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Deuteronomy 11:16–17

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Exhortation to Instruction and Obedience

11:16Make sure you do not turn away to serve and worship other gods!3611:17Then the anger of the Lord will erupt37 against you and he will close up the sky38 so that it does not rain. The land will not yield its produce, and you will soon be removed39 from the good land that the Lord40 is about to give you.

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Footnotes

  1. 36 Heb “Watch yourselves lest your heart turns and you turn aside and serve other gods and bow down to them.”
  2. 37 Heb “will become hot”; , , “will be kindled”; “will flare up”; , “will burn.”
  3. 38 Or “heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
  4. 39 Or “be destroyed”; , “will soon perish.”
  5. 40 Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in .

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Take care lest your heart be deceived, and you turn aside and serve other gods and worship them; then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no fruit, and you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

Be careful, or you will be enticed to turn away and worship other gods and bow down to them. Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you, and he will shut up the heavens so that it will not rain and the ground will yield no produce, and you will soon perish from the good land the Lord is giving you.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Be careful that you are not enticed to turn aside, serve, and bow in worship to other gods. Then the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut the sky, and there will be no rain; the land will not yield its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land the Lord is giving you.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But be careful. Don’t let your heart be deceived so that you turn away from the Lord and serve and worship other gods. If you do, the Lord’s anger will burn against you. He will shut up the sky and hold back the rain, and the ground will fail to produce its harvests. Then you will quickly die in that good land the Lord is giving you.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Take care so that your heart is not easily deceived, and you turn away, and you serve other gods, and you bow down to them. And then the anger of Yahweh will be kindled against you, and he will shut up the heavens, and there shall not be rain, and so the ground will not give its produce, and you will perish quickly from the good land that Yahweh is giving to you.

KJV 1900King James Version

Take heed to yourselves, that your heart be not deceived, and ye turn aside, and serve other gods, and worship them; And then the Lord’s wrath be kindled against you, and he shut up the heaven, 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 giveth you.