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The Choice of Life or Death

Deuteronomy 30:14

In 11 translations

BSB
But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.Cited in Romans 10:8
KJV
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
WEB
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
ASV
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
LSV
For the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart—to do it.
YLT
For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart — to do it.
DBY
For the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
DRC
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it.
GNV
But the word is very neere vnto thee: euen in thy mouth and in thine heart, for to do it.
JPS
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
LXXE
The word is very near thee, in thy mouth, and in thine heart, and in thine hands to do it.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַדָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּפִ֥יךָ וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br
Ἐγγύς σου ἐστὶ τὸ ῥῆμα σφόδρα ἐν τῷ στόματί σου, καὶ ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, καὶ ἐν ταῖς χερσί σου ποιεῖν αὐτό.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 10:8–10But what does it say? “The word is near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart,” that is, the word of faith we are proclaiming: that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that…
  • Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
  • John 5:46If you had believed Moses, you would believe Me, because he wrote about Me.
  • Matthew 7:21Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven.
  • Luke 10:11–12‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet, we wipe off as a testimony against you. Yet be sure of this: The kingdom of God is near.’ I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that…
  • Ezekiel 33:33So when it comes to pass—and surely it will come—then they will know that a prophet has been among them.”
  • Hebrews 2:1–3We must pay closer attention, therefore, to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. For if the message spoken by angels was binding, and every transgression and disobedience received its just punishment, how…
  • Ezekiel 33:31So My people come to you as usual, sit before you, and hear your words; but they do not put them into practice. Although they express love with their mouths, their hearts pursue dishonest gain.
  • Ezekiel 2:5And whether they listen or refuse to listen—for they are a rebellious house—they will know that a prophet has been among them.
  • Acts 28:23–28So they set a day to meet with Paul, and many people came to the place he was staying. He expounded to them from morning to evening, testifying about the kingdom of God and persuading them about Jesus from the Law of…
  • Acts 13:26Brothers, children of Abraham, and you Gentiles who fear God, it is to us that this message of salvation has been sent.
  • Acts 13:38–41Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you. Through Him everyone who believes is justified from everything you could not be justified from by the law of…

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