New Revised Standard NRS
The Bible in Basic English BBE
1 You shall love the Lord your God, therefore, and keep his charge, his decrees, his ordinances, and his commandments always.
1
So have love for the Lord your God, and give him worship, and keep his laws and his decisions and his orders at all times.
2 Remember today that it was not your children (who have not known or seen the discipline of the Lord your God), but it is you who must acknowledge his greatness, his mighty hand and his outstretched arm,
2
And be certain in your minds this day; for these words are not said to your children, who have had no experience of the training of the Lord your God, and who have not seen his great power or his strong hand and his stretched-out arm,
3 his signs and his deeds that he did in Egypt to Pharaoh, the king of Egypt, and to all his land;
3
Or his signs and wonders which he did in Egypt, to Pharaoh, king of Egypt, and all his land;
4 what he did to the Egyptian army, to their horses and chariots, how he made the water of the Red Sea flow over them as they pursued you, so that the Lord has destroyed them to this day;
4
And what he did to the army of Egypt, to their horses and their war-carriages; how he made the waters of the Red Sea come up over them when they went after you, and how the Lord put an end to them even to this day;
5 what he did to you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;
5
And what he did for you in the waste land, till you came to this place;
6 and what he did to Dathan and Abiram, sons of Eliab son of Reuben, how in the midst of all Israel the earth opened its mouth and swallowed them up, along with their households, their tents, and every living being in their company;
6
And what he did to Dathan and Abiram, the sons of Eliab, the son of Reuben; when they went down into the open mouth of the earth, with their families and their tents and every living thing which was theirs, before the eyes of all Israel:
7 for it is your own eyes that have seen every great deed that the Lord did.
7
But your eyes have seen all the great works of the Lord which he has done.
8 Keep, then, this entire commandment that I am commanding you today, so that you may have strength to go in and occupy the land that you are crossing over to occupy,
8
So keep all the orders which I give you today, so that you may be strong, and go in and take the land which is to be your heritage;
9 and so that you may live long in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them and to their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.
9
And that your days may be long in the land which the Lord gave by an oath to your fathers and to their seed after them, a land flowing with milk and honey.
10 For the land that you are about to enter to occupy is not like the land of Egypt, from which you have come, where you sow your seed and irrigate by foot like a vegetable garden.
10
For the land where you are going is not like the land of Egypt from which you have come, where you put in your seeds, watering them with your foot, like a planted garden:
11 But the land that you are crossing over to occupy is a land of hills and valleys, watered by rain from the sky,
11
But the land where you are going is a land of hills and valleys, drinking in the rain of heaven:
12 a land that the Lord your God looks after. The eyes of the Lord your God are always on it, from the beginning of the year to the end of the year.
12
A land cared for by the Lord your God: the eyes of the Lord your God are on it at all times from one end of the year to the other.
13 If you will only heed his every commandment that I am commanding you today—loving the Lord your God, and serving him with all your heart and with all your soul—
13
And it will be that if you truly give ear to the orders which I put before you this day, loving the Lord your God and worshipping him with all your heart and all your soul,
14 then he will give the rain for your land in its season, the early rain and the later rain, and you will gather in your grain, your wine, and your oil;
14
Then I will send rain on your land at the right time, the early rains and the late rains, so that you may get in your grain and your wine and your oil.
15 and he will give grass in your fields for your livestock, and you will eat your fill.
15
And I will give grass in your fields for your cattle, so that you may have food in full measure.
16 Take care, or you will be seduced into turning away, serving other gods and worshiping them,
16
But take care that your hearts are not turned to false ways so that you become servants and worshippers of other gods;
17 for then the anger of the Lord will be kindled against you and he will shut up the heavens, so that there will be no rain and the land will yield no fruit; then you will perish quickly off the good land that the Lord is giving you.
17
For if you do so, the wrath of the Lord will be burning against you, and the heaven will be shut up so that there is no rain and the land will give no fruit; and in a very little time you will be cut off from the good land which the Lord is giving you.
18 You shall put these words of mine in your heart and soul, and you shall bind them as a sign on your hand, and fix them as an emblem on your forehead.
18
So keep these words deep in your heart and in your soul, and have them fixed on your hand for a sign and marked on your brow;
19 Teach them to your children, talking about them when you are at home and when you are away, when you lie down and when you rise.
19
Teaching them to your children, and talking of them when you are at rest in your house or walking by the way, when you go to sleep and when you get up:
20 Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates,
20
Writing them on the pillars of your houses and over the doors of your towns:
21 so that your days and the days of your children may be multiplied in the land that the Lord swore to your ancestors to give them, as long as the heavens are above the earth.
21
So that your days, and the days of your children, may be long in the land which the Lord by his oath to your fathers said he would give them, like the days of the eternal heavens.
22 If you will diligently observe this entire commandment that I am commanding you, loving the Lord your God, walking in all his ways, and holding fast to him,
22
For if you take care to keep all the orders which I give you, and to do them; loving the Lord your God and walking in all his ways and being true to him:
23 then the Lord will drive out all these nations before you, and you will dispossess nations larger and mightier than yourselves.
23
Then the Lord will send these nations in flight before you, and you will take the lands of nations greater and stronger than yourselves.
24 Every place on which you set foot shall be yours; your territory shall extend from the wilderness to the Lebanon and from the River, the river Euphrates, to the Western Sea.
24
Every place where you put your foot will be yours: from the waste land and Lebanon, from the river, the river Euphrates as far as the Great Sea, will be the limits of your land.
25 No one will be able to stand against you; the Lord your God will put the fear and dread of you on all the land on which you set foot, as he promised you.
25
All people will give way before you: for the Lord your God will put the fear of you on all the land through which you go, as he has said.
26 See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:
26
Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:
27 the blessing, if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God that I am commanding you today;
27
The blessing if you give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, which I give you this day:
28 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.
28
And the curse if you do not give ear to the orders of the Lord your God, but let yourselves be turned from the way which I have put before you this day, and go after other gods which are not yours.
29 When the Lord your God has brought you into the land that you are entering to occupy, you shall set the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
29
And when the Lord your God has taken you into the land of your heritage, you are to put the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.
30 As you know, they are beyond the Jordan, some distance to the west, in the land of the Canaanites who live in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, beside the oak of Moreh.
30
Are they not on the other side of Jordan, looking west, in the land of the Canaanites living in the Arabah, opposite Gilgal, by the holy tree of Moreh?
31 When you cross the Jordan to go in to occupy the land that the Lord your God is giving you, and when you occupy it and live in it,
31
For you are about to go over Jordan to take the heritage which the Lord your God is giving you, and it will be your resting-place.
32 you must diligently observe all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
32
And you are to take care to keep all the laws and the decisions which I put before you today.
New Revised Standard Version Bible, copyright 1989, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
The Bible in Basic English is in the public domain.