Deuteronomy 30:11
New International Version
Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

New Living Translation
“This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach.

English Standard Version
“For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.

Berean Standard Bible
For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

King James Bible
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.

New King James Version
“For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.

New American Standard Bible
“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away.

NASB 1995
“For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.

NASB 1977
“For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.

Legacy Standard Bible
“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far from you.

Amplified Bible
“For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach.

Christian Standard Bible
“This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach.

American Standard Version
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because this commandment that I command you today is not hidden from you, neither is it far away.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
For this command which I give thee this day is not grievous, neither is it far from thee.

Contemporary English Version
You know God's laws, and it isn't impossible to obey them.

Douay-Rheims Bible
This commandment, that I command thee this day is not above thee, nor far off from thee:

English Revised Version
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
This command I'm giving you today isn't too hard for you or beyond your reach.

Good News Translation
"The command that I am giving you today is not too difficult or beyond your reach.

International Standard Version
Indeed, these commands that I'm giving you today are neither confusing nor unattainable for you.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

Literal Standard Version
For this command which I am commanding you today, it is not too wonderful for you, nor [is] it far off.

Majority Standard Bible
For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.

New American Bible
For this command which I am giving you today is not too wondrous or remote for you.

NET Bible
"This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.

New Revised Standard Version
Surely, this commandment that I am commanding you today is not too hard for you, nor is it too far away.

New Heart English Bible
For this commandment which I command you this day is not too difficult for you, nor is it far off.

Webster's Bible Translation
For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hid from thee, neither is it far off.

World English Bible
For this commandment which I command you today is not too hard for you or too distant.

Young's Literal Translation
For this command which I am commanding thee to-day, it is not too wonderful for thee, nor is it far off.

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Context
The Choice of Life or Death
11For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. 12It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 30:10
if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Deuteronomy 30:12
It is not in heaven, that you should need to ask, 'Who will ascend into heaven to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?'


Treasury of Scripture

For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not hidden from you, neither is it far off.

Psalm 147:19,20
He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel…

Isaiah 45:19
I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right.

Romans 16:25,26
Now to him that is of power to stablish you according to my gospel, and the preaching of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery, which was kept secret since the world began, …

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Deuteronomy 30:11-14. THE LAW OF THE RIGHTEOUSNESS WHICH is OF FAITH.

(11) For this commandment.--Heb., Mitzvah. This duty, this form of obedience to the law.

Is not hidden from thee--i.e., not too hard. Literally, too wonderful for thee. (Comp. Deuteronomy 17:8; Psalm 139:6.)

(12) It is not in heaven.--St. Paul cites the words thus: "The righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise, Say not in thine heart, Who shall ascend into heaven? that is, to bring Christ down from above" (Romans 10:6-7).

(13) Neither is it beyond the sea.--St. Paul continues, "Or (say not), Who shall descend into the deep? that is, to bring up Christ again from the dead." The alteration here is remarkable. The LXX. will not account for it. "Beyond the sea" generally suggests the idea of a land on the other side of the surface of the ocean. But a descent into the "abyss," which is what St. Paul indicates, means a passage through the sea to that which is beneath it, "beyond the sea "in a very different sense. No one but Jonah ever went beyond the sea in this way, as he says, "Out of the belly of hell cried I . . . Thou hadst cast me into the deep, in the heart of the seas . . . I went down to the bottoms of the mountains . . . The deep (abyss) closed me about." And this descent of Jonah is chosen as the "sign" of Christ's descent into hell. . . .

Verses 11-14. - The fulfillment of this condition was not impossible or even difficult; for God had done everything to render it easy for them. The commandment of God was not hidden from them; literally, was not wonderful to them; i.e. hard to be understood or to perform (see the use of the Hebrew word in Psalm 131:1; Proverbs 30:18); nor was it far off; it was not in heaven - i.e. though heavenly in its source, it had not remained there, but had been revealed - so that there was no need for any one to say, Who will ascend to heaven, and bring it down to us, that we may hear it, and do it? The idea is not, as Keil suggests, that of "an inaccessible height" which none could scale; nor is it, as suggested by Knobel, that of something "incomprehensible, impracticable, and superhuman;" it is simply a statement of fact that the Law had not been retained in heaven, but had been revealed to men. Nor was this revelation made in some far distant place across the sea, so that any need say, Who will go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it? On the contrary, it was very near to them, had been disclosed in words so that they could utter it with their own mouth, converse over it, and ponder it in their hearts (cf. Isaiah 45:19; Jeremiah 23:28; Romans 10:6). In the allusion to the sea, the representation is not that of depth (Targum Jon.), but that of distance.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
For
כִּ֚י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

this
הַזֹּ֔את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

commandment
הַמִּצְוָ֣ה (ham·miṣ·wāh)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 4687: Commandment

I
אָנֹכִ֥י (’ā·nō·ḵî)
Pronoun - first person common singular
Strong's 595: I

give
מְצַוְּךָ֖ (mə·ṣaw·wə·ḵā)
Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's 6680: To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order

you today
הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

is not
לֹֽא־ (lō-)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

too difficult
נִפְלֵ֥את (nip̄·lêṯ)
Verb - Nifal - Participle - feminine singular
Strong's 6381: To separate, distinguish, to be, great, difficult, wonderful

for you
מִמְּךָ֔ (mim·mə·ḵā)
Preposition | second person masculine singular
Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of

or
וְלֹ֥א (wə·lō)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

beyond your reach.
רְחֹקָ֖ה (rə·ḥō·qāh)
Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's 7350: Remote, of place, time, precious


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