Deuteronomy 11:26

Bible in Basic English

Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Look, today I set before you a blessing and a curse:

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

King James Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Lexham English Bible
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

English Standard Version
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

New Century Version
See, today I am letting you choose a blessing or a curse.

New English Translation
Take note—I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Amplified Bible
"Behold, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—

New American Standard Bible
"See, I am placing before you today a blessing and a curse:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Legacy Standard Bible
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Contemporary English Version
You have a choice—do you want the Lord to bless you, or do you want him to put a curse on you?

Complete Jewish Bible
No one will be able to withstand you; Adonai your God will place the fear and dread of you on all the land you step on, as he told you. Haftarah ‘Ekev: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 49:14–51:3 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah ‘Ekev: Mattityahu (Matthew) 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13; Ya‘akov (James) 5:7–11 "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse —

Darby Translation
See, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Easy-to-Read Version
"Today I am giving you a choice. You may choose the blessing or the curse.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, I set before you this day blessings and curses;

Good News Translation
"Today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse—

Literal Translation
Behold! I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, I laye before you this daye the blessynge and the curse.

American Standard Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, I set before you this day, a blessing and a curse:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

King James Version (1611)
Behold, I set before you this day, a blessing and a curse:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, I set before you this day the blessing and the curse;

English Revised Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Berean Standard Bible
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse-

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y sette forth in youre siyt to day blissyng and cursyng;

Young's Literal Translation
`See, I am setting before you to-day a blessing and a reviling:

Update Bible Version
Look, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

World English Bible
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

New King James Version
"Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

New Living Translation
"Look, today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse!

New Life Bible
"See, I am putting in front of you today good and a curse.

New Revised Standard
See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
See! I am setting before you to-day, - a blessing, and a curse:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse:

Revised Standard Version
"Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

THE MESSAGE
I've brought you today to the crossroads of Blessing and Curse.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Contextual Overview

²⁶ Today I put before you a blessing and a curse: ²⁷ The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day: ²⁸ And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours. ²⁹ And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal. ³⁰ Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh? ³¹ For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place. ³² And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.

Bible Verse Review
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Deuteronomy 30:1, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13, Galatians 3:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:12 - upon mount Gerizim Deuteronomy 28:14 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 30:19 - that I have Jeremiah 11:7 - in the Jeremiah 21:8 - I set Jeremiah 42:21 - I have Mark 11:14 - No

Cross-References

Genesis 11:4
And they said, Come, let us make a town, and a tower whose top will go up as high as heaven; and let us make a great name for ourselves, so that we may not be wanderers over the face of the earth.

Genesis 11:5
And the Lord came down to see the town and the tower which the children of men were building.

Genesis 11:20
And Reu was thirty-two years old when he became the father of Serug:

Genesis 11:24
And Nahor was twenty-nine years old when he became the father of Terah:

Genesis 11:26
And Terah was seventy years old when he became the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran.

Genesis 11:27
These are the generations of Terah: Terah was the father of Abram, Nahor, and Haran; and Haran was the father of Lot.

Joshua 24:2
And Joshua said to all the people, These are the words of the Lord, the God of Israel: In the past your fathers, Terah, the father of Abraham, and the father of Nahor, were living on the other side of the River: and they were worshipping other gods.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse,.... Meaning the law of God, and the statutes, judgments, and commandments of it; which, if obeyed, blessings would be bestowed upon them; but if disobeyed, they would be liable to the curses of it, as the following words explain it; see Deuteronomy 30:15 everyone of the Israelites were called upon to see and consider this matter, it being an interesting one to them all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 11:26. Behold, I set before you - a blessing and a curse — If God had not put it in the power of this people either to obey or disobey; if they had not had a free will, over which they had complete authority, to use it either in the way of willing or nilling; could God, with any propriety, have given such precepts as these, sanctioned with such promises and threatenings? If they were not free agents, they could not be punished for disobedience, nor could they, in any sense of the word, have been rewardable for obedience. A STONE is not rewardable because, in obedience to the laws of gravitation, it always tends to the centre; nor is it punishable be cause, in being removed from that centre, in its tending or falling towards it again it takes away the life of a man.

That God has given man a free, self - determining WILL, which cannot be forced by any power but that which is omnipotent, and which God himself never will force, is declared in the most formal manner through the whole of the sacred writings. No argument can affect this, while the Bible is considered as a Divine revelation; no sophistry can explain away its evidence, as long as the accountableness of man for his conduct is admitted, and as long as the eternal bounds of moral good and evil remain, and the essential distinctions between vice and virtue exist. If ye will obey, (for God is ever ready to assist,) ye shall live; if ye will disobey and refuse that help, ye shall die. So hath Jehovah spoken, and man cannot reverse it.