Deuteronomy 4:26 “I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you wil…”

Deuteronomy 4:26

I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

World English Bible

I call heaven and earth to witness against you today, that you will soon utterly perish from off the land which you go over the Jordan to possess it. You will not prolong your days on it, but will utterly be destroyed.

American Standard Version

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over the Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.

Geneva Bible 1599

I call heauen and earth to record against you this day, that ye shall shortly perish from the land, whereunto ye goe ouer Iorden to possesse it: ye shall not prolong your dayes therein, but shall vtterly be destroyed.

Darby Translation

I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye pass over the Jordan to possess it: ye shall not prolong your days on it, but shall be utterly destroyed.

Young's Literal Translation

I have caused to testify against you this day the heavens and the earth, that ye do perish utterly hastily from off the land whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it; ye do not prolong days upon it, but are utterly destroyed;

Bible in Basic English

May heaven and earth be my witnesses against you today, that destruction will quickly overtake you, cutting you off from that land which you are going over Jordan to take; your days will not be long in that land, but you will come to a complete end.

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Cross references

“I call heaven”

Deuteronomy 32:1 Micah 6:2 Isaiah 1:2 Jeremiah 22:29 Jeremiah 2:12 Ezekiel 36:4

Deuteronomy 32:1 · BSB

Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Micah 6:2 · BSB

Hear, O mountains, the LORD’s indictment, you enduring foundations of the earth. For the LORD has a case against His people, and He will argue it against Israel:

Isaiah 1:2 · BSB

Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.

Jeremiah 22:29 · BSB

O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

Jeremiah 2:12 · BSB

Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

Ezekiel 36:4 · BSB

therefore, O mountains of Israel, hear the word of the Lord GOD. This is what the Lord GOD says to the mountains and hills, to the ravines and valleys, to the desolate ruins and abandoned cities, which have become a spoi…

“ye shall”

Leviticus 18:28 Joshua 23:16 Jeremiah 44:22 Deuteronomy 29:28 Leviticus 26:31–35 Isaiah 6:11

Leviticus 18:28 · BSB

So if you defile the land, it will vomit you out as it spewed out the nations before you.

Joshua 23:16 · BSB

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…

Jeremiah 44:22 · BSB

So the LORD could no longer endure the evil deeds and detestable acts you committed, and your land became a desolation, a horror, and an object of cursing, without inhabitant, as it is this day.

Deuteronomy 29:28 · BSB

The LORD uprooted them from their land in His anger, rage, and great wrath, and He cast them into another land, where they are today.’

Leviticus 26:31–35 · BSB

I will reduce your cities to rubble and lay waste your sanctuaries, and I will refuse to smell the pleasing aroma of your sacrifices.

Isaiah 6:11 · BSB

Then I asked: “How long, O Lord?” And He replied: “Until the cities lie ruined and without inhabitant, until the houses are left unoccupied and the land is desolate and ravaged,

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

In context

25After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God and provoking Him to anger—

27Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

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