I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
KJV
Hebrew original
הַעִידֹ֨תִי בָ/כֶ֣ם הַ/יּוֹם֮ אֶת הַ/שָּׁמַ֣יִם וְ/אֶת הָ/אָרֶץ֒ הַ/חַיִּ֤ים וְ/הַ/מָּ֨וֶת֙ נָתַ֣תִּי לְ/פָנֶ֔י/ךָ הַ/בְּרָכָ֖ה וְ/הַ/קְּלָלָ֑ה וּ/בָֽחַרְתָּ֙ בַּֽ/חַיִּ֔ים לְמַ֥עַן תִּחְיֶ֖ה אַתָּ֥ה וְ/זַרְעֶֽ/ךָ
Louis Segond 1910
J'en prends aujourd'hui à témoin contre vous le ciel et la terre: j'ai mis devant toi la vie et la mort, la bénédiction et la malédiction. Choisis la vie, afin que tu vives, toi et ta postérité,
KJV
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, [that] I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Philo Judaeus
De Posteritate Caini
ὲν οὖν κατὰ θεὸν ζῆν ἐν τῷ ἀγαπᾶν αὐτὸν ὁρίζεται Μωυσῆς· λέγει γὰρ ὅτι ἡ ζωή σου τὸ ἀγαπᾶν τὸν ὄντα (Deut. 30, 19. 20). τοῦ δ’ ἐναντίου βίου παράδειγμα τίθεται τὸν ἐπιτυχόντα τοῦ κλήρου τράγον· „στήσει γὰρ αὐτὸν“ φησί „ζῶντα ἐναντίον κυρίου τοῦ ἐξιλάσασθαι ἐπ’ αὐτοῦ, ὥστε ἐξαποστ…
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