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Deuteronomy 11:12
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 11:12
New English Translation
12 a land the Lord your God looks after.[a] He is constantly attentive to it[b] from the beginning to the end of the year.[c]
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- Deuteronomy 11:12 tn Heb “seeks.” The statement reflects the ancient belief that God (Baal in Canaanite thinking) directly controlled storms and rainfall.
- Deuteronomy 11:12 tn Heb “the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “always on it.” sn Constantly attentive to it. This attention to the land by the Lord is understandable in light of the centrality of the land in the Abrahamic covenant (cf. Gen 12:1, 7; 13:15; 15:7, 16, 18; 17:8; 26:3).
- Deuteronomy 11:12 sn From the beginning to the end of the year. This refers to the agricultural year that was marked by the onset of the heavy rains, thus the autumn. See note on the phrase “the former and the latter rains” in v. 14.
Deuteronomy 11:12
New International Version
Deuteronomy 11:12
New International Version
12 It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes(A) of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.
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