Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Deuteronomy 32:40 in other translations
| BSB | For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever, |
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| WEB | For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever, |
| ASV | For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever, |
| YLT | For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live--to the age! |
| DARBY | For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever! |
| BBE | For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life, |
| Webster | For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. |
What does Deuteronomy 32:40 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:39-43
This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror indeed to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revealed from heaven against them. 3. It speaks comfort to his own people. The song concludes with words of joy. Whatever judgments are brought upon sinners, it shall go well with the people of God.
Deuteronomy 32:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:40
- Hebrews 6:17-18
Wherein God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Genesis 14:22
And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lift up mine hand unto the Lord, the most high God, the possessor of heaven and earth,
- Revelation 10:5-6
And the angel which I saw stand upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his hand to heaven, And sware by him that liveth for ever and ever, who created heaven, and the things that therein are, and the earth, and the things that therein are, and the sea, and the things which are therein, that there should be time no longer:
- Jeremiah 4:2
And thou shalt swear, The Lord liveth, in truth, in judgment, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
- Numbers 14:28-30
Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith the Lord, as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you: Your carcases shall fall in this wilderness; and all that were numbered of you, according to your whole number, from twenty years old and upward, which have murmured against me, Doubtless ye shall not come into the land, concerning which I sware to make you dwell therein, save Caleb the son of Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
- Exodus 6:8
And I will bring you in unto the land, concerning the which I did swear to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for an heritage: I am the Lord.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.
- Deuteronomy 32:40
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
- Deuteronomy 32:41
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Deuteronomy 32:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Cuando yo alzaré á los cielos mi mano, y diré: Vivo yo para siempre, |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car je lève ma main aux cieux, et je dis: Je vis éternellement. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn ich erhebe zum Himmel meine Hand und spreche: Ich lebe ewiglich! |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Levabo ad cælum manum meam, et dicam: Vivo ego in æternum. |