| New American Standard Bible 1995 | English Standard Version |
| 1"So it shall be when all of these things have come upon you, the blessing and the curse which I have set before you, and you call them to mind in all nations where the LORD your God has banished you, | 1“And when all these things come upon you, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before you, and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you, |
| 2and you return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and soul according to all that I command you today, you and your sons, | 2and return to the LORD your God, you and your children, and obey his voice in all that I command you today, with all your heart and with all your soul, |
| 3then the LORD your God will restore you from captivity, and have compassion on you, and will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. | 3then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have mercy on you, and he will gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. |
| 4"If your outcasts are at the ends of the earth, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you back. | 4If your outcasts are in the uttermost parts of heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there he will take you. |
| 5"The LORD your God will bring you into the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it; and He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. | 5And the LORD your God will bring you into the land that your fathers possessed, that you may possess it. And he will make you more prosperous and numerous than your fathers. |
| 6"Moreover the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your descendants, to love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. | 6And the LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the heart of your offspring, so that you will love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul, that you may live. |
| 7"The LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. | 7And the LORD your God will put all these curses on your foes and enemies who persecuted you. |
| 8"And you shall again obey the LORD, and observe all His commandments which I command you today. | 8And you shall again obey the voice of the LORD and keep all his commandments that I command you today. |
| 9"Then the LORD your God will prosper you abundantly in all the work of your hand, in the offspring of your body and in the offspring of your cattle and in the produce of your ground, for the LORD will again rejoice over you for good, just as He rejoiced over your fathers; | 9The LORD your God will make you abundantly prosperous in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your cattle and in the fruit of your ground. For the LORD will again take delight in prospering you, as he took delight in your fathers, |
| 10if you obey the LORD your God to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this book of the law, if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and soul. | 10when you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, when you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. |
| 11"For this commandment which I command you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it out of reach. | 11“For this commandment that I command you today is not too hard for you, neither is it far off. |
| 12"It is not in heaven, that you should say, 'Who will go up to heaven for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' | 12It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend to heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ |
| 13"Nor is it beyond the sea, that you should say, 'Who will cross the sea for us to get it for us and make us hear it, that we may observe it?' | 13Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, ‘Who will go over the sea for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ |
| 14"But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it. | 14But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it. |
| 15"See, I have set before you today life and prosperity, and death and adversity; | 15“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil. |
| 16in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways and to keep His commandments and His statutes and His judgments, that you may live and multiply, and that the LORD your God may bless you in the land where you are entering to possess it. | 16If you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I command you today, by loving the LORD your God, by walking in his ways, and by keeping his commandments and his statutes and his rules, then you shall live and multiply, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land that you are entering to take possession of it. |
| 17"But if your heart turns away and you will not obey, but are drawn away and worship other gods and serve them, | 17But if your heart turns away, and you will not hear, but are drawn away to worship other gods and serve them, |
| 18I declare to you today that you shall surely perish. You will not prolong your days in the land where you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess it. | 18I declare to you today, that you shall surely perish. You shall not live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to enter and possess. |
| 19"I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, | 19I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, |
| 20by loving the LORD your God, by obeying His voice, and by holding fast to Him; for this is your life and the length of your days, that you may live in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them." | 20loving the LORD your God, obeying his voice and holding fast to him, for he is your life and length of days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.” |
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