^29:11your infants, your wives, and the¹¹ foreigners living in your encampment, those who chop wood and those who carry water—^29:12so that you may enter by oath into the covenant the Lord your God is making with you today.¹²^29:13Today he will affirm that you are his people and that he is your God,¹³ just as he promised you and as he swore by oath to your ancestors¹⁴ Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. ^29:14It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath, ^29:15but with whoever stands with us here today before the Lord our God as well as those not with us here today.¹⁵

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^29:16“(For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we crossed through the nations as we traveled.

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Footnotes

11 Heb “your.”
12 Heb “for you to pass on into the covenant of the Lord your God and into his oath, which the Lord your God is cutting with you today.”
13 Heb “in order to establish you today to him for a people and he will be to you for God.” Verses 10–13 are one long sentence in Hebrew. The translation divides this into two sentences for stylistic reasons.
14 Heb “fathers” (also in v. 25).
15 This is interpreted by some English versions as a reference to generations not yet born (cf. , , ).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, so that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today, that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he promised you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant, but with whoever is standing here with us today before the Lord our God, and with whoever is not here with us today.

“You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

together with your children and your wives, and the foreigners living in your camps who chop your wood and carry your water. You are standing here in order to enter into a covenant with the Lord your God, a covenant the Lord is making with you this day and sealing with an oath, to confirm you this day as his people, that he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. I am making this covenant, with its oath, not only with you who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God but also with those who are not here today.

You yourselves know how we lived in Egypt and how we passed through the countries on the way here.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

your dependents, your wives, and the resident aliens in your camps who cut your wood and draw your water—so that you may enter into the covenant of the Lord your God, which he is making with you today, so that you may enter into his oath and so that he may establish you today as his people and he may be your God as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you, but also with those who are standing here with us today in the presence of the Lord our God and with those who are not here today.

“Indeed, you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and passed through the nations where you traveled.

NLTNew Living Translation

Your little ones and your wives are with you, as well as the foreigners living among you who chop your wood and carry your water. You are standing here today to enter into the covenant of the Lord your God. The Lord is making this covenant, including the curses. By entering into the covenant today, he will establish you as his people and confirm that he is your God, just as he promised you and as he swore to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

“But you are not the only ones with whom I am making this covenant with its curses. I am making this covenant both with you who stand here today in the presence of the Lord our God, and also with the future generations who are not standing here today.

“You remember how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the lands of enemy nations as we left.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

your little children, your women and your aliens who are in the midst of your camp, from the choppers of your wood to the drawers of your water, in order for you to enter into the covenant of Yahweh your God, and into his oath that Yahweh your God is making with you today, in order to establish you today to himself as a people and so that he may be for you as God, just as he promised to you and just as he swore to your ancestors, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

“Now I am not making this covenant and this oath with you alone. But with whoever is standing here with us today before Yahweh our God, and with whoever is not standing here with us today. For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we traveled through the midst of the nations that you traveled through.

KJV 1900King James Version

Your little ones, your wives, and thy stranger that is in thy camp, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water: That thou shouldest enter into covenant with the Lord thy God, and into his oath, which the Lord thy God maketh with thee this day: That he may establish thee to day for a people unto himself, and that he may be unto thee a God, as he hath said unto thee, and as he hath sworn unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath; But with him that standeth here with us this day before the Lord our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day: (For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;

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