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You shall keep his statutes and his commandments which I command you today, that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land which Yahweh your God gives you for all time.
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Questions where the Bible appears to say two different things, with the passages on each side set together.
Deuteronomy 4:40, Psalm 37:29, Psalm 78:69, Psalm 104:5, and Ecclesiastes 1:4 all assert that the earth abides forever — Psalm 104:5 specifically says it 'should not be removed for ever.' Psalm 102:25-26, Isaiah 65:17, the Synoptic apocalyptic discourses (Matthew 24:35 and parallels), Hebrews 1:10-11, 2 Peter 3:10-13, and Revelation 21:1 say the earth will perish, melt, pass away, or be replaced by a new earth.
Critical scholarship: Widely regarded as a genuine contradiction.
The proposed answers and sources for each reading are on the question page.
Each section sets the viewpoints side by side; you weigh the evidence. Here, "critical scholarship" means academic study, not a value judgment. How this is built →
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"Deuteronomy 4:40 — Scripture Analysis" GEBible, https://gebible.app/analysis/verse/deuteronomy/4/40?version=WEB (retrieved 26 August 2026).