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Deuteronomy 11:7–8

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11:7I am speaking to you17 because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

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11:8Now pay attention to all the commandments18 I am giving19 you today, so that you may be strong enough to enter and possess the land where you are headed,20

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Footnotes

  1. 17 On the addition of these words in the translation see note on “They did not see” in v. .
  2. 18 Heb “the commandment.” The singular מִצְוָה (mitsvah, “commandment”) speaks here as elsewhere of the whole corpus of covenant stipulations in Deuteronomy (cf. 6:1, 25; 7:11; 8:1).
  3. 19 Heb “commanding” (so , ). For stylistic reasons, to avoid redundancy, “giving” has been used in the translation (likewise in vv. 13, 27).
  4. 20 Heb “which you are crossing over there to possess it.”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

For your eyes have seen all the great work of the Lord that he did.

“You shall therefore keep the whole commandment that I command you today, that you may be strong, and go in and take possession of the land that you are going over to possess,

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But it was your own eyes that saw all these great things the Lord has done.

Observe therefore all the commands I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to go in and take over the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess,

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Your own eyes have seen every great work the Lord has done.

“Keep every command I am giving you today, so that you may have the strength to cross into and possess the land you are to inherit,

NLTNew Living Translation

But you have seen the Lord perform all these mighty deeds with your own eyes!

“Therefore, be careful to obey every command I am giving you today, so you may have strength to go in and take over the land you are about to enter.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The fact of the matter is, your own eyes have seen all of the great deeds of Yahweh that he did.

“And you must keep all of the commandments that I am commanding you today, so that you may have strength and you may go and you may take possession of that land to which you are crossing to take possession of it,

KJV 1900King James Version

But your eyes have seen all the great acts of the Lord which he did. Therefore shall ye keep all the commandments which I command you this day, that ye may be strong, and go in and possess the land, whither ye go to possess it;