Deuteronomy 29:19 “because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a…”

Deuteronomy 29:19

because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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:

World English Bible

and it happen, when he hears the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, “I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart,” to destroy the moist with the dry.

American Standard Version

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 stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

Geneva Bible 1599

So that when he heareth the words of this curse, he blesse him selfe in his heart, saying, I shall haue peace, although I walke according to the stubburnes of mine owne heart, thus adding drunkennesse to thirst.

Darby Translation

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 stubbornness of my heart, to sweep away the drunken with the thirsty.

Young's Literal Translation

'And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

Bible in Basic English

If such a man, hearing the words of this oath, takes comfort in the thought that he will have peace even if he goes on in the pride of his heart, taking whatever chance may give him:

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Cross references

“this curse”

Deuteronomy 29:12 Genesis 2:17

Deuteronomy 29:12 · BSB

so that you may enter into the covenant of the LORD your God, which He is making with you today, and into His oath,

Genesis 2:17 · BSB

but you must not eat from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil; for in the day that you eat of it, you will surely die.”

“that he bless”

Numbers 15:39 Numbers 15:30 Jeremiah 7:3–11 Deuteronomy 17:2 Psalm 49:18 Psalm 10:4–6

Numbers 15:39 · BSB

These will serve as tassels for you to look at, so that you may remember all the commandments of the LORD, that you may obey them and not prostitute yourselves by following your own heart and your own eyes.

Numbers 15:30 · BSB

But the person who sins defiantly, whether a native or foreigner, blasphemes the LORD. That person shall be cut off from among his people.

Jeremiah 7:3–11 · BSB

Thus says the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel: Correct your ways and deeds, and I will let you live in this place.

Deuteronomy 17:2 · BSB

If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His covenant

Psalm 49:18 · BSB

Though in his lifetime he blesses his soul— and men praise you when you prosper—

Psalm 10:4–6 · BSB

In his pride the wicked man does not seek Him; in all his schemes there is no God.

“though I walk”

Ecclesiastes 11:9 Romans 1:21 2 Corinthians 10:5 Ephesians 4:17

Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB

Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. Walk in the ways of your heart and in the sight of your eyes, but know that for all these things God will bring you to judg…

Romans 1:21 · BSB

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.

2 Corinthians 10:5 · BSB

We demolish arguments and every presumption set up against the knowledge of God; and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Ephesians 4:17 · BSB

So I tell you this, and insist on it in the Lord, that you must no longer walk as the Gentiles do, in the futility of their thinking.

“imagination”

Jeremiah 7:24 Jeremiah 3:17

Jeremiah 7:24 · BSB

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.

Jeremiah 3:17 · BSB

At that time they will call Jerusalem The Throne of the LORD, and all the nations will be gathered in Jerusalem to honor the name of the LORD. They will no longer follow the stubbornness of their evil hearts.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

18Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,

20The LORD will never be willing to forgive him. Instead, His anger and jealousy will burn against that man, and every curse written in this book will fall upon him. The LORD will blot out his name from under heaven

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