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In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.&#8221 <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/31.htm">New Living Translation</a> I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and will turn from the way I have commanded you to follow. In the days to come, disaster will come down on you, for you will do what is evil in the LORD’s sight, making him very angry with your actions.” <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/31.htm">English Standard Version</a> For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly and turn aside from the way that I have commanded you. And in the days to come evil will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.” <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.” <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/31.htm">King James Bible</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/31.htm">New King James Version</a> For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. And evil will befall you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him to anger through the work of your hands.” <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/31.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will behave very corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will confront you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.” <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/31.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/31.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.” <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> For I know that after my death you will act corruptly and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the last days, for you will do that which is evil in the sight of Yahweh, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.” <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/31.htm">Amplified Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will behave corruptly and turn from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will come upon you in the latter days, because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking Him to anger with the work of your hands.” <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will become completely corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. Disaster will come to you in the future, because you will do what is evil in the LORD’s sight, angering him with what your hands have made.” <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will become completely corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. Disaster will come to you in the future, because you will do what is evil in the LORD&#8217s sight, infuriating Him with what your hands have made.&#8221 <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/31.htm">American Standard Version</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/31.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> I am going to die soon, and I know that in the future you will stop caring about what is right and what is wrong, and so you will disobey the LORD and stop living the way I told you to live. The LORD will be angry, and terrible things will happen to you. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/31.htm">English Revised Version</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/31.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I know that after I die you will become thoroughly corrupt and turn from the way I have commanded you to live. In the days to come disasters will happen to you because you will make the LORD furious by doing what he considers evil." <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Good News Translation</a> I know that after my death the people will become wicked and reject what I have taught them. And in time to come they will meet with disaster, because they will have made the LORD angry by doing what he has forbidden." <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/31.htm">International Standard Version</a> because I know that after my death, you'll surely act wickedly and turn from the road that I've instructed you. As a result, evil will fall on you in days to come, because you'll act wickedly in the sight of the LORD, causing him to become angry due to your behavior." <a href="/net/deuteronomy/31.htm">NET Bible</a> For I know that after I die you will totally corrupt yourselves and turn away from the path I have commanded you to walk. Disaster will confront you in the days to come because you will act wickedly before the LORD, inciting him to anger because of your actions." <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/31.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days; because you will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands." <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.<div class="vheading2">Majority Text Translations</div><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.” <a href="/web/deuteronomy/31.htm">World English Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn away from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will happen to you in the latter days, because you will do that which is evil in Yahweh’s sight, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/31.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> for I have known that you act very corruptly after my death, and have turned aside from the way which I commanded you, and evil has met you in the latter end of the days, because you do evil in the eyes of YHWH, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.” <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> for I have known that after my death ye do very corruptly, and have turned aside out of the way which I commanded you, and evil hath met you in the latter end of the days, because ye do the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, to make Him angry with the work of your hands.' <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For I knew after my death that acting wickedly, ye will be corrupted, and turn aside from the way that I commanded you; and evil met you in the last of the days, for ye will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah to Make him angry in the work of your hands.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/31.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> For I know that, after my death, you will do wickedly, and will quickly turn aside from the way that I have commanded you: and evils shall come upon you in the latter times, when you shall do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him by the works of your hands. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/31.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For I know that, after my death, you will act with iniquity, and you will quickly depart from the way that I have instructed to you. And so, evils will meet you in the end time, when you will have done evil in the sight of the Lord so as to provoke him through the works of your hands.” <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/31.htm">New American Bible</a> For I know that after my death you are sure to act corruptly and to turn aside from the way along which I commanded you, so that evil will befall you in time to come because you have done what is evil in the LORD’s sight, and provoked him by your deeds. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/31.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For I know that after my death you will surely act corruptly, turning aside from the way that I have commanded you. In time to come trouble will befall you, because you will do what is evil in the sight of the LORD, provoking him to anger through the work of your hands.”<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/31.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For I know that after my death you will surely become corrupt and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; when you have done evil in the sight of the LORD and have provoked him to anger through the work of your hands. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/31.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because I know that after I die, certainly you are becoming corrupt and you are turning away from the way that I have commanded you and evil will come to you at the end of days when you have done evil before LORD JEHOVAH, and you have enraged him by the works of your hands.”<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/31.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For I know that after my death ye will in any wise deal corruptly, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the end of days; because ye will do that which is evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke Him through the work of your hands.' <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/31.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> For I know that after my death ye will utterly transgress, and turn aside out of the way which I have commanded you; and evils shall come upon you in the latter days, because ye will do evil before the Lord, to provoke him to anger by the works of your hands. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/31-29.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=8913" 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/31.htm">The Law Placed in the Ark</a> …28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them. 29<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yā·ḏa‘·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">I know</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">after</a> <a href="/hebrew/4194.htm" title="4194: mō·w·ṯî (N-msc:: 1cs) -- Death. From muwth; death; concretely, the dead, their place or state; figuratively, pestilence, ruin.">my death</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: haš·ḥêṯ (V-Hifil-InfAbs) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">you will become utterly corrupt</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: taš·ḥi·ṯūn (V-Hifil-Imperf-2mp:: Pn) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5493.htm" title="5493: wə·sar·tem (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2mp) -- To turn aside. Or suwr; a primitive root; to turn off.">and turn</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: min- (Prep) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: had·de·reḵ (Art:: N-cs) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">the path</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: ṣiw·wî·ṯî (V-Piel-Perf-1cs) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">I have commanded you.</a> <a href="/hebrew/319.htm" title="319: bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- The after-part, end. From 'achar; the last or end, hence, the future; also posterity.">And in</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the days to come,</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·rā·‘āh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">disaster</a> <a href="/hebrew/7122.htm" title="7122: wə·qā·rāṯ (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3fs) -- To encounter, befall. A primitive root: to encounter, whether accidentally or in a hostile manner.">will befall</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ·ḵem (DirObjM:: 2mp) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">you</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">because</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ṯa·‘ă·śū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">you will do</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/7451.htm" title="7451: hā·ra‘ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Bad, evil. From ra'a'; bad or evil.">evil</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: bə·‘ê·nê (Prep-b:: N-cdc) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">in the sight</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/3707.htm" title="3707: lə·haḵ·‘î·sōw (Prep-l:: V-Hifil-Inf:: 3ms) -- To be vexed or angry. A primitive root; to trouble; by implication, to grieve, rage, be indignant.">to provoke Him to anger</a> <a href="/hebrew/4639.htm" title="4639: bə·ma·‘ă·śêh (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A deed, work. From asah; an action; generally, a transaction; abstractly, activity; by implication, a product or property.">by the work</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: yə·ḏê·ḵem (N-fdc:: 2mp) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">of your hands.”</a> <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="/judges/2-11.htm">Judges 2:11-15</a> And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. / Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of the peoples around them. They bowed down to them and provoked the LORD to anger, / for they forsook Him and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. ... <a href="/2_kings/17-7.htm">2 Kings 17:7-23</a> All this happened because the people of Israel had sinned against the LORD their God, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. They had worshiped other gods / and walked in the customs of the nations that the LORD had driven out before the Israelites, as well as in the practices introduced by the kings of Israel. / The Israelites secretly did things against the LORD their God that were not right. From watchtower to fortified city, they built high places in all their cities. ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-26.htm">Nehemiah 9:26-30</a> But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies. / So You delivered them into the hands of enemies who oppressed them, and in their time of distress they cried out to You. From heaven You heard them, and in Your great compassion You gave them deliverers who saved them from the hands of their enemies. / But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion. ... <a href="/jeremiah/7-23.htm">Jeremiah 7:23-26</a> but this is what I commanded them: Obey Me, and I will be your God, and you will be My people. You must walk in all the ways I have commanded you, so that it may go well with you. / 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. / From the day your fathers came out of the land of Egypt until this day, I have sent you all My servants the prophets again and again. ... <a href="/jeremiah/25-4.htm">Jeremiah 25:4-7</a> And the LORD has sent all His servants the prophets to you again and again, but you have not listened or inclined your ear to hear. / The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever. / Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands. Then I will do you no harm.’ ... <a href="/hosea/9-9.htm">Hosea 9:9</a> They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins. <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Hosea 13:6</a> When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me. <a href="/psalms/78-56.htm">Psalm 78:56-58</a> But they tested and disobeyed God Most High, for they did not keep His decrees. / They turned back and were faithless like their fathers, twisted like a faulty bow. / They enraged Him with their high places and provoked His jealousy with their idols. <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. <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="/ezekiel/20-21.htm">Ezekiel 20:21</a> But the children rebelled against Me. They did not walk in My statutes or carefully observe My ordinances—though the man who does these things will live by them—and they profaned My Sabbaths. So I resolved to pour out My wrath upon them and vent My anger against them in the wilderness. <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37</a> O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! <a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a> As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ... <a href="/acts/7-51.htm">Acts 7:51-53</a> You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did. / Which of the prophets did your fathers fail to persecute? They even killed those who foretold the coming of the Righteous One. And now you are His betrayers and murderers— / you who received the law ordained by angels, yet have not kept it.” <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21-23</a> For although they knew God, they neither glorified Him as God nor gave thanks to Him, but they became futile in their thinking and darkened in their foolish hearts. / Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools, / and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.corrupt yourselves<a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Deuteronomy 32:5</a> They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.<a href="/judges/2-19.htm">Judges 2:19</a> And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.<a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a> Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.and evil<a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a> But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:<a href="/deuteronomy/29-18.htm">Deuteronomy 29:18-28</a> Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the LORD our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood; … <a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14</a> But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;the latter days<a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30</a> When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;<a href="/genesis/49-1.htm">Genesis 49:1</a> And Jacob called unto his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.<a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25</a> For I know that my redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth:<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-17.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-25.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-25.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-12.htm">Corruptly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-7.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-27.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-18.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-5.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-22.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-20.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-17.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-19.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-8.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-9.htm">Work</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-19.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Anger</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-34.htm">Befall</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-4.htm">Commanded</a> <a href="/2_chronicles/27-2.htm">Corrupt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-5.htm">Corruptly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-29.htm">Deal</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-22.htm">Death</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-30.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-7.htm">Hands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-20.htm">Latter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-16.htm">Provoke</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/34-12.htm">Sight</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-41.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/joshua/2-10.htm">Utterly</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Wise</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-4.htm">Work</a> <a href="/joshua/1-11.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 31</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-1.htm">Moses encourages the people</a> 7. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-7.htm">He encourages Joshua</a> 9. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-9.htm">He delivers the law unto the priests to be read in the seventh year</a> 14. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-14.htm">God gives a charge to Joshua</a> 19. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-19.htm">and a song to testify against the people</a> 24. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-24.htm">Moses delivers the book of the law to the Levites to keep</a> 28. <a href="/deuteronomy/31-28.htm">He makes a protestation</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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His awareness of Israel's future disobedience is rooted in his intimate relationship with God and his understanding of human nature. This foreknowledge is consistent with the biblical theme of leaders preparing their people for future challenges, as seen with Joshua succeeding Moses.you will become utterly corrupt The phrase indicates a complete moral and spiritual decline. This corruption is a recurring theme in Israel's history, as seen in the Book of Judges, where the cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance is evident. The warning serves as a reminder of the consequences of turning away from God's commandments.and turn from the path I have commanded you. The "path" refers to the covenantal laws and decrees given by God through Moses. This deviation from God's commands is a central issue throughout the Old Testament, highlighting the importance of obedience and the dangers of idolatry and assimilation into pagan cultures.And in the days to come, disaster will befall you This prophecy of disaster is fulfilled in various instances, such as the Babylonian exile. The consequences of disobedience are a consistent biblical theme, emphasizing the justice and holiness of God. The disasters serve as both punishment and a call to repentance.because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD The phrase underscores the omniscience of God, who sees all actions. The "evil" refers to idolatry and moral decay, which are abominations to God. This concept is echoed in the prophetic books, where prophets call Israel to account for their sins.to provoke Him to anger Provoking God to anger is a serious offense, reflecting the covenant relationship between God and Israel. This anger is not capricious but a righteous response to covenant unfaithfulness. The prophets often speak of God's anger as a catalyst for repentance and restoration.by the work of your hands. This phrase often refers to idolatry, where the Israelites create and worship idols. The "work of your hands" contrasts with the work of God, who created the universe. This idolatry is condemned throughout scripture, as seen in the Ten Commandments and the prophetic writings.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader of the Israelites who is delivering his final words to the people before his death. He is warning them of their future disobedience. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, who are being warned by Moses about their future rebellion and the consequences that will follow. 3. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which the Israelites are about to enter. It is a place of blessing but also a place where they will face the temptation to turn away from God. 4. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The covenant God of Israel, who has given them commandments and expects their obedience. 5. <a href="/topical/d/disaster.htm">Disaster</a> The consequences of Israel's future disobedience, which Moses predicts will come as a result of their actions.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a> Moses emphasizes the necessity of following God's commandments. Disobedience leads to corruption and disaster. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin provokes God's anger and leads to negative consequences. This serves as a warning to remain faithful. <a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_leadership.htm">The Role of Leadership</a> Moses' leadership and warnings highlight the importance of godly leaders who guide people in righteousness. <a href="/topical/t/the_human_tendency_to_stray.htm">The Human Tendency to Stray</a> Despite witnessing God's miracles, the Israelites are prone to corruption. This reflects the human condition and the need for constant vigilance. <a href="/topical/t/the_faithfulness_of_god.htm">The Faithfulness of God</a> Even in warning of disaster, God's faithfulness is evident. He provides guidance and warnings to lead His people back to Him.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_31.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 31</a> <a href="/q/why_does_suffering_exist_if_god_is_loving.htm">How can suffering exist with a loving, omnipotent God?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_allow_evil.htm">Why does God permit the existence of evil?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_evil_people.htm">What is the Bible's view on evil people?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_a_good_god_allow_suffering.htm">How can an all-good God create a world with so much suffering?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/31.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) In the latter days.--A not uncommon prophetical expression, used with some considerable latitude. It occurs for the first time in <a href="/genesis/49-1.htm" title="And Jacob called to his sons, and said, Gather yourselves together, that I may tell you that which shall befall you in the last days.">Genesis 49:1</a>. (See also <a href="/numbers/24-14.htm" title="And now, behold, I go to my people: come therefore, and I will advertise you what this people shall do to your people in the latter days.">Numbers 24:14</a> and <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm" title="When you are in tribulation, and all these things are come on you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and shall be obedient to his voice;">Deuteronomy 4:30</a>. ) Some would refer it to the "days of the Messiah," and make it almost a technical term. But a comparison of these few passages will show that it cannot be tied strictly to any one period.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/31.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 29. - Ye will utterly corrupt yourselves; literally, corrupting, ye will corrupt (הַשְׁחַת תשׁחִתוּן, sc. דַרֵכֵיֶכם); i.e. your ways (cf. for the phrase, <a href="/genesis/6-12.htm">Genesis 6:12</a>). The latter days; the after-time, the future, as in <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">Deuteronomy 4:30</a>; <a href="/numbers/24-14.htm">Numbers 24:14</a>, etc. The work of your hands; the idols they might make (cf. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-28.htm">Deuteronomy 4:28</a>). By some, however, the phrase is interpreted of evil deeds in general <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction I know יָדַ֗עְתִּי (yā·ḏa‘·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction after אַחֲרֵ֤י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part my death מוֹתִי֙ (mō·w·ṯî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4194.htm">Strong's 4194: </a> Death, the dead, their place, state, pestilence, ruin you will become utterly corrupt הַשְׁחֵ֣ת (haš·ḥêṯ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive absolute <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> Perhaps to go to ruin and turn וְסַרְתֶּ֣ם (wə·sar·tem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5493.htm">Strong's 5493: </a> To turn aside from מִן־ (min-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the path הַדֶּ֔רֶךְ (had·de·reḵ) Article | Noun - common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> A road, a course of life, mode of action I have commanded you. צִוִּ֖יתִי (ṣiw·wî·ṯî) Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order And in בְּאַחֲרִ֣ית (bə·’a·ḥă·rîṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_319.htm">Strong's 319: </a> The last, end, the future, posterity the days {to come}, הַיָּמִ֔ים (hay·yā·mîm) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day disaster הָֽרָעָה֙ (hā·rā·‘āh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil will befall וְקָרָ֨את (wə·qā·rāṯ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7122.htm">Strong's 7122: </a> To encounter, befall you אֶתְכֶ֤ם (’eṯ·ḵem) Direct object marker | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> Untranslatable mark of the accusative case because כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction you will do תַעֲשׂ֤וּ (ṯa·‘ă·śū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make evil הָרַע֙ (hā·ra‘) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7451.htm">Strong's 7451: </a> Bad, evil in the sight בְּעֵינֵ֣י (bə·‘ê·nê) Preposition-b | Noun - cdc <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain of the LORD יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel to provoke Him to anger לְהַכְעִיס֖וֹ (lə·haḵ·‘î·sōw) Preposition-l | Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3707.htm">Strong's 3707: </a> To trouble, to grieve, rage, be indignant by the work בְּמַעֲשֵׂ֥ה (bə·ma·‘ă·śêh) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4639.htm">Strong's 4639: </a> An action, a transaction, activity, a product, property of your hands.? יְדֵיכֶֽם׃ (yə·ḏê·ḵem) Noun - fdc | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">Deuteronomy 31:29 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/31-29.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death (Deut. 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