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Deuteronomy 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have…
“I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:”
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The verses around Deuteronomy 30:19.
17But if thine heart turn away, so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;
18I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
19I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
20That thou mayest love the Lord thy God, and that thou mayest obey his voice, and that thou mayest cleave unto him: for he is thy life, and the length of thy days: that thou mayest dwell in the land which the Lord sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.
Verse explanation
Calling heaven and earth as witnesses to the covenant is another hallmark of the ancient treaty format: since there was no court above the two parties signing the agreement, permanent features of nature served as a symbolic guarantee that the covenant had truly been made.
From the Deuteronomy 30 study in Bible in Stories.
Deuteronomy 30:19 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Os céus e a terra tomo hoje por testemunhas contra vós, que te tenho proposto a vida e a morte, a benção e a maldição: escolhe pois a vida, para que vivas, tu e a tua semente,
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Aos céus e a terra chamo por testemunhas hoje contra vós, que pus diante de vós a vida e a morte, a bênção e a maldição: escolhe, pois, a vida, para que vivas tu e tua descendência:
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Soy invoco al cielo y a la tierra para que sean mis testigos contra ti hoy que he puesto ante ustedes la vida y la muerte, las bendiciones y las maldiciones. Escojan la vida, para que ustedes y sus descendientes vivan,
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