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href="/bsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known. <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/11.htm">King James Bible</a> And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/11.htm">New King James Version</a> and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/11.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/11.htm">NASB 1995</a> and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/11.htm">NASB 1977 </a> and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following other gods which you have not known. <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by walking after other gods which you have not known. <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/11.htm">Amplified Bible</a> and the curse, if you do not listen to and obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I am commanding you today, by following (acknowledging, worshiping) other gods which you have not known. <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> and a curse, if you do not obey the commands of the LORD your God and you turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods you have not known. <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> and a curse, if you do not obey the commands of the LORD your God and you turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods you have not known. <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/11.htm">American Standard Version</a> and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of Jehovah your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. <a href="/cev/deuteronomy/11.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> But if you disobey him and worship those gods that have never done anything for you, the LORD will put a curse on you. <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/11.htm">English Revised Version</a> and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/11.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> You'll be cursed if you disobey the commands of the LORD your God, if you turn from the way I'm commanding you to live today, and if you worship other gods you never knew. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Good News Translation</a> but a curse, if you disobey these commands and turn away to worship other gods that you have never worshiped before. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/11.htm">International Standard Version</a> or a curse if you don't obey the commands of the LORD your God, by turning from the way that I'm commanding you today and following other gods whom you have not known." <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God and turn aside from the path I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known. <a href="/net/deuteronomy/11.htm">NET Bible</a> and the curse if you pay no attention to his commandments and turn from the way I am setting before you today to pursue other gods you have not known. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/11.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> and the curse, if you shall not listen to the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known. <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> And a curse, if ye will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside from the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which ye have not known. <a href="/web/deuteronomy/11.htm">World English Bible</a> and the curse, if you do not listen to the commandments of Yahweh your God, but turn away out of the way which I command you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/11.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> and the reviling if you do not listen to the commands of your God YHWH, and have turned aside from the way which I am commanding you today, to go after other gods which you have not known. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> and the reviling, if ye do not hearken unto the commands of Jehovah your God, and have turned aside out of the way which I am commanding you to-day, to go after other gods which ye have not known. <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> And a cursing if ye shall not hear to the commands of Jehovah your God, and ye turned aside from the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods which thou knewest not.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/11.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> A curse, if you obey not the commandments of the Lord your. God, but revolt from the way which now I shew you, and walk after strange gods which you know not. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/11.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> It will be a curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the Lord your God, but instead you withdraw from the way, which I am revealing to you now, and you walk after foreign gods that you have not known. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/11.htm">New American Bible</a> a curse if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD, your God, but turn aside from the way I command you today, to go after other gods, whom you do not know. <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/11.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> and the curse, if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn from the way that I am commanding you today, to follow other gods that you have not known.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/11.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> And curses, if you will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, and if you turn aside from the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/11.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And a curse if you will not hear the commandments of LORD JEHOVAH your God and if you turn away from the way that I command you today, and you go after other gods that you do not know.<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/11.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> and the curse, if ye shall not hearken unto the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which ye have not known. <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/11.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> and the curse, if ye do not hearken to the commands of the Lord our God, as many as I command you this day, and ye wander from the way which I have commanded you, having gone to serve other gods, which ye know not. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/11-28.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=3486" 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/11.htm">A Blessing and a Curse </a> …27a blessing if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you today, 28<a href="/hebrew/7045.htm" title="7045: wə·haq·qə·lā·lāh (Conj-w, Art:: N-fs) -- A curse. From qalal; vilification.">but a curse</a> <a href="/hebrew/518.htm" title="518: ’im- (Conj) -- If. A primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!">if</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: ṯiš·mə·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-2mp) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">you disobey</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. "></a> <a href="/hebrew/4687.htm" title="4687: miṣ·wōṯ (N-fpc) -- Commandment. From tsavah; a command, whether human or divine.">the commandments</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/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</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 aside</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/595.htm" title="595: ’ā·nō·ḵî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Sometimes; a primitive pro. I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/6680.htm" title="6680: mə·ṣaw·weh (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order. A primitive root; to constitute, enjoin.">command</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/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/1980.htm" title="1980: lā·le·ḵeṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To go, come, walk. Akin to yalak; a primitive root; to walk.">by following</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."></a> <a href="/hebrew/312.htm" title="312: ’ă·ḥê·rîm (Adj-mp) -- Another. From 'achar; properly, hinder; generally, next, other, etc.">other</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/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">gods,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">which you have not</a> <a href="/hebrew/3045.htm" title="3045: yə·ḏa‘·tem (V-Qal-Perf-2mp) -- A primitive root; to know; used in a great variety of senses, figuratively, literally, euphemistically and inferentially.">known.</a> 29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.…<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="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15</a> If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: <a href="/deuteronomy/30-17.htm">Deuteronomy 30:17-18</a> But if your heart turns away and you do not listen, but are drawn away to bow down to other gods and worship them, / I 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. <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Joshua 23:16</a> If you transgress the covenant of the LORD your God, which He commanded you, and go and serve other gods and bow down to them, then the anger of the LORD will burn against you, and you will quickly perish from this good land He has given you.” <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="/1_kings/9-6.htm">1 Kings 9:6-9</a> But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship other gods, / then I will cut off Israel from the land that I have given them, and I will banish from My presence this temple I have sanctified for My Name. Then Israel will become an object of scorn and ridicule among all peoples. / And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?’ ... <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="/jeremiah/11-10.htm">Jeremiah 11:10-11</a> They have returned to the sins of their forefathers who refused to obey My words. They have followed other gods to serve them. The house of Israel and the house of Judah have broken the covenant I made with their fathers. / Therefore this is what the LORD says: ‘I am about to bring upon them a disaster that they cannot escape. They will cry out to Me, but I will not listen to them. <a href="/jeremiah/17-5.htm">Jeremiah 17:5</a> This is what the LORD says: “Cursed is the man who trusts in mankind, who makes mere flesh his strength and turns his heart from the LORD. <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/4-6.htm">Hosea 4:6</a> My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children. <a href="/malachi/2-2.htm">Malachi 2:2</a> If you do not listen, and if you do not take it to heart to honor My name,” says the LORD of Hosts, “I will send a curse among you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, I have already begun to curse them, because you are not taking it to heart. <a href="/matthew/7-26.htm">Matthew 7:26-27</a> But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. / The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and great was its collapse!” <a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</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! / Look, your house is left to you desolate. <a href="/luke/6-46.htm">Luke 6:46-49</a> Why do you call Me ‘Lord, Lord,’ but do not do what I say? / I will show you what he is like who comes to Me and hears My words and acts on them: / He is like a man building a house, who dug down deep and laid his foundation on the rock. When the flood came, the torrent crashed against that house but could not shake it, because it was well built. ... <a href="/john/3-36.htm">John 3:36</a> Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life. Whoever rejects the Son will not see life. Instead, the wrath of God remains on him.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>And a curse, if you will not obey the commandments of the LORD your God, but turn aside out of the way which I command you this day, to go after other gods, which you have not known.<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/29-19.htm">Deuteronomy 29:19-28</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="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14</a> But if ye will not hearken unto me, and will not do all these commandments;<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-26.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/numbers/14-41.htm">Disobey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-27.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-25.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-23.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/12-11.htm">Command</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-14.htm">Commanding</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Commandments</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-4.htm">Commands</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-29.htm">Curse</a> <a href="/joshua/23-16.htm">Disobey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-18.htm">Ear</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-3.htm">Hearken</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Obey</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-32.htm">Today</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-8.htm">To-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-5.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/12-5.htm">Turned</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-30.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-17.htm">Yourselves</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 11</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-1.htm">Another exhortation to obedience</a> 2. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-2.htm">by their own experience of God's great works</a> 8. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-8.htm">by promise of God's great blessings</a> 16. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-16.htm">and by threatenings</a> 18. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-18.htm">A careful study is required in God's words</a> 26. <a href="/deuteronomy/11-26.htm">The blessing and curse 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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/11.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/11.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>but a curse if you disobey the commandments of the LORD your God This phrase highlights the conditional nature of the covenant between God and Israel. In the ancient Near Eastern context, covenants often included blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience. The concept of a curse here is not merely punitive but serves as a deterrent against disobedience. The commandments of the LORD are central to the covenant, reflecting God's holiness and the moral and ethical standards expected of His people. This echoes the blessings and curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where obedience leads to prosperity and disobedience to calamity.and turn aside from the path I command you today The "path" signifies the way of life prescribed by God, a metaphor for living according to His laws and decrees. Turning aside implies a deliberate choice to deviate from God's instructions. This imagery is consistent with the biblical theme of the "way" or "path" as a journey of faithfulness, as seen in <a href="/psalms/1-6.htm">Psalm 1:6</a>, where the way of the righteous is contrasted with the way of the wicked. The urgency of "today" underscores the immediacy and relevance of the command, emphasizing that obedience is not a future consideration but a present responsibility.by following other gods, which you have not known This phrase warns against idolatry, a recurring issue for Israel throughout its history. The reference to "other gods" highlights the temptation to adopt the religious practices of surrounding nations, which was prevalent in the ancient Near East. The gods "which you have not known" underscores the foreignness and illegitimacy of these deities compared to the LORD, who revealed Himself to Israel. This warning is consistent with the first commandment in <a href="/exodus/20-3.htm">Exodus 20:3</a>, "You shall have no other gods before Me," and serves as a reminder of the exclusive worship due to the LORD. The call to avoid idolatry is also prophetic, as it anticipates Israel's future struggles with false worship, ultimately pointing to the need for a Messiah who would perfectly fulfill the law and lead His people in true worship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The author of Deuteronomy, delivering God's laws and commandments to the Israelites. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The chosen people of God, receiving the law and commandments as they prepare to enter the Promised Land. 3. <a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a> The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 4. <a href="/topical/o/other_gods.htm">Other gods</a> Refers to the false deities worshiped by surrounding nations, which the Israelites are warned against following. 5. <a href="/topical/m/mount_ebal_and_mount_gerizim.htm">Mount Ebal and Mount Gerizim</a> The mountains where blessings and curses were to be proclaimed to the Israelites (context from <a href="/deuteronomy/11-29.htm">Deuteronomy 11:29</a>).<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/o/obedience_to_god's_commandments.htm">Obedience to God's Commandments</a> The importance of listening to and obeying God's commandments is central to maintaining a covenant relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a> Disobedience leads to curses, illustrating the serious consequences of turning away from God. <a href="/topical/a/avoiding_idolatry.htm">Avoiding Idolatry</a> The warning against following other gods highlights the need to guard against modern forms of idolatry, such as materialism or secular ideologies. <a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_worship.htm">Faithfulness in Worship</a> True worship involves exclusive devotion to God, rejecting all forms of false worship. <a href="/topical/c/covenant_relationship.htm">Covenant Relationship</a> The passage underscores the conditional nature of the covenant, where blessings are contingent upon obedience.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_11.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 11</a> <a href="/q/how_do_deut._28_curses_fit_with_science.htm">In Deuteronomy 28, how can modern readers reconcile the promise of curses (verses 15-68) with our scientific understanding of disease, famine, and natural disasters?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_deut._28_link_prosperity_to_obedience.htm">Why does Deuteronomy 28 emphasize material prosperity or catastrophe as divine favor or curse, while other passages (e.g., Job) depict suffering as potentially unrelated to personal obedience?</a> <a href="/q/why_collective_guilt_in_joshua_7_11.htm">Why does Joshua 7:11 emphasize collective guilt when only Achan committed the offense?</a> <a href="/q/why_does_god_give_jehoram_a_fatal_disease.htm">Why does this passage depict God inflicting a fatal bowel disease on Jehoram (2 Chronicles 21:18-19) instead of using more merciful methods?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/11.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 28. - Other gods, which ye have not known; in contradistinction to Jehovah, the revealed God, made known to them by word and deed. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>but a curse וְהַקְּלָלָ֗ה (wə·haq·qə·lā·lāh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7045.htm">Strong's 7045: </a> Vilification if אִם־ (’im-) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_518.htm">Strong's 518: </a> Lo!, whether?, if, although, Oh that!, when, not you do not לֹ֤א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no obey תִשְׁמְעוּ֙ (ṯiš·mə·‘ū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently the commandments מִצְוֺת֙ (miṣ·wōṯ) Noun - feminine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4687.htm">Strong's 4687: </a> Commandment of the LORD יְהוָ֣ה (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 your God אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative and turn aside 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 אָנֹכִ֛י (’ā·nō·ḵî) Pronoun - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_595.htm">Strong's 595: </a> I command מְצַוֶּ֥ה (mə·ṣaw·weh) Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6680.htm">Strong's 6680: </a> To lay charge (upon), give charge (to), command, order you today הַיּ֑וֹם (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day by following לָלֶ֗כֶת (lā·le·ḵeṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1980.htm">Strong's 1980: </a> To go, come, walk other אֲחֵרִ֖ים (’ă·ḥê·rîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_312.htm">Strong's 312: </a> Hinder, next, other gods, אֱלֹהִ֥ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative which you have not לֹֽא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no known. יְדַעְתֶּֽם׃ (yə·ḏa‘·tem) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3045.htm">Strong's 3045: </a> To know <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">Deuteronomy 11:28 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/11-28.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 11:28 And the curse if you shall not (Deut. 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