Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Deuteronomy 7:9 in other translations
| BSB | Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments. |
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| WEB | Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments, |
| ASV | Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations, |
| YLT | ‘And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He is God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands--to a thousand generations, |
| DARBY | And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that love him and keep his commandments; |
| BBE | Be certain, then, that the Lord your God is God; whose faith and mercy are unchanging, who keeps his word through a thousand generations to those who have love for him and keep his laws; |
| Webster | Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations: |
What does Deuteronomy 7:9 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:2-10
2-6. thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them--This relentless doom of extermination which God denounced against those tribes of Canaan cannot be reconciled with the attributes of the divine character, except on the assumption that their gross idolatry and enormous wickedness left no reasonable hope of their repentance and amendment. If they were to be swept away like…
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 7:1-11
Here is a strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those who are in communion with God, must have no communication with the unfruitful works of darkness. Limiting the orders to destroy, to the nations here mentioned, plainly shows that after ages were not to draw this into a precedent. A proper understanding of the evil of sin, and of the mystery of a crucified Saviour, will…
Deuteronomy 7:9 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 7:9
- Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- 2 Timothy 2:13
If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- 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;
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Nehemiah 1:5
And said, I beseech thee, O Lord God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 5:10
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- Exodus 20:6
And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Isaiah 49:7
Thus saith the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the Lord that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
- 2 Corinthians 1:18
But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 34:6,7; Ps 119:75; 146:6; Isa 49:7; La 3:23; 1Co 1:9; 10:3
2Co 1:18; 1Th 5:24; 2Th 3:3; 2Ti 2:13; Tit 1:2; Heb 6:18; 10:23
Heb 11:11; 1Jo 1:9
which keepeth.
5:10; Ge 17:7; Ex 20:6; Ne 1:5; Da 9:4; Ro 8:28; 1Co 8:3; Jas 1:12
a thousand.
1Ch 16:15
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Context
- Deuteronomy 7:8
But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
- Deuteronomy 7:10
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Deuteronomy 7:9 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Conoce, pues, que Jehová tu Dios es Dios, Dios fiel, que guarda el pacto y la misericordia á los que le aman y guardan sus mandamientos, hasta las mil generaciones; |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Connais donc que c’est l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, qui est Dieu, le ✶Dieu fidèle, qui garde l’alliance et la bonté jusqu’à 1 000 générations à ceux qui l’aiment et qui gardent ses commandements, |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | So wisse denn, daß Jehova, dein Gott, Gott ist, der treue Gott, der den Bund und die Güte auf tausend Geschlechter hin denen bewahrt, die ihn lieben und seine Gebote beobachten, |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et scies, quia Dominus Deus tuus, ipse est Deus fortis et fidelis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam diligentibus se, et his qui custodiunt præcepta ejus in mille generationes: |