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English Standard Version

Deuteronomy 29:14

It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant,

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Covenant;   Government;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Life;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Covenant;   Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Stranger;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Israel, Israelite;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gomorrha;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Government of the Hebrews;  

Encyclopedias:

- The Jewish Encyclopedia - Transmigration of Souls;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
Hebrew Names Version
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
King James Version
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
Lexham English Bible
"Now I am not making this covenant and this oath with you alone.
New Century Version
But I am not just making this agreement and its promises with you
New English Translation
It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant by oath,
Amplified Bible
"It is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,
New American Standard Bible
"Now it is not with you alone that I am making this covenant and this oath,
Geneva Bible (1587)
Neither make I this couenant, & this othe with you onely,
Legacy Standard Bible
"Now not with you alone am I cutting this covenant and this oath,
Complete Jewish Bible
Rather, I am making it both with him who is standing here with us today before Adonai our God and also with him who is not here with us today.
Darby Translation
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
Easy-to-Read Version
The Lord is making this agreement with its promises with you people, but not only with you.
George Lamsa Translation
Neither is it with you only that I do make this covenant and this oath;
Good News Translation
You are not the only ones with whom the Lord is making this covenant with its obligations.
Literal Translation
And I am not making this covenant and this oath with you alone,
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For I make not this couenaunt and this ooth with you onely,
American Standard Version
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
Bible in Basic English
And not with you only do I make this agreement and this oath;
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I make not this bonde and this othe with you only:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
but with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day--
King James Version (1611)
Neither with you onely doe I make this couenant and this othe:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I do not appoint to you alone this covenant and this oath;
English Revised Version
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
Berean Standard Bible
I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And not to you aloone Y smyte this loond of pees, and conferme these othis,
Young's Literal Translation
`And not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath;
Update Bible Version
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
Webster's Bible Translation
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath;
World English Bible
Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath,
New King James Version
"I make this covenant and this oath, not with you alone,
New Living Translation
"But you are not the only ones with whom I am making this covenant with its curses.
New Life Bible
"I am not making this agreement and this promise with you alone.
New Revised Standard
I am making this covenant, sworn by an oath, not only with you who stand here with us today before the Lord our God,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And not with you alone, am I solemnising this covenant and this oath;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither with you only do I make this covenant, and confirm these oaths,
Revised Standard Version
Nor is it with you only that I make this sworn covenant,
THE MESSAGE
I'm not making this Covenant and its oath with you alone. I am making it with you who are standing here today in the Presence of God , our God, yes, but also with those who are not here today. You know the conditions in which we lived in Egypt and how we crisscrossed through nations in our travels. You got an eyeful of their obscenities, their wood and stone, silver and gold junk-gods. Don't let down your guard lest even now, today, someone—man or woman, clan or tribe—gets sidetracked from God , our God, and gets involved with the no-gods of the nations; lest some poisonous weed sprout and spread among you, a person who hears the words of the Covenant-oath but exempts himself, thinking, "I'll live just the way I please, thank you," and ends up ruining life for everybody. God won't let him off the hook. God 's anger and jealousy will erupt like a volcano against that person. The curses written in this book will bury him. God will delete his name from the records. God will separate him out from all the tribes of Israel for special punishment, according to all the curses of the Covenant written in this Book of Revelation.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Now not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath,

Contextual Overview

10 "You are standing today, all of you, before the Lord your God: the heads of your tribes, your elders, and your officers, all the men of Israel, 11 your little ones, your wives, and the sojourner who is in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water, 12 so that you may enter into the sworn covenant of the Lord your God, which the Lord your God is making with you today, 13 that he may establish you today as his people, and that he may be your God, as he promised you, and as he swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 It is not with you alone that I am making this sworn covenant, 15 but with whoever is standing here with us today before the Lord our God, and with whoever is not here with us today. 16 "You know how we lived in the land of Egypt, and how we came through the midst of the nations through which you passed. 17 And you have seen their detestable things, their idols of wood and stone, of silver and gold, which were among them. 18 Beware lest there be among you a man or woman or clan or tribe whose heart is turning away today from the Lord our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Beware lest there be among you a root bearing poisonous and bitter fruit, 19 one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.' This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 31:31-34, Hebrews 8:7-12

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 29:12 - into his oath Esther 9:27 - and upon their seed

Cross-References

Genesis 2:23
Then the man said, "This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man."
Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "Let there be no strife between you and me, and between your herdsmen and my herdsmen, for we are kinsmen.
Genesis 29:12
And Jacob told Rachel that he was her father's kinsman, and that he was Rebekah's son, and she ran and told her father.
Genesis 29:13
As soon as Laban heard the news about Jacob, his sister's son, he ran to meet him and embraced him and kissed him and brought him to his house. Jacob told Laban all these things,
Genesis 29:15
Then Laban said to Jacob, "Because you are my kinsman, should you therefore serve me for nothing? Tell me, what shall your wages be?"
Judges 9:2
"Say in the ears of all the leaders of Shechem, ‘Which is better for you, that all seventy of the sons of Jerubbaal rule over you, or that one rule over you?' Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh."
2 Samuel 5:1
Then all the tribes of Israel came to David at Hebron and said, "Behold, we are your bone and flesh.
Micah 7:5
Put no trust in a neighbor; have no confidence in a friend; guard the doors of your mouth from her who lies in your arms;
Ephesians 5:30
because we are members of his body.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Neither with you only do I make this covenant and this oath. That is, Moses; for he was ordered to make this covenant with them in the name of the Lord; what promises of good things, or declarations of his mind and will, God would make, Moses was to deliver to them; and what was required of them he would inform them of. Aben Ezra interprets it, not only you, but those that will come after you, your sons and your sons' sons.


 
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