^{1 Ref} Now when all these things have come on you, the blessing and the curse which I have put before you, if the thought of them comes back to your minds, when you are living among the nations where the Lord your God has sent you,

^{2 Ref} And your hearts are turned again to the Lord your God, and you give ear to his word which I give you today, you and your children, with all your heart and with all your soul:

^{3 Ref} Then the Lord will have pity on you, changing your fate, and taking you back again from among all the nations where you have been forced to go.

^{4 Ref} Even if those who have been forced out are living in the farthest part of heaven, the Lord your God will go in search of you, and take you back;

^{5 Ref} Placing you again in the land of your fathers as your heritage; and he will do you good, increasing you till you are more in number than your fathers were.

^{6 Ref} And the Lord your God will give to you and to your seed a circumcision of the heart, so that, loving him with all your heart and all your soul, you may have life.

^{7 Ref} And the Lord your God will put all these curses on those who are against you, and on your haters who put a cruel yoke on you.

^{8 Ref} And you will again give ear to the voice of the Lord, and do all his orders which I have given you today.

^{9 Ref} And the Lord your God will make you fertile in all good things, blessing the work of your hands, and the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your cattle, and the fruit of your land: for the Lord will have joy in you, as he had in your fathers:

^{10 Ref} If you give ear to the voice of the Lord your God, keeping his orders and his laws which are recorded in this book of the law, and turning to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

^{11 Ref} For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away.

^{12 Ref} They are not in heaven, for you to say, Who will go up to heaven for us and give us knowledge of them so that we may do them?

^{13 Ref} And they are not across the sea, for you to say, Who will go over the sea for us and give us news of them so that we may do them?

^{14 Ref} But the word is very near you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.

^{15 Ref} See, I have put before you today, life and good, and death and evil;

^{16 Ref} In giving you orders today to have love for the Lord your God, to go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions, so that you may have life and be increased, and that the blessing of the Lord your God may be with you in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage.

^{17 Ref} But if your heart is turned away and your ear is shut, and you go after those who would make you servants and worshippers of other gods:

^{18 Ref} I give witness against you this day that destruction will certainly be your fate, and your days will be cut short in the land where you are going, the land of your heritage on the other side of Jordan.

^{19 Ref} Let heaven and earth be my witnesses against you this day that I have put before you life and death, a blessing and a curse: so take life for yourselves and for your seed:

^{20 Ref} In loving the Lord your God, hearing his voice and being true to him: for he is your life and by him will your days be long: so that you may go on living in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.

^{1 Ref} `And it hath been, when all these things come upon thee, the blessing and the reviling, which I have set before thee, and thou hast brought `them' back unto thy heart, among all the nations whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee away,

^{2 Ref} and hast turned back unto Jehovah thy God, and hearkened to His voice, according to all that I am commanding thee to-day, thou and thy sons, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul --

^{3 Ref} then hath Jehovah thy God turned back `to' thy captivity, and pitied thee, yea, He hath turned back and gathered thee out of all the peoples whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

^{4 Ref} `If thine outcast is in the extremity of the heavens, thence doth Jehovah thy God gather thee, and thence He doth take thee;

^{5 Ref} and Jehovah thy God hath brought thee in unto the land which thy fathers have possessed, and thou hast inherited it, and He hath done thee good, and multiplied thee above thy fathers.

^{6 Ref} `And Jehovah thy God hath circumcised thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, for the sake of thy life;

^{7 Ref} and Jehovah thy God hath put all this oath on thine enemies, and on those hating thee, who have pursued thee.

^{8 Ref} `And thou dost turn back, and hast hearkened to the voice of Jehovah, and hast done all His commands which I am commanding thee to-day;

^{9 Ref} and Jehovah thy God hath made thee abundant in every work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good; for Jehovah turneth back to rejoice over thee for good, as He rejoiced over thy fathers,

^{10 Ref} for thou dost hearken to the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep His commands, and His statutes, which are written in the book of this law, for thou turnest back unto Jehovah thy God, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

^{11 Ref} `For this command which I am commanding thee to-day, it is not too wonderful for thee, nor `is' it far off.

^{12 Ref} It is not in the heavens, -- saying, Who doth go up for us into the heavens, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it -- that we may do it.

^{13 Ref} And it `is' not beyond the sea, -- saying, Who doth pass over for us beyond the sea, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it -- that we may do it?

^{14 Ref} For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart -- to do it.

^{15 Ref} `See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil,

^{16 Ref} in that I am commanding thee to-day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commands, and His statutes, and His judgments; and thou hast lived and multiplied, and Jehovah thy God hath blessed thee in the land whither thou art going in to possess it.

^{17 Ref} `And if thy heart doth turn, and thou dost not hearken, and hast been driven away, and hast bowed thyself to other gods, and served them,

^{18 Ref} I have declared to you this day, that ye do certainly perish, ye do not prolong days on the ground which thou art passing over the Jordan to go in thither to possess it.

^{19 Ref} `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,

^{20 Ref} to love Jehovah thy God, to hearken to His voice, and to cleave to Him (for He `is' thy life, and the length of thy days), to dwell on the ground which Jehovah hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give to them.'

^{1 Ref} And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,

^{2 Ref} and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

^{3 Ref} that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

^{4 Ref} If `any of' thine outcasts be in the uttermost parts of heaven, from thence will Jehovah thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:

^{5 Ref} and Jehovah thy God will bring thee into the land which thy fathers possessed, and thou shalt possess it; and he will do thee good, and multiply thee above thy fathers.

^{6 Ref} And Jehovah thy God will circumcise thy heart, and the heart of thy seed, to love Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

^{7 Ref} And Jehovah thy God will put all these curses upon thine enemies, and on them that hate thee, that persecuted thee.

^{8 Ref} And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

^{9 Ref} And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

^{10 Ref} if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

^{11 Ref} For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off.

^{12 Ref} It is not in heaven, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

^{13 Ref} Neither is it beyond the sea, that thou shouldest say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, and make us to hear it, that we may do it?

^{14 Ref} But the word is very nigh unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy heart, that thou mayest do it.

^{15 Ref} See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil;

^{16 Ref} in that I command thee this day to love Jehovah thy God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that thou mayest live and multiply, and that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in the land whither thou goest in to possess it.

^{17 Ref} But if thy heart turn away, and thou wilt not hear, but shalt be drawn away, and worship other gods, and serve them;

^{18 Ref} I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish; ye shall not prolong your days in the land, whither thou passest over the Jordan to go in to possess it.

^{19 Ref} 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;

^{20 Ref} to love Jehovah thy God, to obey his voice, and to cleave unto him; for he is thy life, and the length of thy days; that thou mayest dwell in the land which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, to give them.