translation_id: net-engnet

book_id: DEU

label: NET translator note

text: Heb “the blessing and the curse.”


text: Heb “and you bring (them) back to your heart.”


text: Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV, NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT “children.”


text: Or “heart and soul” (also in vv. 6, 10 ).


text: Heb “according to all.”


text: Heb “the Lord your God.” The pronoun has been used in the translation for stylistic reasons to avoid redundancy.


text: Heb “are at the farthest edge of the heavens.” The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם ( shamayim ) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.


text: Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3 .


text: Heb “fathers” (also later in this verse and in vv. 9, 20 ).


text: Heb “circumcise” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV); TEV “will give you and your descendents obedient hearts.” See note on the word “cleanse” in Deut 10:16 .


text: Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).


text: Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I now enjoin on you.”


label: NET textual note

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


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


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


text: The Hebrew text includes “for good.”


text: Heb “to the Lord your God.” See note on the second occurrence of the word “he” in v. 3 .


text: Heb “commanding”; NAB “which I enjoin on you.”


text: Heb “heart.”


text: A number of LXX mss insert before this verse, “if you obey the commandments of the Lord your God,” thus translating אֲשֶׁר (’ asher ) as “which” and the rest as “I am commanding you today, to love,” etc., “then you will live,” etc.


text: Heb “which you are going there to possess it.” This has been simplified in the translation for stylistic reasons.


text: Heb “your heart,” as a metonymy for the person.


text: The Hebrew text uses the infinitive absolute for emphasis, which the translation indicates with “certainly.”


text: Heb “to go there to possess it.”


text: 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.


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