| New King James Version | New International Version |
| 1“Now it shall come to pass, 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 drives you, | 1When all these blessings and curses I have set before you come on you and you take them to heart wherever the LORD your God disperses you among the nations, |
| 2and you return to the LORD your God and obey His voice, according to all that I command you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul, | 2and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey him with all your heart and with all your soul according to everything I command you today, |
| 3that the LORD your God will bring you back from captivity, and have compassion on you, and gather you again from all the nations where the LORD your God has scattered you. | 3then the LORD your God will restore your fortunes and have compassion on you and gather you again from all the nations where he scattered you. |
| 4If any of you are driven out to the farthest parts under heaven, from there the LORD your God will gather you, and from there He will bring you. | 4Even if you have been banished to the most distant land under the heavens, from there the LORD your God will gather you and bring you back. |
| 5Then the LORD your God will bring you to the land which your fathers possessed, and you shall possess it. He will prosper you and multiply you more than your fathers. | 5He will bring you to the land that belonged to your ancestors, and you will take possession of it. He will make you more prosperous and numerous than your ancestors. |
| 6And 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, that you may live. | 6The LORD your God will circumcise your hearts and the hearts of your descendants, so that you may love him with all your heart and with all your soul, and live. |
| 7“Also the LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you, who persecuted you. | 7The LORD your God will put all these curses on your enemies who hate and persecute you. |
| 8And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and do all His commandments which I command you today. | 8You will again obey the LORD and follow all his commands I am giving you today. |
| 9The LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hand, in the fruit of your body, in the increase of your livestock, and in the produce of your land for good. For the LORD will again rejoice over you for good as He rejoiced over your fathers, | 9Then the LORD your God will make you most prosperous in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your land. The LORD will again delight in you and make you prosperous, just as he delighted in your ancestors, |
| 10if you obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul. | 10if you obey the LORD your God and keep his commands and decrees that are written in this Book of the Law and 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 mysterious for you, nor is it far off. | 11Now what I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach. |
| 12It is not in heaven, that you should say, ‘Who will ascend into heaven for us and bring it to us, that we may hear it and do it?’ | 12It is not up in heaven, so that you have to ask, "Who will ascend into heaven to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" |
| 13Nor 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?’ | 13Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you have to ask, "Who will cross the sea to get it and proclaim it to us so we may obey it?" |
| 14But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it. | 14No, the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it. |
| 15“See, I have set before you today life and good, death and evil, | 15See, I set before you today life and prosperity, death and destruction. |
| 16in that I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, His statutes, and His judgments, that you may live and multiply; and the LORD your God will bless you in the land which you go to possess. | 16For I command you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in obedience to him, and to keep his commands, decrees and laws; then you will live and increase, and the LORD your God will bless you in the land you are entering to possess. |
| 17But if your heart turns away so that you do not hear, and are drawn away, and worship other gods and serve them, | 17But if your heart turns away and you are not obedient, and if you are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, |
| 18I announce to you today that you shall surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to go in and possess. | 18I declare to you this day that you will certainly be destroyed. You will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess. |
| 19I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; | 19This day I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live |
| 20that you may love the LORD your God, that you may obey His voice, and that you may cling to Him, for He is your life and the length of your days; and that you may dwell in the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give them.” | 20and that you may love the LORD your God, listen to his voice, and hold fast to him. For the LORD is your life, and he will give you many years in the land he swore to give to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. |
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