Deuteronomy 5:3

Deuteronomy 5:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
• New International Version (NIV)It was not with our ancestors that the Lord made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Not with our fathers did the Lord make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, those who are here today, all of us who are alive.

Context of Deuteronomy 5:3

1Moses called all the people of Israel together and said, “Listen carefully, Israel. Hear the decrees and regulations I am giving you today, so you may learn them and obey them! 2“The Lord our God made a covenant with us at Mount Sinai. The Lord did not make this covenant with our ancestors, but with all of us who are alive today. 4At the mountain the Lord spoke to you face to face from the heart of the fire. 5I stood as an intermediary between you and the Lord, for you were afraid of the fire and did not want to approach the mountain. He spoke to me, and I passed his words on to you. This is what he said:

Deuteronomy 5:3 word by word

לֹ֣א אֶת־אֲבֹתֵ֔ינוּ כָּרַ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה אֶת־הַבְּרִ֣ית הַזֹּ֑את כִּ֣י אִתָּ֗נוּ אֲנַ֨חְנוּ אֵ֥לֶּה פֹ֛ה הַיּ֖וֹם כֻּלָּ֥נוּ חַיִּֽים׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• madeכָּרַתkârath · to cut: make(covenant)H3772
• not this covenantבְּרִיתberîyth · covenantH1285
• with our fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• but with usאֲנַ֫חְנוּ'ănachnû · weH587
• all of usאֵ֫לֶּה'êlleh · theseH428
• here aliveחַיchay · aliveH2416
• this dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 5:3

• Deuteronomy 29:10All of you—tribal leaders, elders, officers, all the men of Israel—are standing today in the presence of the Lord your God.
• Genesis 17:7“I will confirm my covenant with you and your descendants after you, from generation to generation. This is the everlasting covenant: I will always be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
• Psalms 105:8He always stands by his covenant— the commitment he made to a thousand generations.
• Jeremiah 32:38They will be my people, and I will be their God.
• Matthew 13:17I tell you the truth, many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, but they didn’t see it. And they longed to hear what you hear, but they didn’t hear it.
• Galatians 3:17This is what I am trying to say: The agreement God made with Abraham could not be canceled 430 years later when God gave the law to Moses. God would be breaking his promise.
• Hebrews 8:8But when God found fault with the people, he said: “The day is coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the people of Israel and Judah.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 5:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers (only) but with us (also).Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3The “fathers” are, as in Deuteronomy 4:37, the patriarchs, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. With them God did indeed make a covenant, but not the particular covenant now in question. The responsibilites of this later covenant, made at Sinai by the nation as a nation, attached in their day and generation to those whom Moses was addressing.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-32The rest of the covenant laws explain and apply the Ten Commandments (5:6–21). These laws are based on those commandments. Moses first gave the Ten Commandments to the people of Israel almost 40 years earlier at Mount Sinai (Exodus 20:2–17). Now he reminds the people of these commands before they enter the promised land.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us--The meaning is, "not with our fathers" only, "but with us" also, assuming it to be "a covenant" of grace. It may mean "not with our fathers" at all, if the reference is to the peculiar establishment of the covenant of Sinai; a law was not given to them as to us, nor was the covenant ratified in the same public manner and by the same solemn sanctions. Or, finally, the meaning may be "not…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 5:3

• Covenant
• Law
• Obedience

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 5

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings