Deuteronomy 11
Authorized (King James) Version
11 Therefore thou shalt love the Lord thy God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his judgments, and his commandments, alway. 2 And know ye this day: for I speak not with your children which have not known, and which have not seen the chastisement of the Lord your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his stretched out arm, 3 and his miracles, and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh the king of Egypt, and unto all his land; 4 and what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses, and to their chariots; how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord hath destroyed them unto this day; 5 and what he did unto you in the wilderness, until ye came into this place; 6 and what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth, and swallowed them up, and their households, and their tents, and all the substance that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel: 7 but your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did. 8 Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it; 9 and that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that floweth with milk and honey.
10 For the land, whither thou goest in to possess it, is not as the land of Egypt, from whence ye came out, where thou sowedst thy seed, and wateredst it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs: 11 but the land, whither ye go to possess it, is a land of hills and valleys, and drinketh water of the rain of heaven: 12 a land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.
13 And it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day, to love the Lord your God, and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 that I will give you the rain of your land in his due season, the first rain and the latter rain, that thou mayest gather in thy corn, and thy wine, and thine oil. 15 And I will send grass in thy fields for thy cattle, that thou mayest eat and be full. 16 Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; 17 and then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, that there be no rain, and that the land yield not her fruit; and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the Lord giveth you.
18 Therefore shall ye lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul, and bind them for a sign upon your hand, that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 And ye shall teach them your children, speaking of them when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, when thou liest down, and when thou risest up. 20 And thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house, and upon thy gates: 21 that your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, in the land which the Lord sware unto your fathers to give them, as the days of heaven upon the earth.
22 For if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all his ways, and to cleave unto him; 23 then will the Lord drive out all these nations from before you, and ye shall possess greater nations and mightier than yourselves. 24 Every place whereon the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the uttermost sea shall your coast be. 25 There shall no man be able to stand before you: for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he hath said unto you.
26 Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse; 27 a blessing, if ye obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I command you this day: 28 and a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. 29 And it shall come to pass, when the Lord thy God hath brought thee in unto the land whither thou goest to possess it, that thou shalt put the blessing upon mount Gerizim, and the curse upon mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side Jordan, by the way where the sun goeth down, in the land of the Canaanites, which dwell in the champaign over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh? 31 For ye shall pass over Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God giveth you, and ye shall possess it, and dwell therein. 32 And ye shall observe to do all the statutes and judgments which I set before you this day.
Deuteronomy 11
New King James Version
Love and Obedience Rewarded
11 “Therefore you shall love the Lord your God, and keep His charge, His statutes, His judgments, and His commandments always. 2 Know today that I do not speak with your children, who have not known and who have not seen the [a]chastening of the Lord your God, His greatness and His mighty hand and His outstretched arm— 3 His signs and His acts which He did in the midst of Egypt, to Pharaoh king of Egypt, and to all his land; 4 what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their chariots: (A)how He made the waters of the Red Sea overflow them as they pursued you, and how the Lord has destroyed them to this day; 5 what He did for you in the wilderness until you came to this place; 6 and (B)what He did to Dathan and Abiram the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and all the substance that was [b]in their possession, in the midst of all Israel— 7 but your eyes have (C)seen every great [c]act of the Lord which He did.
8 “Therefore you shall keep every commandment which I command you today, that you may (D)be strong, and go in and possess the land which you cross over to possess, 9 and (E)that you may prolong your days in the land (F)which the Lord [d]swore to give your fathers, to them and their descendants, (G)‘a land flowing with milk and honey.’ 10 For the land which you go to possess is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you sowed your seed and watered it by foot, as a vegetable garden; 11 (H)but the land which you cross over to possess is a land of hills and valleys, which drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 a land for which the Lord your God cares; (I)the eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the very end of the year.
13 ‘And it shall be that if you earnestly [e]obey My commandments which I command you today, to love the Lord your God and serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then (J)I[f] will give you the rain for your land in its season, (K)the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil. 15 (L)And I will send grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may (M)eat and be [g]filled.’ 16 Take heed to yourselves, (N)lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and (O)serve other gods and worship them, 17 lest (P)the Lord’s anger be aroused against you, and He (Q)shut up the heavens so that there be no rain, and the land yield no produce, and (R)you perish quickly from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
18 “Therefore (S)you shall [h]lay up these words of mine in your heart and in your (T)soul, and (U)bind them as a sign on your hand, and they shall be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 (V)You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house, when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 (W)And you shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 that (X)your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land of which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, like (Y)the days of the heavens above the earth.
22 “For if (Z)you carefully keep all these commandments which I command you to do—to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and (AA)to hold fast to Him— 23 then the Lord will (AB)drive out all these nations from before you, and you will (AC)dispossess greater and mightier nations than yourselves. 24 (AD)Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: (AE)from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the [i]Western Sea, shall be your territory. 25 No man shall be able to (AF)stand [j]against you; the Lord your God will put the (AG)dread of you and the fear of you upon all the land where you tread, just as He has said to you.
26 (AH)“Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 (AI)the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you today; 28 and the (AJ)curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. 29 Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, that you shall put the (AK)blessing on Mount Gerizim and the (AL)curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, toward the setting sun, in the land of the Canaanites who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, (AM)beside the terebinth trees of Moreh? 31 For you will cross over the Jordan and go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it and dwell in it. 32 And you shall be careful to observe all the statutes and judgments which I set before you today.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 11:2 discipline
- Deuteronomy 11:6 at their feet
- Deuteronomy 11:7 work
- Deuteronomy 11:9 promised
- Deuteronomy 11:13 Lit. listen to
- Deuteronomy 11:14 So with MT, Tg.; Sam., LXX, Vg. He
- Deuteronomy 11:15 satisfied
- Deuteronomy 11:18 Lit. put
- Deuteronomy 11:24 Mediterranean
- Deuteronomy 11:25 before
Deuteronomy 11
Modern English Version
Love and Obey
11 You must love the Lord your God and keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments always. 2 Know this day that I am not speaking with your children who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the Lord your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm, 3 and His signs and His works which He did in the midst of Egypt to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to all his land, 4 and what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses, and to their chariots, when He made the water of the Red Sea to flow over them as they pursued after you, and how the Lord utterly destroyed them, 5 and what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place, 6 and what He did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, when the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, their households, their tents, and everything that was in their possession, in the midst of all Israel. 7 But your eyes have seen all the great deeds of the Lord which He did.
8 Therefore you must keep all the commandments which I am commanding you today, so that you may be strong and go in and possess the land which you are going to possess; 9 and that you may prolong your days in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey. 10 For the land which you are entering to possess is not like the land of Egypt from where you came, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot like a vegetable garden, 11 but the land, which you are entering to possess, is a land of hills and valleys and drinks water from the rain of heaven, 12 a land for which the Lord your God cares. The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year even to the end of the year.
13 It will be, if you will diligently obey My commandments which I am commanding you today, to love the Lord your God, and to serve Him with all your heart and with all your soul, 14 then I will give you the rain of your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain and your wine and your oil. 15 I will provide grass in your fields for your livestock, that you may eat and be full.
16 Take heed to yourselves that your heart be not deceived, and you turn away and serve other gods and worship them. 17 Then the Lord’s wrath will be inflamed against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit, and you will quickly perish from the good land which the Lord is giving you. 18 Therefore you must fix these words of mine in your heart and in your soul, and bind them as a sign on your hand, so that they may be as frontlets between your eyes. 19 You shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk by the way, when you lie down, and when you rise up. 20 You shall write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates, 21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the days of heaven on the earth.
22 For if you diligently keep all these commandments which I am commanding you to do—to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to hold fast to Him— 23 then the Lord will drive out all these nations from before you, and you will dispossess nations greater and mightier than you. 24 Every place where the soles of your feet tread will be yours. Your border will be from the wilderness to Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, as far as the Mediterranean Sea. 25 No man will be able to resist you, for the Lord your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you on all the land where you shall tread, just as He has spoken to you.
26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse: 27 the blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God, which I am commanding you today, 28 and the curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn from the way which I am commanding you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. 29 Now it shall be, when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you are entering to possess, that you shall put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. 30 Are they not on the other side of the Jordan, west where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites, who dwell in the plain opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks of Moreh? 31 For you will cross over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God is giving you, and you will possess it, and dwell in it. 32 You must be careful to do all the statutes and judgments which I am setting before you today.
Deuteronomio 11
Reina Valera Contemporánea
La grandeza del Señor
11 »Amarás al Señor tu Dios, y todos los días cumplirás sus ordenanzas, estatutos, decretos y mandamientos. 2 Sepan bien hoy, que no estoy hablando con los hijos de ustedes, los cuales no han sabido ni experimentado el castigo del Señor su Dios, ni su grandeza ni su mano poderosa, ni su brazo extendido, 3 ni sus señales ni los hechos que realizó en medio de Egipto contra el faraón, el rey de Egipto, y contra toda su tierra,(A) 4 ni lo que hizo contra el ejército egipcio y sus caballos y sus carros de guerra, ni cómo precipitó sobre ellos las aguas del Mar Rojo, cuando venían en persecusión de ustedes,(B) ni cómo hasta este día el Señor los destruyó; 5 ni lo que hizo con ustedes en el desierto, hasta hacerlos llegar a este lugar; 6 ni lo que hizo con Datán y Abirán, hijos de Eliab hijo de Rubén, de cómo en medio de todo Israel la tierra se abrió y se los tragó, junto con sus familias, sus tiendas y todo su ganado.(C) 7 Pero ustedes sí han visto con sus propios ojos todas las grandes obras que el Señor ha hecho.
Bendiciones de la Tierra Prometida
8 »Cumplan, pues, todos los mandamientos que en este día yo les mando cumplir, para que cobren fuerzas y crucen el río para entrar y tomar posesión de la tierra; 9 y para que se prolonguen sus días en la tierra que el Señor prometió dar a sus padres, y también a su descendencia, tierra que fluye leche y miel.
10 »La tierra en la que ahora entras, y que vas a poseer, no es como la tierra de Egipto, de donde han salido. Allá sembrabas tu semilla, y la regabas con tu pie, como huerto de hortaliza. 11 La tierra que van a ocupar al otro lado del río es una tierra de montes y de valles, que se nutre de la lluvia del cielo; 12 es una tierra que el Señor mismo, tu Dios, cuida: desde que el año comienza, y hasta que termina, los ojos del Señor tu Dios están siempre sobre ella.
13 »Si ustedes obedecen con todo cuidado los mandamientos que hoy les mando cumplir, y si aman al Señor su Dios y le sirven con todo su corazón y con toda su alma, 14 yo enviaré a su tierra la lluvia a su tiempo, tanto la lluvia temprana como la tardía, y ustedes cosecharán su grano, su vino y su aceite. 15 Haré también que en tus campos crezca hierba para tus ganados, y comerás y quedarás satisfecho. 16 Tengan cuidado de que su corazón no se envanezca, y ustedes se aparten y sirvan a dioses ajenos, y se inclinen ante ellos, 17 porque el furor del Señor se encenderá contra ustedes, y cerrará los cielos para que no llueva, y la tierra no dará su fruto, y pronto ustedes desparecerán de la buena tierra que el Señor(D) les da.
18 »Lleven estas palabras mías en su corazón y en su alma. Átenlas como señal en su mano, y llévenlas como frontales en medio de sus ojos. 19 Enséñenselas a sus hijos, y hablen de ellas cuando te encuentres descansando en tu casa, y cuando vayas por el camino, y cuando te acuestes, y cuando te levantes. 20 Inscríbelas en los postes de tu casa, y en tus puertas,(E) 21 para que en la tierra que el Señor juró dar a sus padres sean los días de ustedes, y los de sus hijos, tan numerosos como los días de los cielos sobre la tierra.
22 »Si ustedes cumplen con mucho cuidado todos estos mandamientos que yo les mando cumplir, y si aman al Señor su Dios, y van por todos sus caminos, y lo siguen, 23 el Señor por su parte arrojará de la presencia de ustedes a todas estas naciones, para que despojen a naciones más grandes y más poderosas que ustedes. 24 Todo lugar donde planten su pie será de ustedes, y su territorio se extenderá del desierto hasta el Líbano y del río Éufrates hasta el mar occidental. 25 Nadie podrá enfrentarse a ustedes,(F) porque el Señor su Dios infundirá miedo y temor de ustedes en toda la tierra que pisen, tal y como él lo ha dicho.
26 »Dense cuenta de que hoy pongo ante ustedes la bendición y la maldición. 27 La bendición, si ustedes atienden a los mandamientos que yo, el Señor su Dios, hoy les mando cumplir. 28 La maldición, si no atienden a los mandamientos que yo, el Señor su Dios, hoy les mando cumplir, y se apartan del camino para ir tras dioses ajenos que nunca antes conocieron. 29 Cuando el Señor tu Dios te haya introducido en la tierra de la cual vas a tomar posesión, pondrás la bendición sobre el monte Guerizín, y la maldición sobre el monte Ebal.(G) 30 Estos montes están al otro lado del Jordán, tras el camino del occidente, en el Arabá, frente a Gilgal, junto al encinar de More, ya en territorio cananeo. 31 Ustedes van a cruzar el Jordán para tomar posesión de la tierra que el Señor su Dios les da. Tomen posesión de ella, y habítenla, 32 siempre teniendo cuidado de cumplir todos los estatutos y decretos que hoy he expuesto ante ustedes.
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