Deuteronomy 30:14

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

For the thing is very near you– it is in your mouth and in your mind so that you can do it.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּֽי־קָר֥וֹב אֵלֶ֛יךָ הַדָּבָ֖ר מְאֹ֑ד בְּפִ֥יךָ וּבִֽלְבָבְךָ֖ לַעֲשֹׂתֽוֹ

Transliteration

But kî-qārôb unto you the dābār very much, in your pîkā and in your bilbābəkā to laʿăśōtô

Grammar Details

• *kî-qārôb*: conjunction + adjective, masculine singular - for near/close
• *dābār*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the word/thing/matter
• *pîkā*: masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your mouth
• *bilbābəkā*: preposition + masculine singular noun with 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your heart
• *laʿăśōtô*: preposition + qal infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to do it

Word Meanings

• *qārôb*: near/close/at hand
• *dābār*: word/matter/thing/command
• *pîkā*: your mouth/speech
• *bilbābəkā*: in your heart/mind/inner self
• *laʿăśōtô*: to do it/perform it/carry it out

Referenced Verses

• Rom 10:8-9 : 8 But what does it say?“The word is near you, in your mouth and in your heart”(that is, the word of faith that we preach), 9 because if you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. 10 For with the heart one believes and thus has righteousness and with the mouth one confesses and thus has salvation.
• Jer 12:2 : 2 You plant them like trees and they put down their roots. They grow prosperous and are very fruitful. They always talk about you, but they really care nothing about you.
• Ezek 2:5 : 5 And as for them, whether they listen or not– for they are a rebellious house– they will know that a prophet has been among them.
• Ezek 33:31 : 31 They come to you in crowds, and they sit in front of you as my people. They hear your words, but do not obey them. For they talk lustfully, and their heart is set on their own advantage.
• Ezek 33:33 : 33 When all this comes true– and it certainly will– then they will know that a prophet was among them.”
• Luke 10:11-12 : 11 ‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this: The kingdom of God has come.’ 12 I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town!
• John 5:46 : 46 If you believed Moses, you would believe me, because he wrote about me.
• Acts 13:26 : 26 Brothers, descendants of Abraham’s family, and those Gentiles among you who fear God, the message of this salvation has been sent to us.
• Acts 13:38-41 : 38 Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through this one forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you, 39 and by this one everyone who believes is justified from everything from which the law of Moses could not justify you. 40 Watch out, then, that what is spoken about by the prophets does not happen to you: 41 ‘Look, you scoffers; be amazed and perish! For I am doing a work in your days, a work you would never believe, even if someone tells you.’”
• Acts 28:23-28 : 23 They set a day to meet with him, and they came to him where he was staying in even greater numbers. From morning until evening he explained things to them, testifying about the kingdom of God and trying to convince them about Jesus from both the law of Moses and the prophets. 24 Some were convinced by what he said, but others refused to believe. 25 So they began to leave, unable to agree among themselves, after Paul made one last statement:“The Holy Spirit spoke rightly to your ancestors through the prophet Isaiah 26 when he said,‘Go to this people and say,“You will keep on hearing, but will never understand, and you will keep on looking, but will never perceive. 27 For the heart of this people has become dull, and their ears are hard of hearing, and they have closed their eyes, so that they would not see with their eyes and hear with their ears and understand with their heart and turn, and I would heal them.”’ 28 “Therefore be advised that this salvation from God has been sent to the Gentiles; they will listen!”
• Matt 7:21 : 21 Judgment of Pretenders“Not everyone who says to me,‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter into the kingdom of heaven– only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven.
• Heb 2:1-3 : 1 Warning Against Drifting Away Therefore we must pay closer attention to what we have heard, so that we do not drift away. 2 For if the message spoken through angels proved to be so firm that every violation or disobedience received its just penalty, 3 how will we escape if we neglect such a great salvation? It was first communicated through the Lord and was confirmed to us by those who heard him,