申命记 29:29

Chinese NCV (Simplified)

“奧祕的事，是屬於耶和華我們的　神的，只有顯露的事，是永遠屬於我們和我們子孫的，好叫我們遵行這律法上的一切話。”

Parallel Translations

Chinese Union (Simplified)
隐 秘 的 事 是 属 耶 和 华 ─ 我 们 　 神 的 ； 惟 有 明 显 的 事 是 永 远 属 我 们 和 我 们 子 孙 的 ， 好 叫 我 们 遵 行 这 律 法 上 的 一 切 话 。

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ Today you are all standing here before the Lord your God—your leaders and important men, your elders, officers, and all the other men of Israel, ¹¹ your wives and children and the foreigners who live among you, who chop your wood and carry your water. ¹² You are all here to enter into an agreement and a promise with the Lord your God, an agreement the Lord your God is making with you today. ¹³ This will make you today his own people. He will be your God, as he told you and as he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ¹⁴ But I am not just making this agreement and its promises with you ¹⁵ who are standing here before the Lord your God today, but also with those who are not here today. ¹⁶ You know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries when we came here. ¹⁷ You saw their hateful idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. ¹⁸ Make sure no man, woman, family group, or tribe among you leaves the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. They would be to you like a plant that grows bitter, poisonous fruit. ¹⁹ These are the kind of people who hear these curses but bless themselves, thinking, "We will be safe even though we continue doing what we want to do." Those people may destroy all of your land, both wet and dry.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

secret: Job 11:6, Job 11:7, Job 28:28, Psalms 25:14, Proverbs 3:32, Jeremiah 23:18, Daniel 2:18, Daniel 2:19, Daniel 2:22, Daniel 2:27-30, Daniel 4:9, Amos 3:7, Matthew 13:35, John 15:15, John 21:22, Acts 1:7, Romans 11:33, Romans 11:34, Romans 16:25, Romans 16:26, 1 Corinthians 2:16

revealed: Psalms 78:2-7, Isaiah 8:20, Matthew 11:27-30, Matthew 13:11, John 20:31, Romans 16:26, 2 Timothy 1:5, 2 Timothy 3:16

and to our: Deuteronomy 6:7, Deuteronomy 30:2

Reciprocal: Genesis 32:29 - Wherefore Deuteronomy 4:9 - teach them Deuteronomy 31:12 - that they may 1 Samuel 6:19 - he smote Job 15:8 - the secret Job 33:13 - giveth not account Proverbs 25:2 - the glory Isaiah 45:19 - spoken Jeremiah 3:17 - imagination John 21:23 - what Colossians 2:18 - intruding Revelation 10:4 - Seal up

Cross-References

Genesis 29:3
When all the flocks would gather there, the shepherds would roll the stone away from the well and water the sheep. Then they would put the stone back in its place.

Genesis 29:8
But they said, "We cannot do that until all the flocks are gathered. Then we will roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep."

Genesis 29:24
(Laban gave his slave girl Zilpah to his daughter to be her servant.)

Genesis 35:22
While Israel was there, Reuben had sexual relations with Israel's slave woman Bilhah, and Israel heard about it. Jacob had twelve sons.

Genesis 35:25
He had two sons by Rachel's slave girl Bilhah: Dan and Naphtali.

Genesis 37:2
This is the family history of Jacob: Joseph was a young man, seventeen years old. He and his brothers, the sons of Bilhah and Zilpah, his father's wives, cared for the flocks. Joseph gave his father bad reports about his brothers.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The secret [things belong] unto the Lord our God,.... Respecting the people of Israel, and the providential dealings of God with them, and especially the final rejection of them; with respect to which, the apostle's exclamation agrees with this, Romans 11:33; and though the Lord had revealed many things which should befall them, there were others still secret with him, and the reasons of others; and particularly the times and seasons of their accomplishment, which he retains in his own power, Acts 1:6. There are many secret things in nature, which cannot be found out and accounted for by men, which the Lord only knows; and there are many things in Providence, which are unsearchable, and past finding out by finite minds, especially the true causes and reasons of them; and there are many things relating to God himself, which remain secret with him; notwithstanding the revelation he has made of himself; for not only some of his perfections, as eternity, immensity, c. are beyond our comprehension but the mode of subsistence of the three divine Persons in the Godhead, the paternity of the one, the generation of the other, and the procession of the Spirit from them both; the union of the two natures, divine and human, in the person of Christ; the thoughts, purposes, and decrees of God within himself, until brought into execution; and so there are many things relating to his creatures, as the particular persons predestinated unto eternal life, what becomes of such who die in infancy, what will befall us in life, when we shall die, where and in what manner, and also the day and hour of the last judgment. The Jews generally interpret this and what follows of the sins of men, and punishment for them, and, particularly, idolatry; take Aben Ezra's sense instead of many,

"he that commits idolatry secretly, his punishment is by the hand of heaven (from God immediately); he that commits it openly, it lies upon us and upon our children to do as is written in the law:''

but those [things which are] revealed [belong] to us and to our children for ever; the things of nature and Providence, which are plain and manifest, are for our use and instruction; and especially the word and ordinances of God, which are the revelation of his will, the doctrines and promises contained in the Scriptures, each of the duties of religion, and the commandments of God, such as are of eternal obligation, which may be chiefly designed, because it follows:

that [we] may do all the words of this law: for the end of this revelation is practice; hearing and reading the word will be of no avail, unless what is heard and read is practised. Some render the words i,

"the secret things of the Lord our God are revealed to us and to our children;''

but neither the construction of the words in the original, nor the Hebrew accents, will admit of such a version; otherwise it would furnish out a very great truth: for the secrets of God's love, of his council and covenant, are revealed unto his people, as well as many of his providences, and the mysteries of his grace; see Psalms 25:14. There are some extraordinary pricks in the Hebrew text on the words "to us and to our children": which are designed to point out the remarkable and wonderful condescension and goodness of God, in making a revelation of his mind and will, both with respect to doctrine and duty, to the sons of men.

i So some in Fagius and Vatablus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The secret things belong unto the Lord our God - This verse seems to be added as a solemn admonition on the part of Moses, in order to close the series of blessings and curses which he has delivered. The sense seems to be this: “The future, when and how these good and evil things will take effect, it lies with the Lord our God to determine; it pertains not to man’s sphere and duty. God’s revealed will is that which we must carry out.” The 17th of our Articles of Religion concludes with much the same sentiment.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 29:29. The secret things belong unto the Lord, c. — This verse has been variously translated. Houbigant renders it thus: Quae apud Dominum nostrum abscondita sunt, nobis ea filiisque nostris palam facta sunt ad multas aetates, "The things which were hidden with the Lord our God, are made manifest to us and our children for many generations." I am not satisfied with this interpretation, and find that the passage was not so understood by any of the ancient versions. The simple general meaning seems to be this: "What God has thought proper to reveal, he has revealed what he has revealed is essential to the well-being of man, and this revelation is intended not for the present time merely, nor for one people, but for all succeeding generations. The things which he has not revealed concern not man but God alone, and are therefore not to be inquired after." Thus, then, the things that are hidden belong unto the Lord, those that are revealed belong unto us and our children. But possibly the words here refer to the subjects of these chapters, as if he had said, "Apostasy from God and his truth is possible. When a national apostasy among us may take place, is known only to God; but he has revealed himself to us and our children that we may do all the words of this law, and so prevent the dreadful evils that shall fall on the disobedient."

THE Jews have always considered these verses as containing subjects of the highest importance to them, and have affixed marks to the original לנו ולבנינו lanu ulebaneynu, "to US and to our CHILDREN," in order to fix the attention of the reader on truths which affect them individually, and not them only, but the whole of their posterity.