Deuteronomy 5 · Verse 10

Deuteronomy 5:10

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Deuteronomy 5:10, King James Version

Deuteronomy 5:10 in other translations

BSBbut showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.
WEBand showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
ASVand showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
YLTand doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands.
DARBYand shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
BBEAnd I will have mercy through a thousand generations on those who have love for me and keep my laws.
WebsterAnd showing mercy to thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

What does Deuteronomy 5:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 5:6-20

6-20. I am the Lord thy God--The word "Lord" is expressive of authority or dominion; and God, who by natural claim as well as by covenant relation was entitled to exercise supremacy over His people Israel, had a sovereign right to establish laws for their government. [See on Ex 20:2.] The commandments which follow are, with a few slight verbal alterations, the same as formerly recorded (Ex 20:1-17), and in some of…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 5:6-22

There is some variation here from Ex 20 as between the Lord's prayer in Mt 6 and Lu 11. It is more necessary that we tie ourselves to the things, than to the words unalterably. The original reason for hallowing the sabbath, taken from God's resting from the work of creation on the seventh day, is not here mentioned. Though this ever remains in force, it is not the only reason. Here it is taken from Israel's…

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Deuteronomy 5:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂהve.'O.sehand [who] doesH6213
חֶ֖֙סֶד֙che.sedcovenant loyaltyH2617
לַֽאֲלָפִ֑֔יםla.'a.la.Fimto thousandsH505
לְאֹהֲבַ֖יle.'o.ha.Vaiof [those who] love meH157
וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥יu.le.sho.me.Reiand of [those who] keepH8104
מִצְוֹתָֽי\׃\ \סmitz.vo.icommandments myH4687

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 5:10

  • Romans 8:28

    And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.

  • 1 John 1:7

    But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.

  • Jeremiah 32:18

    Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the Lord of hosts, is his name,

  • John 15:14

    Ye are my friends, if ye do whatsoever I command you.

  • Daniel 9:4

    And I prayed unto the Lord my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;

  • Deuteronomy 6:5-6

    And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy might. And these words, which I command thee this day, shall be in thine heart:

  • Matthew 7:21-27

    Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock: …

  • James 1:25

    But whoso looketh into the perfect law of liberty, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful hearer, but a doer of the work, this man shall be blessed in his deed.

  • Galatians 5:6

    For in Jesus Christ neither circumcision availeth any thing, nor uncircumcision; but faith which worketh by love.

  • John 14:15

    If ye love me, keep my commandments.

  • Isaiah 1:16-19

    Wash you, make you clean; put away the evil of your doings from before mine eyes; cease to do evil; Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow. Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. If ye be willing and obedient, ye shall eat the good of the land:

  • John 14:21-23

    He that hath my commandments, and keepeth them, he it is that loveth me: and he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father, and I will love him, and will manifest myself to him. Judas saith unto him, not Iscariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt manifest thyself unto us, and not unto the world? Jesus answered and said unto him, If a man love me, he will keep my words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our abode with him.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
shewing.
Isa 1:16-19; Jer 32:18; Da 9:4; Mt 7:21-27; Ga 5:6; 1Jo 1:7
love me.
6:5,6; 10:12,13; Joh 14:15,21-23; 15:14; Ro 8:28; Jas 1:25
1Jo 5:2,3

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 5:9

    Thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me,

  • Deuteronomy 5:10

    And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

  • Deuteronomy 5:11

    Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

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Deuteronomy 5:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y que hago misericordia á millares á los que me aman, y guardan mis mandamientos.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et qui use de bonté envers des milliers de ceux qui m’aiment et qui gardent mes commandements.
German
Elberfelder 1871
und der Güte erweist, auf Tausende hin, an denen, die mich lieben und meine Gebote beobachten. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et faciens misericordiam in multa millia diligentibus me, et custodientibus præcepta mea.