Catholic Public Domain Version
"This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away. "
— Deuteronomy 30:11, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.”
“For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not too hard for thee, neither is it far off. ”
“For this commandment which I command you this day, it is not too hard for you, neither is it far off.”
“Exhortation to Covenant Obedience“This commandment I am giving you today is not too difficult for you, nor is it too remote.”
“This commandment, that I command thee this day is not above thee, nor far off from thee:”
“For these orders which I have given you today are not strange and secret, and are not far away.”
“For this commandment which I command thee this day, it is not hidden from thee, neither is it far off.”
But you shall return, and you shall listen to the voice of the Lord your God. And you shall carry out all the commandments which I am entrusting to you this day.
And the Lord your God will cause you to abound in all the works of your hands, in the progeny of your womb, and in the fruit of your cattle, in the fertility of your land, and with an abundance of all things. For the Lord will return, so that he may rejoice over you in all good things, just as he rejoiced in your fathers:
but only if you will listen to the voice of the Lord your God, and keep his precepts and ceremonies, which have been written in this law, and only if you return to the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.
This commandment, which I entrust to you today, is not high above you, nor has it been placed far away.
Nor is it in heaven, so that you would be able to say, ‘Which of us can ascend to heaven, so as to carry it back to us, and so that we may hear it and fulfill it in deed?’
Nor is it beyond the sea, so that you would excuse yourself by saying, ‘Which of us is able to cross the sea, and to carry it back to us, so that we may be able to hear and to do what has been instructed?’
Instead, the word is near to you, in your mouth and in your heart, so that you may do it.