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Deuteronomy 11:12

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11:12a land the Lord your God looks after.26 He is constantly attentive to it27 from the beginning to the end of the year.28

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Footnotes

  1. 26 Heb “seeks.” The statement reflects the ancient belief that God (Baal in Canaanite thinking) directly controlled storms and rainfall.
  2. 27 Heb “the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it” (so ); , “always on it.” Constantly attentive to it. This attention to the land by the Lord is understandable in light of the centrality of the land in the Abrahamic covenant (cf. Gen 12:1, 7; 13:15; 15:7, 16, 18; 17:8; 26:3).
  3. 28 From the beginning to the end of the year. This refers to the agricultural year that was marked by the onset of the heavy rains, thus the autumn. See note on the phrase “the former and the latter rains” in v. .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

a land that the Lord your God cares for. The eyes of the Lord your God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

It is a land the Lord your God cares for; the eyes of the Lord your God are continually on it from the beginning of the year to its end.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

It is a land the Lord your God cares for. He is always watching over it from the beginning to the end of the year.

NLTNew Living Translation

a land that the Lord your God cares for. He watches over it through each season of the year!

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

a land that Yahweh your God is caring for it; continually the eyes of Yahweh your God are on it, from the beginning of the year up to the end of the year.

KJV 1900King James Version

A land which the Lord thy God careth for: the eyes of the Lord thy God are always upon it, from the beginning of the year even unto the end of the year.