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OET-LV I_call_as_witnesses in/on/at/with_you_all the_day DOM the_heavens and_DOM the_earth/land the_life and_the_death I_have_set to_your_face the_blessing and_the_curse and_choose in/on/at/with_life so_that you_may_live you and_descendants_your.
UHB הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָכֶ֣ם הַיּוֹם֮ אֶת־הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם וְאֶת־הָאָרֶץ֒ הַחַיִּ֤ים וְהַמָּ֨וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְפָנֶ֔יךָ הַבְּרָכָ֖ה וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ ‡
(haˊīdotī ⱱākem hayyōm ʼet-hashshāmayim vəʼet-hāʼāreʦ haḩayyim vəhammāvet nātattī ləfāneykā habərākāh vəhaqqəlālāh ūⱱāḩarttā baḩayyim ləmaˊan tiḩyeh ʼattāh vəzarˊekā.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).
ULT I call the heavens and the earth to witness against you today: I have set before your faces life and death, the blessings and the curses; and choose life so that you may live, you and your seed,
UST I am requesting everyone in heaven and on the earth to testify to you, that today I am allowing you to choose whether you want to live for a long time or to soon die, whether you want Yahweh to bless you or to curse you. So choose to live.
BSB § I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
OEB No OEB DEU book available
WEB I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants,
WMB (Same as above)
NET Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live!
LSV I have caused the heavens and the earth to testify against you today—I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the reviling, and you have fixed on life, so that you live, you and your seed,
FBV I call on heaven and earth to be my witnesses against you today that I have placed before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life, so you and your descendants will live,
T4T I am requesting that everyone in heaven and the earth testify to you, that today I am allowing you to choose whether you want to live for a long time or to soon die, whether you want Yahweh to bless you or to curse you. So choose to live.
LEB I invoke as a witness against you today[fn] the heaven and the earth: life and death I have setbefore you,[fn] blessing and curse. So choose life, so that you may live, you and your offspring,[fn]
BBE Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:
MOF No MOF DEU book available
JPS I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
ASV I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;
DRA I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
YLT 'I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed,
DBY I call heaven and earth to witness this day against you: life and death have I set before you, blessing and cursing: choose then life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed,
RV I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed:
WBS I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
KJB-1769 I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
(I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou/you and thy/your seed may live: )
KJB-1611 No KJB-1611 DEU book available
BB I call heauen and earth to recorde this day agaynst you, that I haue set before you, lyfe and death, blessyng and cursyng: Therfore choose lyfe, that both thou and thy seede may lyue:
(I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you, life and death, blessyng and cursyng: Therfore choose life, that both thou/you and thy/your seed may lyue:)
GNV I call heauen and earth to recorde this day against you, that I haue set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. therefore chuse life, that both thou and thy seede may liue,
(I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. therefore chuse life, that both thou/you and thy/your seed may live, )
CB I take heauen and earth this daye to recorde ouer you: I haue layed before you life and death, blessinge and cursinge, that thou mayest chose life, and that thou and thy sede maye lyue,
(I take heaven and earth this day to record over you: I have laid before you life and death, blessinge and cursinge, that thou/you mayest/may chose life, and that thou/you and thy/your seed may live,)
WYC Y clepe to day heuene and erthe witnesses, that is, aungels and men, that Y haue set forth to you lijf and deeth, good and yuel, blessyng and cursyng; therfor chese thou lijf, that bothe thou lyue and thi seed,
(I clepe to day heaven and earth witnesses, that is, angels and men, that I have set forth to you life and death, good and yuel, blessyng and cursyng; therefore choose thou/you life, that both thou/you live and thy/your seed,)
LUT Ich nehme Himmel und Erde heute über euch zu Zeugen. Ich habe euch Leben und Tod, Segen und Fluch vorgelegt, daß du das Leben erwählest und du und dein Same leben mögest,
(I nehme heaven and earth heute above you to Zeugen. I have you life and Tod, blessing and Fluch vorgelegt, that you the life erwählest and you and your Same life may,)
CLV Testes invoco hodie cælum et terram, quod proposuerim vobis vitam et mortem, benedictionem et maledictionem. Elige ergo vitam, ut et tu vivas, et semen tuum:
(Testes invoco hodie the_sky and the_earth/land, that proposuerim to_you life and mortem, benedictionem and maledictionem. Elige ergo vitam, as and tu vivas, and seed tuum: )
BRN I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose thou life, that thou and thy seed may live;
BrLXX Διαμαρτύρομαι ὑμῖν σήμερον τόν τε οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν, τὴν ζωὴν καὶ τὸν θάνατον δέδωκα πρὸ προσώπου ὑμῶν, τὴν εὐλογίαν καὶ τὴν κατάραν· ἔκλεξαι τὴν ζωὴν σὺ, ἵνα ζήσῃς σὺ καὶ τὸ σπέρμα σου,
(Diamarturomai humin saʸmeron ton te ouranon kai taʸn gaʸn, taʸn zōaʸn kai ton thanaton dedōka pro prosōpou humōn, taʸn eulogian kai taʸn kataran; eklexai taʸn zōaʸn su, hina zaʸsaʸs su kai to sperma sou, )
30:19 life and death . . . blessings and curses: This grammatical structure suggests an equivalence between life and blessing and between death and curses. The essence of a blessing is life, and the essence of a curse is death.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / you
Moses speaks to the Israelites as if they were one man, so except where noted the words “you” and “your” here are singular.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) I call heaven and earth to witness
(Some words not found in UHB: call_~_towitness in/on/at/with,you_all the=day DOM the=heavens and=DOM the=earth/land the,life and,the,death I_give to=your=face the,blessing and,the,curse and,choose in/on/at/with,life so_that live you(ms) and,descendants,your )
This could mean: (1) Moses is calling on all those who live in heaven and earth to be witnesses to what he says, or (2) Moses is speaking to heaven and earth as if they are people, and he is calling them to be witnesses to what he says (See also: figs-personification and figs-apostrophe)
(Occurrence 0) to witness against you
(Some words not found in UHB: call_~_towitness in/on/at/with,you_all the=day DOM the=heavens and=DOM the=earth/land the,life and,the,death I_give to=your=face the,blessing and,the,curse and,choose in/on/at/with,life so_that live you(ms) and,descendants,your )
Alternate translation: “to be willing to say that you have done evil things”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / you
(Occurrence 0) against you today
(Some words not found in UHB: call_~_towitness in/on/at/with,you_all the=day DOM the=heavens and=DOM the=earth/land the,life and,the,death I_give to=your=face the,blessing and,the,curse and,choose in/on/at/with,life so_that live you(ms) and,descendants,your )
Moses speaks to the Israelites as a group.