Deuteronomy 7:9

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 did not make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples, 8but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by 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, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments; 10but He repays those who hate Him to their faces, to eliminate them; He will not hesitate toward him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face. 11Therefore, you shall keep the commandment, the statutes, and the judgments which I am commanding you today, to do them.

Deuteronomy 7:9 word by word

וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֹתָ֖יו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃Read the interlinear

• Knowיָדַעyâda‛ · to knowH3045
• therefore that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• your Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• the faithfulאָמַן'âman · be faithfulH539
• Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• who keepsשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• His covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• His faithfulnessחֶ֫סֶדchêsêd · kindnessH2617
• to a thousandאֶ֫לֶף'eleph · thousandH505
• generationsדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• loveאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• His commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:9

• Exodus 34:6Then the Lord passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The Lord, the Lord God, compassionate and merciful, slow to anger, and abounding in faithfulness and truth;
• Psalms 119:75I know, Lord, that Your judgments are righteous, And that You have afflicted me in faithfulness.
• Psalms 146:6Who made heaven and earth, The sea and everything that is in them; Who keeps faith forever;
• Isaiah 49:7This is what the Lord, the Redeemer of Israel and its Holy One, Says to the despised One, To the One abhorred by the nation, To the Servant of rulers: “Kings will see and arise, Princes will also 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 is faithful, through whom you were called into fellowship with His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.
• 1 Corinthians 10:3and they all ate the same spiritual food,
• 2 Corinthians 1:18But as God is faithful, our word to you is not yes and no.
• 1 Thessalonians 5:24Faithful is He who calls you, and He also will do it.
• 2 Thessalonians 3:3But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen and protect you from the evil one.
• 2 Timothy 2:13If we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
• Hebrews 6:18so that by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have taken refuge would have strong encouragement to hold firmly to the hope set before us.
• Hebrews 10:23Let’s hold firmly to the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful;
• Hebrews 11:11By faith even Sarah herself received ability to conceive, even beyond the proper time of life, since she considered Him faithful who had promised.
• 1 John 1:9If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous, so that He will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• Genesis 5:10Then Enosh 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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 7:9

• Blessing
• Covenant
• God
• God Continued...
• Grace of God
• Intercession
• Love
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• God
• god, false god, goddess, idol, idolater, idolatrous, idolatry
• Idolatry
• Redeem
• Terrible
• Faithful; Faithfulness
• Number
• Song of Songs
• Unchangeable; Unchangeableness

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