Deuteronomy 31:28

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

'Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officials, so that I can speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to testify against them.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    Gather unto me all the elrs of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    Gather 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 witness against them.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    Gather 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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    Assemble 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 witness against them.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    Gather 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.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    Gather vnto me al the elders of youre trybes and youre officers, that I maye speake these wordes in their eares and call heaue ad erth to recorde agenst them.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Gather now vnto me all the Elders of youre trybes, and youre officers, yt I maye speake these wordes in their eares, and take heauen and earth to recorde agaynst them.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    Gather vnto me all the Elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their audience, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Gather vnto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speake these wordes in their eares, and call heauen and earth to recorde against them.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    Gather 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Assemble 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 witness against them.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `Assemble unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your authorities, and I speak in their ears these words, and cause to testify against them the heavens and the earth,

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Assemble 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 witness against them.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    Assemble 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 witness against them.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Get together before me all those who are in authority in your tribes, and your overseers, so that I may say these things in their hearing, and make heaven and earth my witnesses against them.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Assemble 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 witness against them.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Gather to me all your tribal elders and officials so I can speak to them directly about these things and call the heavens and the earth to witness against them.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely be quickly destroyed from the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not extend your days there but will be utterly destroyed.
  • Deut 32:1 : 1 Listen, heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
  • Deut 30:19 : 19 I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
  • Deut 31:12 : 12 Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully follow all the words of this law.
  • Isa 1:2 : 2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: "I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  • Luke 19:40 : 40 He answered, 'I tell you, if they were silent, the stones would cry out.'
  • Deut 29:10 : 10 Your children, your wives, and the resident foreigner who lives among your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water.
  • Gen 49:1-2 : 1 Then Jacob called for his sons and said, 'Gather together so that I may tell you what will happen to you in the days to come.' 2 'Assemble and listen, sons of Jacob; listen to Israel, your father.'
  • Exod 18:25 : 25 He chose capable men from all Israel and made them leaders of the people, officials over thousands, hundreds, fifties, and tens.
  • Num 11:16-17 : 16 The LORD said to Moses, 'Gather seventy men from the elders of Israel whom you know to be leaders of the people and their officials. Bring them to the Tent of Meeting, and have them stand there with you.' 17 I will come down and speak with you there, and I will take some of the Spirit that is on you and put it on them. They will help you bear the burden of the people, so that you do not have to bear it alone.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • Deut 31:25-27
    3 verses
    79%

    25he gave this command to the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD:

    26'Take this Book of the Law and place it beside the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God. There it will remain as a witness against you.

    27For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you have been rebellious against the LORD while I am still alive and with you, how much more will you rebel after my death!

  • Deut 31:29-30
    2 verses
    78%

    29For I know that after my death you are sure to become utterly corrupt and to turn from the way I have commanded you. In days to come, disaster will fall on you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD and arouse his anger by what your hands have made.'

    30And Moses recited the words of this song from beginning to end in the hearing of the whole assembly of Israel.

  • Deut 4:26
    78%

    26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will surely be quickly destroyed from the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not extend your days there but will be utterly destroyed.

  • Deut 30:18-20
    3 verses
    77%

    18I declare to you today that you shall surely perish and will not live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to enter and possess.

    19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Therefore, choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,

    20loving the LORD your God, obeying His voice, and holding fast to Him. For He is your life and the length of your days, that you may dwell in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers—to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob—to give them.

  • Deut 29:10
    76%

    10Your children, your wives, and the resident foreigner who lives among your camps, from the one who cuts your wood to the one who draws your water.

  • Deut 32:46
    75%

    46he said to them: Set your hearts on all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.

  • Josh 23:2
    75%

    2Joshua called all Israel together—its elders, leaders, judges, and officials—and said to them, 'I have grown old and am well along in years.'

  • Deut 27:1-2
    2 verses
    74%

    1Then Moses and the elders of Israel commanded the people, saying, 'Keep all the commandments that I am giving you today.'

    2On the day you cross the Jordan to the land that the LORD your God is giving you, set up large stones and coat them with plaster.

  • Josh 24:1
    74%

    1Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders of Israel, their leaders, judges, and officers, and they presented themselves before God.

  • Josh 23:14
    74%

    14Now behold, I am about to go the way of all the earth, and you know in your hearts and souls that not one word has failed of all the good promises the LORD your God gave you. All of them have been fulfilled for you; not one word has failed.

  • Deut 31:11-14
    4 verses
    73%

    11when all Israel comes to appear before the LORD your God at the place he will choose, you shall read this law before all Israel in their hearing.'

    12Assemble the people—men, women, children, and the foreigners residing in your towns—so they can listen and learn to fear the LORD your God and carefully follow all the words of this law.

    13And their children, who do not know it yet, will hear it and learn to fear the LORD your God as long as you live in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

    14The LORD said to Moses, 'Behold, the time of your death is near. Call Joshua and present yourselves at the tent of meeting so that I may commission him.' So Moses and Joshua went and stood at the tent of meeting.

  • Deut 30:1
    73%

    1When all these things come upon you—the blessing and the curse that I have set before you—and you call them to mind among all the nations where the LORD your God has driven you,

  • Deut 5:31
    73%

    31But as for you, stay here with Me, so that I may give you all the commands, decrees, and laws you are to teach them to follow in the land I am giving them to possess.

  • Exod 19:7
    73%

    7So Moses came and summoned the elders of the people. He set before them all the words that the LORD had commanded him.

  • Deut 1:18
    72%

    18At that time, I commanded you concerning all the things you were to do.

  • Deut 27:10-11
    2 verses
    72%

    10Obey the voice of the LORD your God and follow His commandments and statutes that I am giving you today.

    11That day Moses gave this command to the people:

  • Josh 24:27
    72%

    27And Joshua said to all the people, "See, this stone will serve as a witness against us. It has heard all the words the LORD has spoken to us. It will be a witness against you if you deny your God.

  • Deut 31:19
    72%

    19'Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites. Have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against the Israelites.'

  • Josh 8:33
    72%

    33All Israel, along with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the Lord, facing the Levitical priests who were carrying it. Both the sojourner and the native-born were present. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and the other half stood in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses, the servant of the Lord, had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.

  • Deut 5:1
    72%

    1Moses called all Israel together and said to them, "Listen, Israel, to the statutes and judgments that I am speaking to you today. Learn them and carefully follow them."

  • Deut 11:32
    72%

    32Be careful to keep all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

  • Deut 4:10
    72%

    10Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people for Me, and I will let them hear My words, so that they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and to teach them to their children.'

  • Deut 12:28
    72%

    28Be careful to obey all these words I command you, so that it may always go well with you and your children after you, because you will be doing what is good and right in the eyes of the Lord your God.

  • Deut 11:28-29
    2 verses
    72%

    28and the curse if you do not obey the commandments of the LORD your God but turn aside from the way I command you today by following other gods, which you have not known.

    29When the LORD your God brings you into the land you are entering to possess, you are to proclaim the blessing on Mount Gerizim and the curse on Mount Ebal.

  • Deut 29:1-2
    2 verses
    71%

    1Moses summoned all Israel and said to them, "You have seen all that the LORD did before your eyes in the land of Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land.

    2The great trials that your eyes saw, those signs and great wonders.

  • Num 32:28
    71%

    28So Moses gave orders about them to Eleazar the priest, Joshua son of Nun, and the leaders of the tribes of Israel.

  • Deut 31:9
    71%

    9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

  • Num 26:3
    71%

    3So Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke to them in the plains of Moab by the Jordan River near Jericho, saying,

  • Num 30:1
    71%

    1Moses said to the Israelites everything the LORD had commanded him.

  • 2 Chr 34:29
    71%

    29Then the king sent and gathered all the elders of Judah and Jerusalem.

  • Deut 11:26
    71%

    26See, I am setting before you today a blessing and a curse—

  • Deut 32:1
    71%

    1Listen, heavens, and I will speak; let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

  • Deut 27:14
    71%

    14Then the Levites shall declare to all the people of Israel in a loud voice:

  • Deut 31:21
    71%

    21And when many disasters and troubles have come upon them, this song will testify against them, for it will not be forgotten from the mouths of their descendants. For I know what they are inclined to do, even before I bring them into the land I swore to give them.

  • Deut 27:8
    71%

    8Write clearly all the words of this law on the stones you have set up.

  • Deut 8:1
    70%

    1Be meticulous in observing all the commandments that I am commanding you today, so that you may live, multiply, enter, and take possession of the land which the Lord swore to your fathers.

  • Deut 31:1
    70%

    1Moses went and spoke these words to all Israel.

  • Deut 11:17
    70%

    17Then the LORD’s anger will burn against you, and He will shut up the heavens so that there will be no rain, and the land will yield no produce. Then you will soon perish from the good land the LORD is giving you.