Deuteronomy 11:7

11:7 I am speaking to you ¹  because you are the ones who saw all the great deeds of the Lord!

Deuteronomy 4:28

4:28 There you will worship gods made by human hands – wood and stone that can neither see, hear, eat, nor smell.

Deuteronomy 27:15

27:15 ‘Cursed is the one ²  who makes a carved or metal image – something abhorrent ³  to the Lord, the work of the craftsman ⁴  – and sets it up in a secret place.’ Then all the people will say, ‘Amen!’ ⁵ 

Deuteronomy 2:7

2:7 All along the way I, the Lord your God, ⁶  have blessed your every effort. ⁷  I have ⁸  been attentive to ⁹  your travels through this great wasteland. These forty years I have ¹⁰  been with you; you have lacked for nothing.’”

Deuteronomy 14:29

14:29 Then the Levites (because they have no allotment or inheritance with you), the resident foreigners, the orphans, and the widows of your villages may come and eat their fill so that the Lord your God may bless you in all the work you do.

Deuteronomy 16:15

16:15 You are to celebrate the festival seven days before the Lord your God in the place he ¹¹  chooses, for he ¹²  will bless you in all your productivity and in whatever you do; ¹³  so you will indeed rejoice!

Deuteronomy 24:19

24:19 Whenever you reap your harvest in your field and leave some unraked grain there, ¹⁴  you must not return to get it; it should go to the resident foreigner, orphan, and widow so that the Lord your God may bless all the work you do. ¹⁵ 

Deuteronomy 28:12

28:12 The Lord will open for you his good treasure house, the heavens, to give you rain for the land in its season and to bless all you do; ¹⁶  you will lend to many nations but you will not borrow from any.

Deuteronomy 30:9

30:9 The Lord your God will make the labor of your hands ¹⁷  abundantly successful and multiply your children, ¹⁸  the offspring of your cattle, and the produce of your soil. For the Lord your God will once more ¹⁹  rejoice over you to make you prosperous ²⁰  just as he rejoiced over your ancestors,

[11:7]  ¹ tn On the addition of these words in the translation see note on “They did not see” in v. 3.

[27:15]  ² tn Heb “man,” but in a generic sense here.

[27:15]  ³ tn The Hebrew term translated here “abhorrent” (תּוֹעֵבָה, to’evah) speaks of attitudes and/or behaviors so vile as to be reprehensible to a holy God. See note on the word “abhorrent” in Deut 7:25.

[27:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “craftsman’s hands.”

[27:15]  ⁵ tn Or “So be it!” The term is an affirmation expressing agreement with the words of the Levites.

[2:7]  ³ tn The Hebrew text does not have the first person pronoun; it has been supplied for purposes of English style (the Lord is speaking here).

[2:7]  ⁴ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[2:7]  ⁵ tn Heb “he has.” This has been converted to first person in the translation in keeping with English style.

[2:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “known” (so ASV, NASB); NAB “been concerned about.”

[2:7]  ⁷ tn Heb “the Lord your God has.” This has been replaced in the translation by the first person pronoun (“I”) in keeping with English style.

[16:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “the Lord.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Lord your God.” See note on “he” in 16:1.

[16:15]  ⁶ tn Heb “in all the work of your hands” (so NASB, NIV); NAB, NRSV “in all your undertakings.”

[24:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “in the field.”

[24:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “of your hands.” This law was later applied in the story of Ruth who, as a poor widow, was allowed by generous Boaz to glean in his fields (Ruth 2:1-13).

[28:12]  ⁶ tn Heb “all the work of your hands.”

[30:9]  ⁷ tc The MT reads “hand” (singular). Most versions read the plural.

[30:9]  ⁸ tn Heb “the fruit of your womb” (so NAB, NIV); NRSV “of your body.”

[30:9]  ⁹ tn Heb “return and.” The Hebrew verb is used idiomatically here to indicate the repetition of the following action.

[30:9]  ¹⁰ tn The Hebrew text includes “for good.”