will set its gates on fire, and it will consume the citadels of Jerusalem, and not be quenched.’”
• Ezekiel 13:16the prophets of Israel who prophesy to Jerusalem and see visions of shalom for her, when there is no shalom.” It is a declaration of Adonai.
• Ephesians 5:6Let no one deceive you with empty words, for because of such things God’s judgment comes on the children of disobedience.
• Ecclesiastes 11:9Rejoice, young man, in your childhood, and let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judgment.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29:19

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19To add drunkenness to thirst - A proverbial expression denoting the utmost indulgence in all sensual gratifications.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19Compare on the thought Jeremiah 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 Psalm 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 Deuteronomy 29:16 onward…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 10-21Verses 10-21 The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenant of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outward dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enabled to consent to the Lord's new covenant of mercy and grace in Jesus Christ, and to give up themselves to be his people, should embrace every opportunity of renewing their open profession of relation to him, and their obligation to him, as the God of…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19Being careless or overly confident about God's judgment would lead to complete ruin.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2910-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any lapsing into idolatry might prove a root of…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 29:19

• Backsliders
• Confidence
• Drunkenness
• False Confidence
• Imagination
• Impenitence
• Infidelity
• Presumption
• Self-Delusion
• Sin

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 29

• 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