| International Standard Version | Berean Study Bible |
| 1"When all these things happen to you—both the blessings and the curses that I've presented to you—and you take them seriously in all the nations where the LORD your God will deport 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 when you—you and your descendants, that is—will have returned to him and obeyed all the commands that I'm giving you today with all your heart and soul, | 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 the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and will show compassion to you. He will gather you from among the peoples where he had 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 the LORD had banished you to the ends of the heavens, the LORD your God will gather you from there | 4Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there. |
| 5and he'll bring you to the land that your ancestors inherited. You'll possess it, you'll prosper, and you'll greatly multiply more than your ancestors did. | 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. |
| 6Then the LORD your God will circumcise both your hearts and those of your descendants so that you can love him with your heart and with your soul and therefore 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. |
| 7Then the LORD your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate and persecute you." | 7Then the LORD your God will put all these curses upon your enemies who hate you and persecute you. |
| 8"So now, return and obey the LORD your God and observe all his commands that I'm giving you today, | 8And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today. |
| 9and the LORD your God will prosper you abundantly in all that you do, along with your children, your livestock, and the produce of your fields, because the LORD your God will again be delighted with you for good, just as he was delighted with your ancestors, | 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, |
| 10if you obey him and keep his commands and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you return to him with all your heart and 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. |
| 11Indeed, these commands that I'm giving you today are neither confusing nor unattainable for you. | 11For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. |
| 12They aren't in the heavens, so you have to ask, 'Who'll go up to the heavens for us and get it for us so we can hear it and act on 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 they aren't beyond the seas either, so you have to ask, 'Who'll cross the sea and get it for us so we can hear it and act on 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?’ |
| 14No, the word is very near you—it's within your mouth and heart for you to attain." | 14But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it. |
| 15"Look! Today I have set before you life and what is good, along with death and what is evil. | 15See, I have set before you today life and goodness, as well as death and disaster. |
| 16That's why I'm commanding you today to love the LORD your God by walking in his ways and by observing his commands, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live long, increase, and so that the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are about to enter 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 you turn your heart away, and do not obey, but instead if you stray away to worship and serve other gods, | 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'm declaring to you today that you will surely be destroyed. You won't live long in the land that you are crossing the Jordan River to enter and possess. | 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 to testify against you today! I've set life and death before you today: both blessings and curses. Choose life, that it may be well with you—you and your children. | 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 his voice, and cling to him, because he is your life—even your long life—so that you may live in the land that the LORD promised to give 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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