I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
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I declare to you today that you will surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you pass over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
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I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
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I declare unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 30:18 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 8:19-20 It shall be, if you shall forget Yahweh your God, and walk after other gods, and serve them and worship them, I testify against you today that you shall surely perish. As the nations that Yahweh makes to perish before you, so you shall perish, because you wouldn’t listen to Yahweh your God’s voice.
- Deuteronomy 4:26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.
- Joshua 23:15-16 It shall happen that as all the good things have come on you of which Yahweh your God spoke to you, so Yahweh will bring on you all the evil things, until he has destroyed you from off this good land which Yahweh your God has given you, when you disobey the covenant of Yahweh your God, which he commanded you, and go and serve other gods, and bow down yourselves to them. Then Yahweh’s anger will be kindled against you, and you will perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.”
- Isaiah 63:17-18 O Yahweh, why do you make us wander from your ways, and harden our heart from your fear? Return for your servants’ sake, the tribes of your inheritance. Your holy people possessed it but a little while. Our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.
- Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.”
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 30:18 I denounce unto you this day, that…
Deu 30:18 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, [and that] ye shall not prolong [your] days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it.
Ver. 18. I denounce unto you.] See on Deu 30:15.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain I denounce unto, you this day that ye shall…
I denounce unto, you this day that ye shall surely perish,.... By one judgment or another; this he most solemnly averred, and it might be depended upon that it would certainly be their case; see Deu 4:26,
and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it; but be cut short by death, of one kind or another, by sword, or famine, or pestilence, or be carried into captivity; one or other of which were frequently their case.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 18. denounce] An archaism for announce. The Heb. simply…
18. denounce] An archaism for announce. The Heb. simply means declare, Deu_17:9; Deu_17:11, R.V. shew and tell of a judgement, i.e. make it public; Deu_26:3 R.V. profess.
unto you] Change to the Pl. address confirmed by Sam. LXX; it is striking that the following phrase, surely perish, also occurs in Deu_8:19, which is likewise an interruption of the Sg. by the Pl. address, and is found in Deut. only with the Pl. See on Deu_8:19.
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ye shall not prolong, etc.] Elsewhere both with Sg. and Pl.; see on Deu_4:26.
thou passest over Jordan] Sam. LXX, ye; perhaps rightly, but see on Deu_6:1.
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