Deuteronomy 8:19
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And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
In other translations
And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.If you ever forget the LORD your God and go after other gods to worship and bow down to them, I testify against you today that you will surely perish.
Hebrew words
וְהָיָהvehayahand it will beH1961אִם־'im-<if>H518שָׁכֹחַshakhoachcertainly [if] <to forget>H7911תִּשְׁכַּחtishkachyou will forgetH7911אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068אֱלֹהֶיךָ'eloheikhaGod yourH430וְהָלַכְתָּvehalakhtaand you will walkH1980אַחֲרֵי'achareiafterH310אֱלֹהִים'elohimgodsH430אֲחֵרִים'acherimotherH312וַעֲבַדְתָּםva'avadtamand you will serve themH5647וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָvehishtachavitaand you will bow downH7812לָהֶםlahemto <the> themהַעִדֹתִיha'idotiI testifyH5749בָכֶםvakhemagainst <the> youהַיּוֹםhaiyomthis dayH3117כִּיkithatH3588אָבֹד'avodcertainly <to perish>H6תֹּאבֵדוּן׃toedunyou will perish !H6
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Related verses
- Deuteronomy 4:26I 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.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.
- Luke 12:47-4847 And that servant, which knew his lord’s will, and prepared not himself, neither did according to his will, shall be beaten with many stripes. 48 But he that knew not, and did commit things worthy of stripes, shall be beaten with few stripes. For unto whomsoever much is given, of him shall be much required: and to whom men have committed much, of him they will ask the more.47 That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows. 48 But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
- Luke 13:5I tell you, Nay: but, except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.No, I tell you. But unless you repent, you too will all perish.”
- Deuteronomy 30:18-1918 I denounce unto you this day, that ye shall surely perish, and that ye shall not prolong your days upon the land, whither thou passest over Jordan to go to possess it. 19 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:18 I declare to you today that you will surely perish; you shall not prolong your days in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
- Zephaniah 3:6I have cut off the nations: their towers are desolate; I made their streets waste, that none passeth by: their cities are destroyed, so that there is no man, that there is none inhabitant.“I have cut off the nations; their corner towers are destroyed. I have made their streets deserted with no one to pass through. Their cities are laid waste, with no man, no inhabitant.
- 1 Samuel 12:25But if ye shall still do wickedly, ye shall be consumed, both ye and your king.But if you persist in doing evil, both you and your king will be swept away.”
- Daniel 9:2In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
- Amos 3:2You only have I known of all the families of the earth: therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.“Only you have I known from all the families of the earth; therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities.”
- Zephaniah 1:18Neither their silver nor their gold shall be able to deliver them in the day of the Lord’s wrath; but the whole land shall be devoured by the fire of his jealousy: for he shall make even a speedy riddance of all them that dwell in the land.Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to deliver them on the Day of the LORD’s wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy.” For indeed, He will make a sudden end of all who dwell on the earth.
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