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<a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Standard Version</a> one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">King James Bible</a> 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 imagination of mine heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/29.htm">New King James Version</a> and so it may not happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall have peace, even though I follow the dictates of my heart’—as though the drunkard could be included with the sober. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will consider himself fortunate in his heart, saying, ‘I will do well though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land along with the dry.’ <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220It shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, &#8216I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.&#8217 <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/29.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “And it shall be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will boast, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to destroy the watered land with the dry.’ <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> And it will be when he hears the words of this curse, that he will bless himself in his heart, saying, ‘I have peace though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart in order to sweep away the watered land with the dry.’ <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/29.htm">Amplified Bible</a> It will happen that when he (a renegade) hears the words of this oath, and he imagines himself as blessed, saying, ‘I will have peace and safety even though I walk within the stubbornness of my heart [rejecting God and His law], in order that the watered land dwindles away along with the dry [destroying everything],’ <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, ‘I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.’ This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> When someone hears the words of this oath, he may consider himself exempt, thinking, &#8216I will have peace even though I follow my own stubborn heart.&#8217 This will lead to the destruction of the well-watered land as well as the dry land. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/29.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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 destroy the moist with the dry. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/29.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> You may be an Israelite and know all about the LORD's agreement with us, but he won't bless you if you rebel against him. You may think you can get away with it, but you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/29.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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 mine heart, to destroy the moist with the dry: <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/29.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Someone may hear the conditions of this promise. He may think that he is so blessed that he can say, "I'll be safe even if I go my own stubborn way. After all, [the LORD would never] sweep away well-watered ground along with dry ground." <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Good News Translation</a> Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/29.htm">International Standard Version</a> because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he will bless himself and say: 'I will have a peaceful life, even though I'm determined to be stubborn.' By doing this he will be sweeping away both watered and parched ground alike.' <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/29.htm">NET Bible</a> When such a person hears the words of this oath he secretly blesses himself and says, "I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit." This will destroy the watered ground with the parched. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and it happen, when he hears 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 destroy the moist with the dry." <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And it should come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst: <a href="/web/deuteronomy/29.htm">World English Bible</a> and it happen, when he hears 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 destroy the moist with the dry. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and it has been, in his hearing the words of this oath, that he has blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though I go on in the stubbornness of my heart—in order to sweep away the watered with the thirsty. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And it was in his hearing the words of this oath, and he blessed himself in his heart, saying, Peace shall be to me, if in the hardness of my heart, I shall go to add satiating to thirst:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/29.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> And when he shall hear the words of this oath, he should bless himself in his heart saying: I shall have peace, and will walk on in the naughtiness of my heart: and the drunken may consume the thirsty, <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/29.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> And if he were to hear the words of this oath, he would bless himself in his own heart saying: ‘There will be peace for me, and I will walk in the depravity of my heart.’ And so, the one who is inebriated would consume the one who is thirsty. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/29.htm">New American Bible</a> if any such persons, after hearing the words of this curse, should congratulate themselves, saying in their hearts, “I am safe, even though I walk in stubbornness of heart,” thereby sweeping away moist and dry alike, <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/29.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> All who hear the words of this oath and bless themselves, thinking in their hearts, “We are safe even though we go our own stubborn ways” (thus bringing disaster on moist and dry alike) —<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/29.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And when he hears the words of this oath, he shall reason in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst; <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/29.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And when he hears the word of this oath, he will reason in his heart and will say, “I shall have peace; in the desire of my heart I shall go that I may add drunkenness to thirst”;<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/29.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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--that the watered be swept away with the dry'; <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/29.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him: <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=8199" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/29.htm">The Covenant in Moab</a> …18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit, 19<a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yāh (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: bə·šā·mə·‘ōw (Prep-b:: V-Qal-Inf:: 3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">because when such a person hears</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: diḇ·rê (N-mpc) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">the words</a> <a href="/hebrew/2063.htm" title="2063: haz·zōṯ (Art:: Pro-fs) -- Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that. Irregular feminine of zeh; this.">of this</a> <a href="/hebrew/423.htm" title="423: hā·’ā·lāh (Art:: N-fs) -- An oath. From 'alah; an imprecation.">oath,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1288.htm" title="1288: wə·hiṯ·bā·rêḵ (Conj-w:: V-Hitpael-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To kneel, bless. A primitive root; to kneel; by implication to bless God, and man; also to curse.">he invokes a blessing</a> <a href="/hebrew/3824.htm" title="3824: bil·ḇā·ḇōw (Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3ms) -- Inner man, mind, will, heart. From labab; the heart; used also like leb.">on himself,</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: lê·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">saying,</a> <a href="/hebrew/lî (Prep:: 1cs) -- ">‘I</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: yih·yeh- (V-Qal-Imperf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">will have</a> <a href="/hebrew/7965.htm" title="7965: šā·lō·wm (N-ms) -- Or shalom; from shalam; safe, i.e. well, happy, friendly; also welfare, i.e. Health, prosperity, peace.">peace,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">even though</a> <a href="/hebrew/1980.htm" title="1980: ’ê·lêḵ (V-Qal-Imperf-1cs) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">I walk</a> <a href="/hebrew/4616.htm" title="4616: lə·ma·‘an (Conj) -- From anah; properly, heed, i.e. Purpose; used only adverbially, on account of, teleologically, in order that."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8307.htm" title="8307: biš·ri·rūṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Firmness, stubbornness. From sharar in the sense of twisted, i.e. Firm; obstinacy.">in the stubbornness</a> <a href="/hebrew/3820.htm" title="3820: lib·bî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- A form of lebab; the heart; also used very widely for the feelings, the will and even the intellect; likewise for the centre of anything.">of my own heart.’</a> <a href="/hebrew/5595.htm" title="5595: sə·p̄ō·wṯ (V-Qal-Inf) -- To sweep or snatch away, catch up. A primitive root; properly, to scrape together or away.">This will bring disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/7302.htm" title="7302: hā·rā·wāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Watered. From ravah; sated.">on the watered land</a> <a href="/hebrew/854.htm" title="854: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- With (denoting proximity). Probably from 'anah; properly, nearness, near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc.">as well as</a> <a href="/hebrew/6771.htm" title="6771: haṣ·ṣə·mê·’āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Thirsty. From tsame'; thirsty.">the dry.</a> 20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hebrews/10-26.htm">Hebrews 10:26-27</a> If we deliberately go on sinning after we have received the knowledge of the truth, no further sacrifice for sins remains, / but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries. <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a> Yet they did not listen or incline their ear, but they followed the stubborn inclinations of their own evil hearts. They went backward and not forward. <a href="/isaiah/30-1.htm">Isaiah 30:1</a> “Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin. <a href="/romans/2-5.htm">Romans 2:5</a> But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed. <a href="/ezekiel/13-10.htm">Ezekiel 13:10</a> Because they have led My people astray, saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and whitewashing any flimsy wall that is built, <a href="/proverbs/1-24.htm">Proverbs 1:24-31</a> Because you refused my call, and no one took my outstretched hand, / because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction, / in turn I will mock your calamity; I will sneer when terror strikes you, ... <a href="/2_peter/2-20.htm">2 Peter 2:20-22</a> If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at first. / It would have been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than to have known it and then to turn away from the holy commandment passed on to them. / Of them the proverbs are true: “A dog returns to its vomit,” and, “A sow that is washed goes back to her wallowing in the mud.” <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2-3</a> All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick, <a href="/jeremiah/23-17.htm">Jeremiah 23:17</a> They keep saying to those who despise Me, ‘The LORD says that you will have peace,’ and to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his own heart, ‘No harm will come to you.’ <a href="/matthew/7-21.htm">Matthew 7:21-23</a> Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only he who does the will of My Father in heaven. / Many will say to Me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in Your name, and in Your name drive out demons and perform many miracles?’ / Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ <a href="/ezekiel/14-9.htm">Ezekiel 14:9-10</a> But if the prophet is enticed to speak a message, then it was I the LORD who enticed him, and I will stretch out My hand against him and destroy him from among My people Israel. / They will bear their punishment—the punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet— <a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a> Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life. <a href="/isaiah/28-15.htm">Isaiah 28:15</a> For you said, “We have made a covenant with death; we have fashioned an agreement with Sheol. When the overwhelming scourge passes through it will not touch us, because we have made lies our refuge and falsehood our hiding place.” <a href="/1_thessalonians/5-3.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:3</a> While people are saying, “Peace and security,” destruction will come upon them suddenly, like labor pains on a pregnant woman, and they will not escape. <a href="/jeremiah/6-14.htm">Jeremiah 6:14</a> They dress the wound of My people with very little care, saying, ‘Peace, peace,’ when there is no peace at all.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And it come to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:this curse<a href="/deuteronomy/29-12.htm">Deuteronomy 29:12</a> 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:<a href="/genesis/2-17.htm">Genesis 2:17</a> But of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shalt not eat of it: for in the day that thou eatest thereof thou shalt surely die.that he bless<a href="/deuteronomy/17-2.htm">Deuteronomy 17:2</a> If there be found among you, within any of thy gates which the LORD thy God giveth thee, man or woman, that hath wrought wickedness in the sight of the LORD thy God, in transgressing his covenant,<a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Numbers 15:30,39</a> But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people… <a href="/psalms/10-4.htm">Psalm 10:4-6,11</a> The wicked, through the pride of his countenance, will not seek after God: God is not in all his thoughts… though I walk<a href="/numbers/15-30.htm">Numbers 15:30</a> But the soul that doeth ought presumptuously, whether he be born in the land, or a stranger, the same reproacheth the LORD; and that soul shall be cut off from among his people.<a href="/ecclesiastes/11-9.htm">Ecclesiastes 11:9</a> Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.<a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a> Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened.imagination.<a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a> At that time they shall call Jerusalem the throne of the LORD; and all the nations shall be gathered unto it, to the name of the LORD, to Jerusalem: neither shall they walk any more after the imagination of their evil heart.<a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a> But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear, but walked in the counsels and in the imagination of their evil heart, and went backward, and not forward.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/20-8.htm">Add</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/15-22.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-12.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-10.htm">Blesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-8.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/jude/1-16.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-14.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-18.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-61.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/1_peter/4-3.htm">Drunkenness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-15.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-7.htm">Heareth</a> <a href="/numbers/30-15.htm">Hears</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/genesis/8-21.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Invokes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-37.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/numbers/6-3.htm">Moist</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-14.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/2_peter/1-12.htm">Persist</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-20.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-27.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/30-23.htm">Sweeping</a> <a href="/numbers/16-26.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-14.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/james/1-26.htm">Thinks</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-48.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-9.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-10.htm">Watered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-16.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-9.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/judges/3-12.htm">Add</a> <a href="/1_samuel/30-24.htm">Alike</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Bless</a> <a href="/psalms/5-12.htm">Blesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/judges/7-2.htm">Boast</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Covenant</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-20.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-3.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Disaster</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-17.htm">Drunkenness</a> <a href="/joshua/3-17.htm">Dry</a> <a href="/joshua/11-1.htm">Heareth</a> <a href="/1_samuel/3-9.htm">Hears</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Heart</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-21.htm">Imagination</a> <a href="/isaiah/65-16.htm">Invokes</a> <a href="/joshua/1-6.htm">Lead</a> <a href="/job/21-24.htm">Moist</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-7.htm">Oath</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-28.htm">Peace</a> <a href="/1_samuel/12-25.htm">Persist</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-34.htm">Safe</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Stubbornness</a> <a href="/proverbs/28-3.htm">Sweeping</a> <a href="/judges/5-21.htm">Swept</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">Sworn</a> <a href="/2_samuel/16-3.htm">Thinks</a> <a href="/judges/15-18.htm">Thirst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Walk</a> <a href="/psalms/6-6.htm">Watered</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Words</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 29</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-1.htm">Moses exhorts them to obedience, reminding of the works they had seen</a> 10. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-10.htm">All are presented before the Lord to enter into his covenant</a> 18. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">The great wrath on him who flatters himself in his wickedness</a> 29. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-29.htm">Secret things belong unto God</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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The Hebrew word for "blesses" here is "בָּרַךְ" (barak), which typically means to bless or to kneel. In this context, it implies a self-congratulatory attitude, where an individual assumes a position of self-sufficiency and self-righteousness. The heart, in Hebrew "לֵב" (lev), is often seen as the center of thought, emotion, and will. This phrase warns against the internal dialogue that justifies sin and dismisses the need for God's guidance.saying, 'I will have peace The Hebrew word for "peace" is "שָׁלוֹם" (shalom), which encompasses not just the absence of conflict but a sense of completeness, safety, and well-being. The individual falsely assures themselves of peace, believing that their actions will not lead to negative consequences. This reflects a misunderstanding of true peace, which, according to Scripture, comes from obedience to God and alignment with His will.even though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart "Stubbornness" is translated from the Hebrew word "שְׁרִירוּת" (sherirut), which conveys a sense of hardness or obstinacy. This phrase highlights the willful determination to follow one's own desires, despite knowing God's commands. The "heart" again is central, emphasizing that this stubbornness is deeply rooted in one's inner being. Biblically, this stubbornness is often associated with rebellion against God, as seen in the Israelites' history.this will bring disaster The word "disaster" comes from the Hebrew "רָעָה" (ra'ah), meaning evil, calamity, or distress. This serves as a stark warning that self-deception and disobedience lead to inevitable consequences. The disaster is not just a natural outcome but a divinely ordained response to sin, underscoring the seriousness of turning away from God's covenant.on the watered land as well as the dry This phrase uses agricultural imagery to convey the comprehensive nature of the impending judgment. The "watered land" (Hebrew "רָוֶה" - raveh) and the "dry" (Hebrew "צָמֵא" - tsame) represent all areas of life, both prosperous and barren. It suggests that sin's consequences are far-reaching, affecting every aspect of existence. Historically, this reflects the covenantal context of Deuteronomy, where blessings and curses are tied to the Israelites' faithfulness to God.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/29.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(19) The imagination.--Rather the "stubbornness" or "obstinacy." The word is only found here and in <a href="/psalms/81-12.htm" title="So I gave them up to their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.">Psalm 81:12</a> outside the writings of Jeremiah, who uses it eight times.To add drunkenness to thirst--i.e., the indulgence of the desire to the desire itself; to add sin to temptation. The LXX. have a strange paraphrase, "So that the sinner shall not involve the righteous with him in destruction." The thought seems to be that, perhaps, one idolater would not make so much difference to Israel. He would never involve the whole nation in destruction. The drunkard could not be the ruin of the thirsty, so to speak, and, therefore, he might do as he pleased, and might, in fact, escape punishment, being protected by the general prosperity of Israel. The quotation in the Epistle to the Hebrews meets this mistaken view admirably: "Lest any root of bitterness springing up trouble you, and thereby many be defiled." The Targums render "to add sins of infirmity to sins of presumption," a rendering which partly explains that of the LXX.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/29.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 19. - That he bless himself in his heart; - congratulate himself - saying, I shall have peace - i.e., all shall be well with me - though - rather, for - I walk in the imagination of mine heart; literally, in the firmness or hardness of my heart, (שְׁרִירוּת, from שָׁרַר, to twist together, to be tough or firm); the word is always used in a bad sense in Hebrew, though not in Aramaic (cf. <a href="/psalms/81-13.htm">Psalm 81:13</a> [12]; <a href="/jeremiah/3-17.htm">Jeremiah 3:17</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/7-24.htm">Jeremiah 7:24</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/9-13.htm">Jeremiah 9:13</a> [14]; 11:8). To add drunkenness to thirst; a proverbial expression, of which very different explanations have been given. It is now generally admitted that the verb (סְפות) cannot be taken here in the sense of "add," but has its proper sense of pouring out, pouring away, destroying. The word rendered "drunkenness" (רָוֶת, from רָוָה, to be sated with moisture, to be drenched) means rather "sated, drenched, well-watered;" and the word rendered "thirst" (צְמֵאָה, from צָמֵא, to thirst) is properly thirsty, and is used of dry land (<a href="/isaiah/44-3.htm">Isaiah 44:3</a>); both are adjectives, and a substantive is to be supplied. Some supply נֶפֶשׁ, soul or person; others, אֶרֶץ, land. The former render, "The full [soul] with the thirsty" (Gesenius); or, "Them that are sated with them that are thirsty," i.e. as well those who have imbibed the poison as those who thirst for it (Knobel); or "That the sated [soul] may destroy the thirsty," i.e. that the impious one, restrained by no law and, as it were, drunk with crime, may corrupt others, also prone to evil, and bring on them destruction (Maurer). Those who supply "land," render "To destroy the well-watered [land] with the dry." This last seems the preferable rendering; but the general meaning is the same in either case, viz. that the effect of such hardness of heart would be to destroy one and all. "The Orientals are fond of such bipartite forms of expressing the whole (cf. Gesenius, 'Thes.,' p. 1008)" (Knobel; cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/32-36.htm">Deuteronomy 32:36</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>because when such a person hears בְּשָׁמְעוֹ֩ (bə·šā·mə·‘ōw) Preposition-b | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently the words דִּבְרֵ֨י (diḇ·rê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause of this הַזֹּ֗את (haz·zōṯ) Article | Pronoun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2063.htm">Strong's 2063: </a> Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, oath, הָֽאָלָ֜ה (hā·’ā·lāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_423.htm">Strong's 423: </a> An imprecation he may invoke a blessing וְהִתְבָּרֵ֨ךְ (wə·hiṯ·bā·rêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1288.htm">Strong's 1288: </a> To kneel, to bless God, man, to curse on himself, בִּלְבָב֤וֹ (bil·ḇā·ḇōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3824.htm">Strong's 3824: </a> Inner man, mind, will, heart saying, לֵאמֹר֙ (lê·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> To utter, say ‘I will have וְהָיָ֡ה (wə·hā·yāh) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be peace, שָׁל֣וֹם (šā·lō·wm) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7965.htm">Strong's 7965: </a> Safe, well, happy, friendly, welfare, health, prosperity, peace even though כִּ֛י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I walk אֵלֵ֑ךְ (’ê·lêḵ) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk in the stubbornness בִּשְׁרִר֥וּת (biš·ri·rūṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8307.htm">Strong's 8307: </a> Firmness, stubbornness of my own heart.’ לִבִּ֖י (lib·bî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3820.htm">Strong's 3820: </a> The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre This will bring disaster סְפ֥וֹת (sə·p̄ō·wṯ) Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5595.htm">Strong's 5595: </a> To sweep or snatch away, catch up on the watered [land] הָרָוָ֖ה (hā·rā·wāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7302.htm">Strong's 7302: </a> Watered as well as אֶת־ (’eṯ-) Direct object marker <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case the dry. הַצְּמֵאָֽה׃ (haṣ·ṣə·mê·’āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6771.htm">Strong's 6771: </a> Thirsty <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 29:19 And it happen when he hears (Deut. 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