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Deuteronomy 7:9
9Know 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.
Deuteronomy 7:9 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)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;
- New International Version (NIV)Know therefore that the Lord your God is God; he is the faithful God, keeping his covenant of love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations,
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
Context of Deuteronomy 7:9
7The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 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. 10But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him. 11So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
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וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֹתָ֖יו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
- Know thereforeיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- thatכִּיkîy · forH3588
- the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- your Godהוּאhû' hîy' · he/she/itH1931
- the faithfulאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
- Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- who keepsשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- His covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- of loving devotionחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
- for a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
- of those who love Himאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- His commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:9
- Exodus 34:6Then the LORD passed in front of Moses and called out: “The LORD, the LORD God, is compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion and faithfulness,
- Psalms 119:75I know, O LORD, that Your judgments are righteous, and that in faithfulness You have afflicted me.
- Psalms 146:6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea, and everything in them. He remains faithful forever.
- Isaiah 49:7Thus says the LORD, the Redeemer and Holy One of Israel, to Him who was despised and abhorred by the nation, to the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see You and rise, and princes will bow down, because of the LORD, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel, who has chosen You.”
- Lamentations 3:23They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness!
- 1 Corinthians 1:9God, who has called you into fellowship with His Son Jesus Christ our Lord, is faithful.
- 1 Corinthians 10:3They all ate the same spiritual food
- 2 Corinthians 1:18But as surely as God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes” and “No.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.
- 2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- Hebrews 6:18Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.
- Hebrews 10:23Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- Hebrews 11:11By faith Sarah, even though she was barren and beyond the proper age, was enabled to conceive a child, because she considered Him faithful who had promised.
- 1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Genesis 5:10And after he had become the father of Kenan, Enosh lived 815 years and had other sons and daughters.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:9
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 See Deuteronomy 6:10 note. Deuteronomy 7:5 Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note. Deuteronomy 7:7 The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The faithful God is completely reliable and trustworthy. God commended Abraham as righteous because he trusted in God and relied entirely on God's faithfulness (Genesis 15:6). In contrast to humans, who often fail to keep promises, the Lord faithfully keeps his covenant.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. the Hittites--This people were descended from Heth, the second son of Canaan (Ge 10:15), and occupied the mountainous region about Hebron, in the south of Palestine. the Girgashites--supposed by some to be the same as the Gergesenes (Mt 8:28), who lay to the east of Lake Gennesareth; but they are placed on the west of Jordan (Jos 24:11), and others take them for a branch of the large family of the Hivites, as they are omitted in nine out of ten places…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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