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Deuteronomy 29:17-19
Lexham English Bible

17 And you have seen their detestable things and their idols of wood and stone, silver, and gold that were among them, 18 so that there is not[a] among you a man or a woman or a clan or a tribe whose heart[b] turns today[c] from being with Yahweh our God to go to serve the gods of these nations, so that there is not among you a root sprouting poison and wormwood. 19 And then when he hears the words of this oath, then[d] he will assure himself[e] in his heart, saying,[f] ‘Safety shall be mine even though I go in the stubbornness of my heart,’[g] thereby destroying the well-watered land along with the parched.[h]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 29:18 Literally “lest there be/develop”
  2. Deuteronomy 29:18 Literally “his heart”
  3. Deuteronomy 29:18 Literally “the day”
  4. Deuteronomy 29:19 Or “and”
  5. Deuteronomy 29:19 Literally “he will bless himself”; HALOT 160 suggests “to consider oneself fortunate”
  6. Deuteronomy 29:19 Literally “to say”
  7. Deuteronomy 29:19 Literally “Peace shall happen/be for me, although/even if in the stubbornness of my heart I go”
  8. Deuteronomy 29:19 Some translators prefer to include the last clause as a part of the words of the wicked man (NASV vs. NEB)
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