Deuteronomy 31
- 1And Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
- 2And he said to them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day. I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.
- 3The Lord your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the Lord has said.
- 4And the Lord shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.
- 5And the Lord shall give them up before your face, that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.
- 6Be strong and of a good courage, do not fear, or be afraid of them. For the Lord your God, he it is that does go with you. He will not fail you, or abandon you.
- 7And Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage. For you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them. You shall cause them to inherit it.
- 8And the Lord, he it is that does go before you. He will be with you, he will not fail you, neither abandon you: do not fear, neither be terrified.
- 9And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, which bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
- 10And Moses commanded them, saying, At the end of every seven years, in the solemnity of the year of release, in the feast of tabernacles,
- 11When all Israel has come to appear before the Lord your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
- 12Gather the people together, men and women, and children, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
- 13And that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it.
- 14And the Lord said to Moses, Your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
- 15And the Lord appeared in the tabernacle in a pillar of a cloud: and the pillar of the cloud stood over the door of the tabernacle.
- 16And the Lord said to Moses, You shall sleep with your fathers. And this people will rise up, and chase after the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and will abandon me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
- 17Then my anger shall burn against them in that day, and I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall happen to them. So that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come on us, because our God is not among us?
- 18And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
- 19Now therefore write this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
- 20For when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey. They shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat. Then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
- 21And when many evils and troubles are happened to them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness. For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants. For I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
- 22Moses therefore wrote this song the same day, and taught it the children of Israel.
- 23And he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage. For you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
- 24When Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
- 25That Moses commanded the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
- 26Take this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
- 27For I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the Lord, and how much more after my death?
- 28Gather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
- 29For I know that after my death you will completely corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. Evil will happen to you in the latter days. Because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
- 30And Moses spoke in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Deuteronomy 31 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd Moses went and spake these words unto all Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.
KJVAnd he said unto them, I am an hundred and twenty years old this day; I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord hath said unto me, Thou shalt not go over this Jordan.
GIGAKJVAnd he said to them, I am a hundred and twenty years old this day. I can no more go out and come in: also the Lord has said to me, You shall not go over this Jordan.
KJVThe Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said.
GIGAKJVThe Lord your God, he will go over before you, and he will destroy these nations from before you, and you shall possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before you, as the Lord has said.
KJVAnd the Lord shall do unto them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and unto the land of them, whom he destroyed.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord shall do to them as he did to Sihon and to Og, kings of the Amorites, and to their land, when he destroyed them.
KJVAnd the Lord shall give them up before your face, that ye may do unto them according unto all the commandments which I have commanded you.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord shall give them up before your face, that you may do to them according to all the commandments which I have commanded you.
KJVBe strong and of a good courage, fear not, nor be afraid of them: for the Lord thy God, he it is that doth go with thee; he will not fail thee, nor forsake thee.
GIGAKJVBe strong and of a good courage, do not fear, or be afraid of them. For the Lord your God, he it is that does go with you. He will not fail you, or abandon you.
KJVAnd Moses called unto Joshua, and said unto him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou must go with this people unto the land which the Lord hath sworn unto their fathers to give them; and thou shalt cause them to inherit it.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses called to Joshua, and said to him in the sight of all Israel, Be strong and of a good courage. For you must go with this people to the land which the Lord has sworn to their fathers to give them. You shall cause them to inherit it.
KJVAnd the Lord, he it is that doth go before thee; he will be with thee, he will not fail thee, neither forsake thee: fear not, neither be dismayed.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord, he it is that does go before you. He will be with you, he will not fail you, neither abandon you: do not fear, neither be terrified.
KJVAnd Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, which bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
KJVWhen all Israel is come to appear before the Lord thy God in the place which he shall choose, thou shalt read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
GIGAKJVWhen all Israel has come to appear before the Lord your God in the place which he shall choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.
KJVGather the people together, men and women, and children, and thy stranger that is within thy gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
GIGAKJVGather the people together, men and women, and children, and your foreigner who is within your gates, that they may hear, and that they may learn, and fear the Lord your God, and observe to do all the words of this law:
KJVAnd that their children, which have not known any thing, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as ye live in the land whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
GIGAKJVAnd that their children, who have not known anything, may hear, and learn to fear the Lord your God, as long as you live in the land where you go over Jordan to possess it.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thy days approach that thou must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to Moses, Your days approach that you must die: call Joshua, and present yourselves in the tabernacle of the congregation, that I may give him a charge. And Moses and Joshua went, and presented themselves in the tabernacle of the congregation.
KJVAnd the Lord said unto Moses, Behold, thou shalt sleep with thy fathers; and this people will rise up, and go a whoring after the gods of the strangers of the land, whither they go to be among them, and will forsake me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
GIGAKJVAnd the Lord said to Moses, You shall sleep with your fathers. And this people will rise up, and chase after the gods of the foreigners of the land, where they go to be among them, and will abandon me, and break my covenant which I have made with them.
KJVThen my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God is not among us?
GIGAKJVThen my anger shall burn against them in that day, and I will abandon them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall happen to them. So that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come on us, because our God is not among us?
KJVAnd I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
GIGAKJVAnd I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.
KJVNow therefore write ye this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
GIGAKJVNow therefore write this song for you, and teach it the children of Israel: put it in their mouths, that this song may be a witness for me against the children of Israel.
KJVFor when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
GIGAKJVFor when I shall have brought them into the land which I swore to their fathers, that flows with milk and honey. They shall have eaten and filled themselves, and grown fat. Then they will turn to other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.
KJVAnd it shall come to pass, when many evils and troubles are befallen them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness; for it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their seed: for I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I sware.
GIGAKJVAnd when many evils and troubles are happened to them, that this song shall testify against them as a witness. For it shall not be forgotten out of the mouths of their descendants. For I know their imagination which they go about, even now, before I have brought them into the land which I swore.
KJVAnd he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage: for thou shalt bring the children of Israel into the land which I sware unto them: and I will be with thee.
GIGAKJVAnd he gave Joshua the son of Nun a charge, and said, Be strong and of a good courage. For you shall bring the children of Israel into the land which I swore to them: and I will be with you.
KJVAnd it came to pass, when Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
GIGAKJVWhen Moses had made an end of writing the words of this law in a book, until they were finished,
KJVThat Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
GIGAKJVThat Moses commanded the Levites, which bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
KJVTake this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against thee.
GIGAKJVTake this book of the law, and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.
KJVFor I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?
GIGAKJVFor I know your rebellion, and your stiff neck: while I am yet alive with you this day, you have been rebellious against the Lord, and how much more after my death?
KJVGather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
GIGAKJVGather to me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
KJVFor I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
GIGAKJVFor I know that after my death you will completely corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you. Evil will happen to you in the latter days. Because you will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
KJVAnd Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
GIGAKJVAnd Moses spoke in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words of this song, until they were ended.
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