For this commandment which I command you today is not too hard for you or too distant.
Parallel translations
- KJV For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.
- BSB For this commandment I give you today is not too difficult for you or beyond your reach.
- NKJV “For this commandment which I command you today is not too mysterious for you, nor is it far off.
- NASB “For this commandment which I am commanding you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it far away.
- NLT “This command I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, and it is not beyond your reach.
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Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- Isa 45:19I have not spoken in secret, in a place of the land of darkness. I didn’t say to the offspring of Jacob, ‘Seek me in vain.’ I, Yahweh, speak righteousness. I declare things that are right.
- Ps 147:19–20He shows his word to Jacob; his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Rom 16:25–26—
- Col 1:26–27the mystery which has been hidden for ages and generations. But now it has been revealed to his saints,
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