Deuteronomy 30:19 — King James Version← Study notes
“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:”
Deuteronomy 30:19 — Hebrew Interlinear
Hebrew · Deuteronomy 30:1919 words
הַעִידֹתִיhaʿîdōtîDuplicate
בָכֶםvāḵemIn
הַיּוֹםhaywōmThe day
אֶתʾet—
הַשָּׁמַיִםhašāmayimThe heavens
וְאֶתwəʾet—
הָאָרֶץhāʾāreṣThe earth
הַחַיִּיםhaḥayîmThe living
וְהַמָּוֶתwəhamāwetAnd the death
נָתַתִּיnātatîGive
לְפָנֶיךָləp̄āneyḵāTo face
הַבְּרָכָהhabərāḵāhThe benediction
וְהַקְּלָלָהwəhaqəlālāhAnd the vilification
וּבָחַרְתָּûvāḥarətāAnd try
בַּחַיִּיםbaḥayîmIn living
לְמַעַןləmaʿanHeed
תִּחְיֶהtiḥəyehLive
אַתָּהʾatāhThou
וְזַרְעֶךָwəzarəʿeḵāAnd seed
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