| Holman Christian Standard Bible | Berean Study Bible |
| 1When all these things happen to you--the blessings and curses I have set before you--and you come to your senses while you are in all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you, | 1“When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you, |
| 2and you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey Him with all your heart and all your soul by doing everything I am giving you today, | 2and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today, |
| 3then He will restore your fortunes, have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the peoples where the LORD your God has scattered you. | 3then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you. |
| 4Even if your exiles are at the ends of the earth, He will gather you and bring you back from there. | 4Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. |
| 5The LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply you more than He did your fathers. | 5And the LORD your God will bring you into the land your fathers possessed, and you will take possession of it. He will cause you to prosper and multiply more than your fathers. |
| 6The LORD your God will circumcise your heart and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and all your soul so that you will live. | 6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, and you will love Him with all your heart and with all your soul, so that you may live. |
| 7The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. | 7Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you. |
| 8Then you will again obey Him and follow all His commands I am giving you today. | 8And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today. |
| 9The LORD your God will make you prosper abundantly in all the work of your hands with children, the offspring of your livestock, and your land's produce. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers, | 9So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers, |
| 10when you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commands and statutes that are written in this book of the law and return to Him with all your heart and all your soul." | 10if 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. |
| 11This command that I give you today is certainly not too difficult or beyond your reach. | 11For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. |
| 12It is not in heaven so that you have to ask, 'Who will go up to heaven, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?' | 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?’ |
| 13And it is not across the sea so that you have to ask, 'Who will cross the sea, get it for us, and proclaim it to us so that we may follow it?' | 13And it is not beyond the sea, that you should need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea to get it for us and proclaim it, that we may obey it?’ |
| 14But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it. | 14But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it. |
| 15See, today I have set before you life and prosperity, death and adversity. | 15See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster. |
| 16For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and multiply, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land you are entering to possess. | 16For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess. |
| 17But if your heart turns away and you do not listen and you are led astray to bow down to other gods and worship them, | 17But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, |
| 18I tell you today that you will certainly perish and will not live long in the land you are entering to possess across the Jordan. | 18I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. |
| 19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, | 19I 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, |
| 20love the LORD your God, obey Him, and remain faithful to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land the LORD swore to give to your fathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob." | 20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.” |
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