Deuteronomy 11:26

Contemporary English Version

You have a choice—do you want the Lord to bless you, or do you want him to put a curse on you?

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
“Look, today I set before you a blessing and a curse:

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

King James Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Lexham English Bible
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

English Standard Version
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

New Century Version
See, today I am letting you choose a blessing or a curse.

New English Translation
Take note—I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Amplified Bible
"Behold, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse—

New American Standard Bible
"See, I am placing before you today a blessing and a curse:

Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Legacy Standard Bible
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Complete Jewish Bible
No one will be able to withstand you; Adonai your God will place the fear and dread of you on all the land you step on, as he told you. Haftarah ‘Ekev: Yesha‘yahu (Isaiah) 49:14–51:3 B'rit Hadashah suggested readings for Parashah ‘Ekev: Mattityahu (Matthew) 4:1–11; Luke 4:1–13; Ya‘akov (James) 5:7–11 "See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse —

Darby Translation
See, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Easy-to-Read Version
"Today I am giving you a choice. You may choose the blessing or the curse.

George Lamsa Translation
Behold, I set before you this day blessings and curses;

Good News Translation
"Today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse—

Literal Translation
Behold! I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, I laye before you this daye the blessynge and the curse.

American Standard Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Bible in Basic English
Today I put before you a blessing and a curse:

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, I set before you this day, a blessing and a curse:

JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

King James Version (1611)
Behold, I set before you this day, a blessing and a curse:

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, I set before you this day the blessing and the curse;

English Revised Version
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse;

Berean Standard Bible
See, today I am setting before you a blessing and a curse-

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! Y sette forth in youre siyt to day blissyng and cursyng;

Young's Literal Translation
`See, I am setting before you to-day a blessing and a reviling:

Update Bible Version
Look, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

World English Bible
Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

New King James Version
"Behold, I set before you today a blessing and a curse:

New Living Translation
"Look, today I am giving you the choice between a blessing and a curse!

New Life Bible
"See, I am putting in front of you today good and a curse.

New Revised Standard
See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
See! I am setting before you to-day, - a blessing, and a curse:

Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold I set forth in your sight this day a blessing and a curse:

Revised Standard Version
"Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse:

THE MESSAGE
I've brought you today to the crossroads of Blessing and Curse.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse:

Contextual Overview

²⁶ You have a choice—do you want the Lord to bless you, or do you want him to put a curse on you? ²⁷ Today I am giving you his laws, and if you obey him, he will bless you. ²⁸ But if you disobey him and worship those gods that have never done anything for you, the Lord will put a curse on you. ²⁹ After the Lord your God helps you take the land, you must have a ceremony where you announce his blessings from Mount Gerizim and his curses from Mount Ebal. ³⁰ You know that these two mountains are west of the Jordan River in land now controlled by the Canaanites living in the Jordan River valley. The mountains are west of the road near the sacred trees of Moreh on the other side of Gilgal. ³¹ Soon you will cross the Jordan River to conquer the land that the Lord your God is giving you. And when you have settled there, ³² be careful to obey his laws and teachings that I am giving you today.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 30:1, Deuteronomy 30:15-20, Galatians 3:10, Galatians 3:13, Galatians 3:14

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 27:12 - upon mount Gerizim Deuteronomy 28:14 - thou shalt Deuteronomy 30:19 - that I have Jeremiah 11:7 - in the Jeremiah 21:8 - I set Jeremiah 42:21 - I have Mark 11:14 - No

Cross-References

Genesis 11:5
But when the Lord came down to look at the city and the tower,

Genesis 11:20
When Reu was thirty-two he had a son named Serug.

Genesis 11:24
When Nahor was twenty-nine, he had a son named Terah.

Genesis 11:26
After Terah was seventy years old, he had three sons: Abram, Nahor, and Haran, who became the father of Lot. Terah's sons were born in the city of Ur in Chaldea, and Haran died there before the death of his father. The following is the story of Terah's descendants.

Joshua 24:2
Then Joshua told everyone to listen to this message from the Lord , the God of Israel: Long ago your ancestors lived on the other side of the Euphrates River, and they worshiped other gods. This continued until the time of your ancestor Terah and his two sons, Abraham and Nahor.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, I set before you this day a blessing and a curse,.... Meaning the law of God, and the statutes, judgments, and commandments of it; which, if obeyed, blessings would be bestowed upon them; but if disobeyed, they would be liable to the curses of it, as the following words explain it; see Deuteronomy 30:15 everyone of the Israelites were called upon to see and consider this matter, it being an interesting one to them all.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 11:26. Behold, I set before you - a blessing and a curse — If God had not put it in the power of this people either to obey or disobey; if they had not had a free will, over which they had complete authority, to use it either in the way of willing or nilling; could God, with any propriety, have given such precepts as these, sanctioned with such promises and threatenings? If they were not free agents, they could not be punished for disobedience, nor could they, in any sense of the word, have been rewardable for obedience. A STONE is not rewardable because, in obedience to the laws of gravitation, it always tends to the centre; nor is it punishable be cause, in being removed from that centre, in its tending or falling towards it again it takes away the life of a man.

That God has given man a free, self - determining WILL, which cannot be forced by any power but that which is omnipotent, and which God himself never will force, is declared in the most formal manner through the whole of the sacred writings. No argument can affect this, while the Bible is considered as a Divine revelation; no sophistry can explain away its evidence, as long as the accountableness of man for his conduct is admitted, and as long as the eternal bounds of moral good and evil remain, and the essential distinctions between vice and virtue exist. If ye will obey, (for God is ever ready to assist,) ye shall live; if ye will disobey and refuse that help, ye shall die. So hath Jehovah spoken, and man cannot reverse it.