Ulangan 11:2

11:2 Bear in mind today that I am not speaking ¹  to your children who have not personally experienced the judgments ²  of the Lord your God, which revealed ³  his greatness, strength, and power. ⁴ 

Ulangan 20:20

20:20 However, you may chop down any tree you know is not suitable for food, ⁵  and you may use it to build siege works ⁶  against the city that is making war with you until that city falls.

Ulangan 29:19

29:19 When such a person ⁷  hears the words of this oath he secretly ⁸  blesses himself ⁹  and says, “I will have peace though I continue to walk with a stubborn spirit.” ¹⁰  This will destroy ¹¹  the watered ground with the parched. ¹² 

Ulangan 31:13

31:13 Then their children, who have not known this law, ¹³  will also hear about and learn to fear the Lord your God for as long as you live in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”

Ulangan 32:42

32:42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,

and my sword will devour flesh –

the blood of the slaughtered and captured,

the chief ¹⁴  of the enemy’s leaders!’”

[11:2]  ¹ tn Heb “that not.” The words “I am speaking” have been supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.

[11:2]  ² tn Heb “who have not known and who have not seen the discipline of the Lord.” The collocation of the verbs “know” and “see” indicates that personal experience (knowing by seeing) is in view. The term translated “discipline” (KJV, ASV “chastisement”) may also be rendered “instruction,” but vv. 2b-6 indicate that the referent of the term is the various acts of divine judgment the Israelites had witnessed.

[11:2]  ³ tn The words “which revealed” have been supplied in the translation to show the logical relationship between the terms that follow and the divine judgments. In the Hebrew text the former are in apposition to the latter.

[11:2]  ⁴ tn Heb “his strong hand and his stretched-out arm.”

[20:20]  ⁵ tn Heb “however, a tree which you know is not a tree for food you may destroy and cut down.”

[20:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “[an] enclosure.” The term מָצוֹר (matsor) may refer to encircling ditches or to surrounding stagings. See R. de Vaux, Ancient Israel, 238.

[29:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the subject of the warning in v. 18) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[29:19]  ⁸ tn Heb “in his heart.”

[29:19]  ⁹ tn Or “invokes a blessing on himself.” A formalized word of blessing is in view, the content of which appears later in the verse.

[29:19]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “heart.”

[29:19]  ¹¹ tn Heb “thus destroying.” For stylistic reasons the translation begins a new sentence here.

[29:19]  ¹² tn Heb “the watered with the parched.” The word “ground” is implied. The exact meaning of the phrase is uncertain although it appears to be figurative. This appears to be a proverbial observation employing a figure of speech (a merism) suggesting totality. That is, the Israelite who violates the letter and even spirit of the covenant will harm not only himself but everything he touches – “the watered and the parched.” Cf. CEV “you will cause the rest of Israel to be punished along with you.”

[31:13]  ¹³ tn The phrase “this law” is not in the Hebrew text, but English style requires an object for the verb here. Other translations also supply the object which is otherwise implicit (cf. NIV “who do not know this law”; TEV “who have never heard the Law of the Lord your God”).

[32:42]  ¹⁴ tn Or “head” (the same Hebrew word can mean “head” in the sense of “leader, chieftain” or “head” in the sense of body part).