Deuteronomy 30:13 (YLT)

Passage

And it <FI>is<Fi> not beyond the sea, --saying, Who doth pass over for us beyond the sea, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it--that we may do it?

Nearby Context

Deuteronomy 30:11 `For this command which I am commanding thee to-day, it is not too wonderful for thee, nor <FI>is<Fi> it far off.

Deuteronomy 30:12 It is not in the heavens, --saying, Who doth go up for us into the heavens, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it--that we may do it.

Deuteronomy 30:13 And it <FI>is<Fi> not beyond the sea, --saying, Who doth pass over for us beyond the sea, and doth take it for us, and doth cause us to hear it--that we may do it?

Deuteronomy 30:14 For very near unto thee is the word, in thy mouth, and in thy heart--to do it.

Deuteronomy 30:15 `See, I have set before thee to-day life and good, and death and evil,

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "beyond", "saying", "doth", "pass", "over", and "take". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "beyond" and "saying", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 12's "It is not in the heavens saying..." into verse 14's "For very near unto thee is the...", so "beyond" and "saying" belong inside that flow. In Deuteronomy context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "beyond" and "saying" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.