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Now choose life, so that you and your children may live <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/30.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Today I have given you the choice between life and death, between blessings and curses. Now I call on heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Oh, that you would choose life, so that you and your descendants might live! <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/30.htm">English Standard Version</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore choose life, that you and your offspring may live, <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/30.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live, <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/30.htm">King James Bible</a> I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/30.htm">New King James Version</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses today against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/30.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have placed before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/30.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/30.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/30.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. So choose life in order that you may live, you and your seed, <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/30.htm">Amplified Bible</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore, you shall choose life in order that you may live, you and your descendants, <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/30.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/30.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live, <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/30.htm">American Standard Version</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/30.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> Now I call the sky and the earth to be witnesses that I am offering you this choice. Will you choose for the LORD to make you prosperous and give you a long life? Or will he put you under a curse and kill you? Choose life! <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/30.htm">English Revised Version</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed: <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/30.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I call on heaven and earth as witnesses today that I have offered you life or death, blessings or curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants will live. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/30.htm">Good News Translation</a> I am now giving you the choice between life and death, between God's blessing and God's curse, and I call heaven and earth to witness the choice you make. Choose life. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/30.htm">International Standard Version</a> I call heaven and earth to testify against you today! I've set life and death before you today: both blessings and curses. Choose life, that it may be well with you—you and your children. <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/30.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live, <a href="/net/deuteronomy/30.htm">NET Bible</a> Today I invoke heaven and earth as a witness against you that I have set life and death, blessing and curse, before you. Therefore choose life so that you and your descendants may live! <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/30.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants; <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/30.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live: <a href="/web/deuteronomy/30.htm">World English Bible</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Therefore choose life, that you may live, you and your descendants, <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/30.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> I have caused the heavens and the earth to testify against you today—I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the reviling, and you have fixed on life, so that you live, you and your seed, <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/30.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 'I have caused to testify against you to-day the heavens and the earth; life and death I have set before thee, the blessing and the reviling; and thou hast fixed on life, so that thou dost live, thou and thy seed, <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/30.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> I called to witness against you this day the heavens and the earth, the life and the death I gave before thee, the blessing and the curse: and choose upon life, so that thou shalt live, thou and thy seed:<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/30.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I call heaven and earth to witness this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Choose therefore life, that both thou and thy seed may live: <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/30.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> I call heaven and earth as witnesses this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that both you and your offspring may live, <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/30.htm">New American Bible</a> I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/30.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/30.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I call heaven and earth to bear witness against you this day, that I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursings; therefore choose life, that both you and your descendants may live; <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/30.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> I have called Heaven and Earth to witness before you today: life and death I have put before you, a blessing and a curse; choose life for yourself that you shall live, you and your seed.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/30.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that I have set before thee life and death, the blessing and the curse; therefore choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed; <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/30.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> I call both heaven and earth to witness this day against you, I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse: choose thou life, that thou and thy seed may live; <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=8536" 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/30.htm">The Choice of Life or Death</a> …18I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. 19<a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">I call heaven</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">and earth</a> <a href="/hebrew/5749.htm" title="5749: ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯî (V-Hifil-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to duplicate or repeat; by implication, to protest, testify; intensively, to encompass, restore.">as witnesses</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">against you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">today</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/5414.htm" title="5414: nā·ṯat·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">that I have set</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">before</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ha·ḥay·yîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">you life</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: wə·ham·mā·weṯ (Conj-w, Art:: N-ms) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">and death,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1293.htm" title="1293: hab·bə·rā·ḵāh (Art:: N-fs) -- A blessing. From barak; benediction; by implication prosperity.">blessing</a> <a href="/hebrew/7045.htm" title="7045: wə·haq·qə·lā·lāh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- A curse. From qalal; vilification.">and cursing.</a> <a href="/hebrew/977.htm" title="977: ū·ḇā·ḥar·tā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To choose. A primitive root; properly, to try, i.e. select.">Therefore choose</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: ba·ḥay·yîm (Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">life,</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.">so that</a> <a href="/hebrew/859.htm" title="859: ’at·tāh (Pro-2ms) -- You (masc. sing.). ">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/2233.htm" title="2233: wə·zar·‘e·ḵā (Conj-w:: N-msc:: 2ms) -- A sowing, seed, offspring. From zara'; seed; figuratively, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity.">and your descendants</a> <a href="/hebrew/2421.htm" title="2421: tiḥ·yeh (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To live, to revive. A primitive root; to live, whether literally or figuratively; causatively, to revive.">may live,</a> 20and that you may love the LORD your God, obey Him, and hold fast to Him. For He is your life, and He will prolong your life in the land that the LORD swore to give to your fathers, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”…<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="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15</a> But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!” <a href="/proverbs/18-21.htm">Proverbs 18:21</a> Life and death are in the power of the tongue, and those who love it will eat its fruit. <a href="/john/3-16.htm">John 3:16</a> For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that everyone who believes in Him shall not perish but have eternal life. <a href="/romans/6-23.htm">Romans 6:23</a> For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a> Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. / But small is the gate and narrow the way that leads to life, and only a few find it. <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="/1_john/5-11.htm">1 John 5:11-12</a> And this is that testimony: God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son. / Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life. <a href="/ezekiel/18-30.htm">Ezekiel 18:30-32</a> Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall. / Cast away from yourselves all the transgressions you have committed, and fashion for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Why should you die, O house of Israel? / For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live! <a href="/jeremiah/21-8.htm">Jeremiah 21:8</a> Furthermore, you are to tell this people that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I set before you the way of life and the way of death. <a href="/2_peter/3-9.htm">2 Peter 3:9</a> The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance. <a href="/isaiah/55-6.htm">Isaiah 55:6-7</a> Seek the LORD while He may be found; call on Him while He is near. / Let the wicked man forsake his way and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that He may have compassion, and to our God, for He will freely pardon. <a href="/revelation/22-17.htm">Revelation 22:17</a> The Spirit and the bride say, “Come!” Let the one who hears say, “Come!” And let the one who is thirsty come, and the one who desires the water of life drink freely. <a href="/psalms/1-1.htm">Psalm 1:1-6</a> Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked, or set foot on the path of sinners, or sit in the seat of mockers. / But his delight is in the Law of the LORD, and on His law he meditates day and night. / He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. ... <a href="/romans/10-9.htm">Romans 10:9-10</a> that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. / For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved. <a href="/1_timothy/6-12.htm">1 Timothy 6:12</a> Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both you and your seed may live:I call heaven (see note on<a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Deuteronomy 4:26</a> I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.<a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Deuteronomy 31:28</a> Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.<a href="/deuteronomy/32-1.htm">Deuteronomy 32:1</a> Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.that I have<a href="/deuteronomy/20-15.htm">Deuteronomy 20:15</a> Thus shalt thou do unto all the cities which are very far off from thee, which are not of the cities of these nations.<a href="/deuteronomy/11-26.htm">Deuteronomy 11:26</a> Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;choose life<a href="/joshua/24-15.htm">Joshua 24:15-22</a> And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD… <a href="/psalms/119-30.htm">Psalm 119:30,111,173</a> I have chosen the way of truth: thy judgments have I laid before me… <a href="/proverbs/1-29.htm">Proverbs 1:29</a> For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD:that both thou<a href="/jeremiah/32-39.htm">Jeremiah 32:39</a> And I will give them one heart, and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:<a href="/acts/2-39.htm">Acts 2:39</a> For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Blessings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-51.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-2.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-7.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-20.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-12.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-12.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Life</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-13.htm">Order</a> <a href="/exodus/25-21.htm">Record</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-27.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-6.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/21-7.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-18.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-18.htm">Witness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/19-15.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-16.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/33-1.htm">Blessing</a> <a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Blessings</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-13.htm">Caused</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-11.htm">Choose</a> <a href="/joshua/6-17.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Curses</a> <a href="/judges/5-23.htm">Cursing</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-4.htm">Descendants</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">Heavens</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Life</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-20.htm">Mayest</a> <a href="/joshua/2-6.htm">Order</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Record</a> <a href="/joshua/8-34.htm">Reviling</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-21.htm">Seed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-21.htm">Testify</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-19.htm">Witness</a> <a href="/joshua/24-22.htm">Witnesses</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-14.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 30</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-1.htm">Great mercies promised unto the penitent</a> 11. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-11.htm">The commandment is manifest</a> 15. <a href="/deuteronomy/30-15.htm">Death and life are set before them</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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Heaven and earth are invoked as witnesses to emphasize the gravity and universality of the covenant between God and Israel. This phrase underscores the idea that the entire creation is aware of the covenant, highlighting its importance and the accountability it entails. The use of "heaven and earth" as witnesses is also seen in other parts of Scripture, such as <a href="/isaiah/1-2.htm">Isaiah 1:2</a>, where God calls upon them to hear His case against Israel.that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. This phrase presents a clear choice between two paths: obedience to God's commandments, which leads to life and blessing, and disobedience, which results in death and cursing. The dichotomy reflects the covenantal framework established in Deuteronomy, where blessings and curses are detailed in chapters 27 and 28. The choice is not merely about physical life and death but encompasses spiritual and eternal dimensions. This concept is echoed in the New Testament, where Jesus speaks of the narrow and wide gates in <a href="/matthew/7-13.htm">Matthew 7:13-14</a>, symbolizing the choice between life and destruction.Therefore choose life, The exhortation to "choose life" is a call to action, urging the Israelites to make a deliberate decision to follow God's ways. This choice is not just about individual benefit but is a communal and generational decision that affects the entire nation. The call to choose life is a recurring theme in Scripture, emphasizing human responsibility in responding to God's offer of salvation. In <a href="/john/10-10.htm">John 10:10</a>, Jesus declares that He came to give life abundantly, reinforcing the idea that choosing life is ultimately about choosing a relationship with God through Christ.so that you and your descendants may live, The decision to choose life has implications beyond the individual, affecting future generations. This reflects the communal nature of the covenant and the importance of passing down faith and obedience to subsequent generations. The promise of life for descendants ties into the Abrahamic covenant, where God promises to bless Abraham's offspring (<a href="/genesis/17-7.htm">Genesis 17:7</a>). It also points to the continuity of God's faithfulness and the enduring nature of His promises. The emphasis on descendants highlights the biblical principle of generational blessing and the responsibility of parents to teach their children God's ways, as seen in <a href="/deuteronomy/6-6.htm">Deuteronomy 6:6-7</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who is delivering God's message to the people. He is urging them to make a choice between life and death, blessing and curse. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God who are on the brink of entering the Promised Land. They are the recipients of this message and are being called to make a covenantal decision. 3. <a href="/topical/h/heaven_and_earth.htm">Heaven and Earth</a> Invoked as witnesses to the covenant. This reflects the seriousness and solemnity of the choice being presented. 4. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter. It represents the fulfillment of God's promise and the context for living out the covenant. 5. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_renewal.htm">Covenant Renewal</a> The event where Moses is renewing the covenant with the Israelites, reminding them of the blessings of obedience and the curses of disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_power_of_choice.htm">The Power of Choice</a> God grants us the freedom to choose, but with that freedom comes responsibility. Our choices have profound implications for our lives and the lives of our descendants. <a href="/topical/w/witnesses_to_our_decisions.htm">Witnesses to Our Decisions</a> The invocation of heaven and earth as witnesses underscores the gravity of our decisions. Our choices are not made in isolation but are observed by God and His creation. <a href="/topical/l/life_and_death--a_spiritual_reality.htm">Life and Death: A Spiritual Reality</a> The choice between life and death is not merely physical but deeply spiritual. Choosing life means aligning with God's will and receiving His blessings. <a href="/topical/g/generational_impact.htm">Generational Impact</a> Our decisions affect not only our lives but also the lives of future generations. Choosing life sets a foundation of faith and blessing for our descendants. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_faithfulness.htm">Covenant Faithfulness</a> The call to choose life is a call to covenant faithfulness. It is a reminder to live in obedience to God's commands and to trust in His promises.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_30.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 30</a> <a href="/q/can_free_will_exist_in_heaven_without_evil.htm">If evil is necessary for free will, will free will exist in Heaven without evil?</a> <a href="/q/what_does_choosing_life_truly_mean.htm">What does choosing life truly mean?</a> <a href="/q/why_choose_life_over_suicide.htm">What are reasons to choose life over suicide?</a> <a href="/q/why_precede_awareness_if_free_will_exists.htm">If free will is real, why do studies show decisions are made before conscious awareness?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a> <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>I call heaven הַשָּׁמַ֣יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky and earth הָאָרֶץ֒ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land as witnesses הַעִידֹ֨תִי (ha·‘î·ḏō·ṯî) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5749.htm">Strong's 5749: </a> To duplicate, repeat, to protest, testify, to encompass, restore against you בָכֶ֣ם (ḇā·ḵem) Preposition | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> today הַיּוֹם֮ (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day that I have set נָתַ֣תִּי (nā·ṯat·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> To give, put, set before לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face you life הַחַיִּ֤ים (ha·ḥay·yîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life and death, וְהַמָּ֙וֶת֙ (wə·ham·mā·weṯ) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin blessing הַבְּרָכָ֖ה (hab·bə·rā·ḵāh) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1293.htm">Strong's 1293: </a> Benediction, prosperity and cursing. וְהַקְּלָלָ֑ה (wə·haq·qə·lā·lāh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7045.htm">Strong's 7045: </a> Vilification So choose וּבָֽחַרְתָּ֙ (ū·ḇā·ḥar·tā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_977.htm">Strong's 977: </a> To try, select life, בַּֽחַיִּ֔ים (ba·ḥay·yîm) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life so that לְמַ֥עַן (lə·ma·‘an) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4616.htm">Strong's 4616: </a> Purpose -- intent you אַתָּ֥ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_859.htm">Strong's 859: </a> Thou and thee, ye and you and your descendants וְזַרְעֶֽךָ׃ (wə·zar·‘e·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2233.htm">Strong's 2233: </a> Seed, fruit, plant, sowing-time, posterity may live, תִּחְיֶ֖ה (tiḥ·yeh) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2421.htm">Strong's 2421: </a> To live, to revive <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">Deuteronomy 30:19 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-19.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 30:19 I call heaven and earth to witness (Deut. 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