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Complete Jewish Bible

Deuteronomy 30:14

On the contrary, the word is very close to you — in your mouth, even in your heart; therefore, you can do it!

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Excuses;   Quotations and Allusions;   Word of God;   Thompson Chain Reference - Bible, the;   Word;   Word of God;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Command, Commandment;   Confess, Confession;   Heart;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Quotations;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Grace;   Salvation;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for April 5;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
But the message is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may follow it.
Hebrew Names Version
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
King James Version
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Lexham English Bible
But the word is very near you, even in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
English Standard Version
But the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
New Century Version
No, the word is very near you. It is in your mouth and in your heart so you may obey it.
New English Translation
For the thing is very near you—it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.
Amplified Bible
"But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
New American Standard Bible
"On the contrary, the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may follow it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
But the word is very nere vnto thee: euen in thy mouth and in thine heart, for to do it.
Legacy Standard Bible
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
Contemporary English Version
No, these commands are nearby and you know them by heart. All you have to do is obey!
Darby Translation
For the word is very near to thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Easy-to-Read Version
No, the word is very near to you. It is in your mouth and in your heart. So you can obey it.
George Lamsa Translation
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
Good News Translation
No, it is here with you. You know it and can quote it, so now obey it.
Literal Translation
For the Word is very near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For the worde is very nye vnto the, eue in thy mouth and in thine hert, that thou do it.
American Standard Version
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Bible in Basic English
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
But the worde is very nye vnto thee, euen in thy mouth, and in thine heart, that thou do it.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
King James Version (1611)
But the word is very nigh vnto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest doe it.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The word is very near thee, in thy mouth, and in thine heart, and in thine hands to do it.
English Revised Version
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Berean Standard Bible
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
But the word is ful nyy thee, in thi mouth and in thin herte, that thou do it.
Young's Literal Translation
For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart -- to do it.
Update Bible Version
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
Webster's Bible Translation
But the word [is] very nigh to thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
World English Bible
But the word is very near to you, in your mouth, and in your heart, that you may do it.
New King James Version
But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may do it.
New Living Translation
No, the message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart so that you can obey it.
New Life Bible
But the Word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may obey it.
New Revised Standard
No, the word is very near to you; it is in your mouth and in your heart for you to observe.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, near unto thee, is the word, exceedingly, - in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.
Douay-Rheims Bible
But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that thou mayst do it.
Revised Standard Version
But the word is very near you; it is in your mouth and in your heart, so that you can do it.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, that you may observe it.

Contextual Overview

11 (LY: vi) For this mitzvah which I am giving you today is not too hard for you, it is not beyond your reach. 12 It isn't in the sky, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will go up into the sky for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey it?' 13 Likewise, it isn't beyond the sea, so that you need to ask, ‘Who will cross the sea for us, bring it to us and make us hear it, so that we can obey it?' 14 On the contrary, the word is very close to you — in your mouth, even in your heart; therefore, you can do it!

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

very: Ezekiel 2:5, Ezekiel 33:33, Luke 10:11, Luke 10:12, John 5:46, Acts 13:26, Acts 13:38-41, Acts 28:23-28, Hebrews 2:1-3

mouth: Jeremiah 12:2, Ezekiel 33:31, Matthew 7:21, Romans 10:8-10

Reciprocal: Exodus 13:9 - may be Joshua 1:8 - book Isaiah 51:5 - righteousness

Cross-References

Genesis 25:30
and said to Ya‘akov, "Please! Let me gulp down some of that red stuff — that red stuff! I'm exhausted!" (This is why he was called Edom [red].)
Song of Solomon 7:13
We'll get up early and go to the vineyards to see if the vines have budded, to see if their flowers have opened, or if the pomegranate trees are in bloom. There I will give you my love. The mandrakes are sending out their fragrance, all kinds of choice fruits are at our doors, fruits both new and old, my darling, which I have kept in store for you.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But the word [is] very nigh unto thee,.... In the ministration of it by those who clearly, plainly, and faithfully preach it, and in the application of it by the Spirit of God to the heart; and in the gracious experience converted persons have of the power and efficacy of it in them, and of the comfort they receive from it:

in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it; in the mouth by confession, being not ashamed to own it, and profess it before men; and in the heart, where it is come with power, has a place, and works effectually, and is cordially believed, and comfortably experienced; and when this is the case, its ordinances will be faithfully kept as delivered, and cheerfully submitted to.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Ignorance of the requirements of the law cannot be pleaded Deuteronomy 30:10-14; hence, Deuteronomy 30:15-20 life and death, good and evil, are solemnly set before the people for their own choice; and an earnest exhortation to choose the better part concludes the address.

Deuteronomy 30:11-14. “The righteousness which is of faith” is really and truly described in these words of the Law; and, under Paul’s guidance (see marginal references) we affirm was intended so to be. For the simplicity and accessibility which Moses here attributes to the Law of God neither is nor can be experimentally found in it except through the medium of faith; even though outwardly and in the letter that Law be written out for us so “that he may run that readeth,” and be set forth in its duties and its sanctions as plainly as it was before the Jews by Moses. The seeming ease of the commandment, and yet its real impossibility to the natural man, form part of the qualifications of the Law to be our schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ.

Deuteronomy 30:11

Not hidden from thee - Rather, not too hard for thee, as in Deuteronomy 17:8.

Neither is it far off - Compare Luke 17:21.

Deuteronomy 30:13

The paraphrase of this verse in the Jerusalem Targum is noteworthy, and should be compared with Paul’s rendering in Romans 10:7 : “Neither is the law beyond the great sea, that thou shouldest say, Oh that we had one like Jonah the prophet who could descend into the depths of the sea and bring it to us!”

Deuteronomy 30:14

In thy mouth, and in, thy heart - Compare Deuteronomy 6:6; Deuteronomy 11:18-20.

Deuteronomy 30:20

That thou mayest love the Lord - Compare Deuteronomy 6:5. Love stands first as the essential and only source of obedience.

He is thy life - Or, “that” (i. e., “to love the Lord”) “is thy life;” i. e., the condition of thy life and of its prolongation in the promised land. Compare Deuteronomy 4:40; Deuteronomy 32:47.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 30:14. But the word is very nigh unto thee — The doctrine of salvation preached by the apostles; in thy mouth, the promises of redemption made by the prophets forming a part of every Jew's creed; in thy heart - the power to believe with the heart unto righteousness, that the tongue may make confession unto salvation. In this way, it is evident, St. Paul understood these passages; see Romans 10:6-8, &c.


 
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