1599 Geneva Bible: “I Set Before You Life and Death"

Deuteronomy 30:16 In that I command thee this day, (i)to love the Lord thy God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandment, and His ordinances, and His laws, that thou mayest (ii)live, and be multiplied, and that the Lord thy God may bless thee in the land, whither thou goest to possess it.


i. So that to love and obey God, is only life and happiness.
ii. He adds these promises to show that it is for our good that we love Him, and not for His.


[The above quoted scripture and accompanying Troy-paraphrased notes are taken from the 1599 Geneva Bible. A version of this great Bible, with modern spelling, may be purchased from the following link]

1599 Geneva Bible: “God will Circumcise Your Heart"

Deuteronomy 30:6 And the Lord thy God will (i) circumcise thine heart, and the heart of thy seed, that thou mayest love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, that thou mayest live.

i. God will purge all thy wicked affections, and such a thing is not in our own power to do.



[The above quoted scripture and accompanying Troy-paraphrased notes are taken from the 1599 Geneva Bible. A version of this great Bible, with modern spelling, may be purchased from the following link]