1 ¶ Therefore, thou shalt love the LORD thy God and keep his charge and his statutes and his rights and his commandments, always.

Therefore you shall love the Lord your God and keep His charge, His statutes, His precepts, and His commandments always.

2 A nd know ye this day; for I speak not with your children who have not known and who have not seen the chastisement of the LORD your God, his greatness, his mighty hand, and his outstretched arm,

And know this day—for I am not speaking to your children who have not known and seen it—the instruction and discipline of the Lord your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;

3 a nd his miracles and his acts, which he did in the midst of Egypt unto Pharaoh, the king of Egypt and unto all his land,

His signs and His deeds which He did in Egypt to Pharaoh the king of Egypt and to all his land;

4 a nd what he did unto the army of Egypt, unto their horses and to their chariots, how he made the water of the Red sea to overflow them as they pursued after you and how the LORD has destroyed them unto this day,

And what He did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and chariots, how He made the waters of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued you, and how the Lord has destroyed them to this day;

5 a nd what he did with you in the wilderness until ye came into this place,

And what He did to you in the wilderness until you came to this place;

6 a nd what he did unto Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben: how the earth opened her mouth and swallowed them up and their households and their tents and all the substance that was in their possession in the midst of all Israel;

And what He did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben, how the earth opened its mouth and swallowed up them, their households, their tents, and every living thing that followed them, in the midst of all Israel.

7 b ut your eyes have seen all the great acts of the LORD which he did.

For your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord which He did.

8 ¶ Keep, therefore, all the commandments which I command you this day that ye may be strong and enter in and inherit the land, into which ye go to inherit it

Therefore you shall keep all the commandments which I command you today, that you may be strong and go in and possess the land which you go across to possess,

9 a nd that ye may prolong your days in the land, which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give unto them and to their seed, a land that flows with milk and honey.

And that you may live long in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give to them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

10 F or the land, into which thou goest to inherit it, is not as the land of Egypt, from which ye came out, where thou didst sow thy seed and water it with thy foot, as a garden of herbs.

For the land which you go in to possess is not like the land of Egypt, from which you came out, where you sowed your seed and watered it with your foot laboriously as in a garden of vegetables.

11 T he land, into which ye go to inherit it, is a land of mountains and valleys and drinks water of the rain of heaven,

But the land which you enter to possess is a land of hills and valleys which drinks water of the rain of the heavens,

12 a land which the LORD thy God procures; the eyes of the LORD thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.

A land for which the Lord your God cares; the eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

13 A nd it shall come to pass, if ye shall hearken diligently unto my commandments which I command you this day: to love the LORD your God and to serve him with all your heart and with all your soul

And if you will diligently heed My commandments which I command you this day—to love the Lord your God and to serve Him with all your heart and with your entire being—

14 t hat I will give you the rain of your land in its due season, the early rain and the latter rain, and thou shalt gather in thy grain and thy wine and thine oil.

I will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the latter rain, that you may gather in your grain, your new wine, and your oil.

15 A nd I will send grass in thy fields for thy beasts, and thou shalt eat and be full.

And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, that you may eat and be full.

16 K eep yourselves, therefore, that your heart not be deceived and ye turn aside and serve other gods and worship them;

Take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be deceived and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them,

17 a nd then the LORD’s wrath be kindled against you and he shut up the heavens, that there be no rain and that the land yield not her fruit, and lest ye perish quickly from off the good land which the LORD gives you.

And the Lord’s anger be kindled against you, and He shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain and the land will not yield its fruit, and you perish quickly off the good land which the Lord gives you.

18 ¶ Therefore, ye shall lay up these my words in your heart and in your soul and bind them for a sign upon your hand that they may be as frontlets between your eyes.

Therefore you shall lay up these My words in your hearts and in your being, and bind them for a sign upon your hands and as forehead bands between your eyes.

19 A nd ye shall teach them to your children that ye may think of them sitting in thy house and walking by the way, lying down in bed, and rising up.

And you shall teach them to your children, speaking of them when you sit in your house and when you walk along the road, when you lie down and when you rise up.

20 A nd thou shalt write them upon the door posts of thine house and upon thy gates

And you shall write them upon the doorposts of your house and on your gates,

21 t hat your days may be multiplied, and the days of your children, upon the land which the LORD swore unto your fathers to give them, as the days of the heavens upon the earth.

That your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land which the Lord swore to your fathers to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.

22 F or if ye shall diligently keep all these commandments which I command you, to do them, loving the LORD your God and walking in all his ways, to cleave unto him,

For if you diligently keep all this commandment which I command you to do, to love the Lord your God, to walk in all His ways, and to cleave to Him—

23 t hen the LORD will drive out all these Gentiles from before you, and ye shall possess nations greater and mightier than yourselves.

Then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you shall dispossess nations greater and mightier than you.

24 E very place upon which the soles of your feet shall tread shall be yours, from the wilderness and Lebanon; from the river, the river Euphrates, even unto the western sea shall be your border.

Every place upon which the sole of your foot shall tread shall be yours: from the wilderness to Lebanon, and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the western sea your territory shall be.

25 N o one shall be able to stand before you; for the LORD your God shall lay the fear of you and the dread of you upon all the land that ye shall tread upon, as he has said unto you.

There shall no man be able to stand before you; the Lord your God shall lay the fear and the dread of you upon all the land that you shall tread, as He has said to you.

26 ¶ Behold, I set before you this day the blessing and the curse:

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse—

27 T he blessing if ye hear the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you this day,

The blessing if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you this day;

28 a nd the curse if ye will not hear the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known.

And the curse if you will not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you this day to go after other gods, which you have not known.

29 A nd it shall come to pass when the LORD thy God has brought thee in unto the land where thou goest to inherit it that thou shalt put the blessing upon Mount Gerizim and the curse upon Mount Ebal,

And when the Lord your God has brought you into the land which you go to possess, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

30 w hich are on the other side of the Jordan, by the way of the west, in the land of the Canaanite, who dwells in the plain over against Gilgal, beside the plains of Moreh.

Are they not beyond the Jordan, west of the road, where the sun goes down, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah opposite Gilgal, beside the oaks or terebinths of Moreh?

31 F or ye shall pass the Jordan to go in to inherit the land which the LORD your God gives you, and ye shall possess it and dwell therein.

For you are to cross over the Jordan to go in to possess the land which the Lord your God gives you, and you shall possess it and live in it.

32 K eep yourselves, therefore, to do all the statutes and rights which I set before you this day.

And you shall be watchful to do all the statutes and ordinances which I set before you this day.