1 ¶ These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the sons of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

These are the words of the covenant that Jehovah commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, besides the covenant that he made with them in Horeb.

2 M oses, therefore, called unto all Israel and said unto them, Ye have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt unto Pharaoh and unto all his slaves and unto all his land,

And Moses called to all Israel, and said unto them, Ye have seen all that Jehovah did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, and to all his bondmen, and to all his land:

3 t he great trials which thine eyes have seen, the signs and those great miracles.

the great trials that thine eyes have seen, those great signs and wonders.

4 Y et the LORD has not given you a heart to perceive and eyes to see and ears to hear until today.

But Jehovah hath not given you a heart to perceive, and eyes to see, and ears to hear, to this day.

5 A nd I have brought you forty years through the wilderness; your clothes are not waxed old upon you, and neither has thy shoe waxed old upon thy foot.

And I have led you forty years in the wilderness; your clothes are not grown old upon you, and thy sandal is not grown old upon thy foot;

6 Y e have never eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink that ye might know that I am the LORD your God.

ye have not eaten bread, neither have ye drunk wine or strong drink, that ye might know that I am Jehovah your God.

7 A nd when ye came unto this place, Sihon, the king of Heshbon, and Og, the king of Bashan, came out against us unto battle, and we smote them;

And ye came to this place; and Sihon the king of Heshbon and Og the king of Bashan came out against us for battle, and we smote them.

8 a nd we took their land and gave it for an inheritance unto the Reubenites and unto the Gadites and to the half tribe of Manasseh.

And we took their land, and gave it for an inheritance to the Reubenites, and to the Gadites, and to the half tribe of the Manassites.

9 T hou shalt keep, therefore, the words of this covenant and do them that ye may understand all that ye do.

Ye shall keep then the words of this covenant, and do them, that ye may prosper in all that ye do.

10 ¶ Ye stand today, all of you, before the LORD your God, your princes of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, with all the men of Israel,

Ye stand this day all of you before Jehovah your God: your chiefs your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel,

11 y our little ones, your wives, and thy strangers that dwell within thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water,

your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, as well the hewer of thy wood as the drawer of thy water;

12 t hat thou may enter into covenant with the LORD thy God and into his oath, which the LORD thy God makes with thee today,

that thou mayest enter into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into his oath, which Jehovah thy God maketh with thee this day;

13 t o confirm thee today as his people and that he may be unto thee as God, as he has said unto thee, and as he has sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

that he may establish thee this day for a people unto himself, and he may be to thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

14 N either with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,

15 b ut with those that stand here with us today before the LORD our God and also with those that are not here with us today.

but with him that standeth here with us this day before Jehovah our God, and with him that is not here with us this day

16 F or ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the Gentiles which ye passed by;

(for ye know how we dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the nations which ye passed;

17 a nd ye have seen their abominations and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which they have among them.

and ye have seen their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which were among them);

18 P eradventure there shall be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turns away today from the LORD our God to go and serve the gods of those Gentiles; peradventure there shall be among you a root that bears poison and wormwood;

lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from Jehovah our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood,

19 a nd it shall be, when that one hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst.

and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.

20 T he LORD will not forgive him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the LORD shall blot out his name from under heaven.

Jehovah will not pardon him, but the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will then smoke against that man, and all the curse shall be upon him that is written in this book; and Jehovah will blot out his name from under the heavens;

21 A nd the LORD shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law.

and Jehovah will separate him for mischief out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.

22 S o that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid upon it,

And the generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and its sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath visited it,

23 a nd that the whole land thereof is brimstone and salt and burning, that it is not sown, nor shall it produce anything, nor shall any grass grow therein, like in the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath;

the whole ground thereof is brimstone and salt, burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, and no grass groweth in it, like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in his anger and in his fury:

24 e ven all Gentiles shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? What means the heat of this great anger?

even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?

25 T hen men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

And men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah the God of their fathers, which he had made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

26 f or they went and served other gods and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not and who had not given anything unto them.

and they went and served other gods, and bowed down to them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them.

27 T herefore, the anger of the LORD was kindled against this land to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book.

And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;

28 A nd the LORD rooted them out of their land in anger and in wrath and in great indignation and cast them into another land, as it is today.

and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as this day.

29 T he hidden things of the LORD our God are uncovered unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

The hidden things belong to Jehovah our God; but the revealed ones are ours and our children's for ever, to do all the words of this law.