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Deuteronomy 7:9
9Know that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps his gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commands.
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
7“The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples. 8But because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors, he brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps his gracious covenant loyalty for a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commands. 10But he directly pays back and destroys those who hate him. He will not hesitate to pay back directly the one who hates him. 11So keep the command — the statutes and ordinances — that I am giving you to follow today.
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וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֹתָ֖יו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
- therefore that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- the faithfulאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
- Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- which keepethשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
- and mercyחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
- with them that loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
- his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- to a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
- generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:9
- Exodus 34:6The Lord passed in front of him and proclaimed: The Lord — the Lord is a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger and abounding in faithful love and truth,
- Psalms 119:75I know, Lord, that your judgments are just and that you have afflicted me fairly.
- Psalms 146:6the Maker of heaven and earth, the sea and everything in them. He remains faithful forever,
- Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel, his Holy One, says to one who is despised, to one abhorred by people, to a servant of rulers: “Kings will see, princes will stand up, and they will all bow down because of the Lord, who is faithful, the Holy One of Israel — and he has chosen you.”
- Lamentations 3:23They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness!
- 1 Corinthians 1:9God is faithful; you were called by him into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
- 1 Corinthians 10:3They all ate the same spiritual food,
- 2 Corinthians 1:18As God is faithful, our message to you is not “Yes and no.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24He who calls you is faithful; he will do it.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful; 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 6:18so that through two unchangeable things, in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled for refuge might have strong encouragement to seize the hope set before us.
- Hebrews 10:23Let us hold on to the confession of our hope without wavering, since he who promised is faithful.
- Hebrews 11:11By faith even Sarah herself, when she was unable to have children, received power to conceive offspring, even though she was past the age, since she considered that the one who had promised was faithful.
- 1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Genesis 5:10Enosh lived 815 years after he fathered Kenan, and he fathered 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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