Deuteronomy 30:9

30:9 The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands abundantly successful and multiply your children, the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord your God will once more rejoice over you to make you prosperous just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

Deuteronomy 30:20

30:20 I also call on you to love the Lord your God, to obey him and be loyal to him, for he gives you life and enables you to live continually in the land the Lord promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.”


tc The MT reads “hand” (singular). Most versions read the plural.

tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV); NRSV “of your body.”

tn Heb “return and.” The Hebrew verb is used idiomatically here to indicate the repetition of the following action.

tn The Hebrew text includes “for good.”

tn The words “I also call on you” are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons. In the Hebrew text vv. 19-20 are one long sentence, which the translation divides into two.

tn Heb “he is your life and the length of your days to live.”