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Deuteronomy 33:29
29Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Adonai, the Shield of your help and the Sword of your triumph? Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample on their backs.”
Deuteronomy 33:29 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
- New International Version (NIV)Blessed are you, Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord? He is your shield and helper and your glorious sword. Your enemies will cower before you, and you will tread on their heights.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, the shield of your help, and the sword of your triumph! Your enemies shall come fawning to you, and you shall tread upon their backs."
- New King James Version (NKJV)Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the Lord, The shield of your help And the sword of your majesty! Your enemies shall submit to you, And you shall tread down their high places.”
Context of Deuteronomy 33:29
27A refuge is the ancient God, and underneath are everlasting arms. He drove out the enemy before you and said, ‘Destroy!’ 28So Israel rests in safety, untroubled is Jacob’s fountain in a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drip dew. Happy are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by Adonai, the Shield of your help and the Sword of your triumph? Your enemies will cower before you, and you will trample on their backs.”
Read all of Deuteronomy 33Deuteronomy 33:29 word by word
אַשְׁרֶ֨יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵ֜ל מִ֣י כָמ֗וֹךָ עַ֚ם נוֹשַׁ֣ע בַּֽיהוָ֔ה מָגֵ֣ן עֶזְרֶ֔ךָ וַאֲשֶׁר־חֶ֖רֶב גַּאֲוָתֶ֑ךָ וְיִכָּֽחֲשׁ֤וּ אֹיְבֶ֙יךָ֙ לָ֔ךְ וְאַתָּ֖ה עַל־בָּמוֹתֵ֥ימוֹ תִדְרֹֽךְ׃ סRead the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Happyאֶ֫שֶׁר'esher · blessedH835
- thou, O Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyiώrâ'êl · IsraelH3478
- like unto thee, O peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- savedיָשַׁעyâsha‛ · to saveH3467
- by the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- the shieldמָגֵןmâgên meginnâh · shieldH4043
- of thy helpעֵ֫זֶר‛êzer · helperH5828
- the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
- of thy excellencyגַּאֲוָהga'ăvâh · prideH1346
- and thine enemiesאֹיֵב'ôyêb 'ôyêb · enemyH341
- shall be found liarsכָּחַשׁkâchash · to deceiveH3584
- unto thee; and thou shalt treadדָּרַךְdârak · to treadH1869
- upon their high placesבָּמָהbâmâh · high placeH1116
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 33:29
- Deuteronomy 4:7For what great nation is there that has gods so near to them, as Adonai our God is whenever we call on Him?
- Numbers 23:20Look, I received a command to bless. He has blessed—I cannot change it!
- Numbers 24:5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, and your dwellings, O Israel!
- 2 Samuel 7:23What one nation on earth is like Your people, like Israel, whom God went to redeem for Himself as a people, to make for Himself a Name, to do for You a great thing and awesome deeds for Your land, before Your people whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt—driving out nations and their gods?
- Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is Adonai, the people He chose for His own inheritance.
- Psalms 144:15Happy are such a people! Blessed are the people whose God is Adonai!
- Isaiah 12:2Behold, God is my salvation! I will trust and will not be afraid. For the Lord Adonai is my strength and my song. He also has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 45:17Israel has been saved by Adonai with an everlasting salvation. You will not be put to shame or disgraced, for ever and ever.
- 1 Timothy 4:10(for to this end we work hard and strive): “We have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of all people, especially those who trust.”
- Genesis 15:1After these things the word of Adonai came to Abram in a vision saying, “Do not fear, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Psalms 84:11For a day in Your courts is better than a thousand anywhere else. I would rather stand at the threshold of the House of my God than dwell in the tents of wickedness.
- Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust in Adonai— He is their help and their shield!
- Judges 7:20When the three columns blew the shofarot and broke the pitchers, they held the torches in their left hands and the shofarot in their right hands to blow, and they shouted, “A sword for Adonai and for Gideon!”
- Psalms 7:12God is a righteous judge, a God who is indignant every day.
- Psalms 45:3You are the most handsome of the sons of men. Grace pours from your lips. Therefore God has blessed you forever.
- Isaiah 27:1In that day Adonai will punish Leviathan the fleeing serpent with His fierce, great, strong sword, Leviathan the twisted serpent! He will slay the dragon in the sea.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33:29
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 29Happy art thou, etc. - אשרי ashrey . O the happiness of Israel! it is ineffable, inconceivable, because they are a people saved by the Lord - have such a salvation as it becomes the infinite perfections of God to bestow; he is their help - their never-failing strength, and the shield of that help - he defends their defense, saves them and preserves them in the state of salvation. Sword of thy excellency - Or whose sword - his all-conquering Word, is thine…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29Be found liars unto thee - Perhaps rather, “cringe before thee.” The verb means to show a feigned or forced obedience: see the marginal references. Tread upon their high places - i. e., occupy the commanding positions in their land, and so have it in subjection.Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 26-29Verses 26-29 None had such a God as Israel. There is no people like the Israel of God. What is here said of the church of Israel is to be applied to the spiritual church. Never were people so well seated and sheltered. Those who make God their habitation, shall have all the comforts and benefits of a habitation in him, Psa 91:1. Never were people so well supported and borne up. How low soever the people of God are at any time brought, everlasting arms are…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 29trample their high places: This means having complete victory over an enemy. The word high places refers to the heights of the land and traditional pagan worship sites. This suggests total physical and spiritual conquest. The Lord promised to lead the way and guarantee success in the upcoming conquest (see 11:24–25; Joshua 1:3; 14:9; compare Amos 4:13; Micah 1:3; Habakkuk 3:15).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 26-2926-29. There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun--The chapter concludes with a congratulatory address to Israel on their peculiar happiness and privilege in having Jehovah for their God and protector. who rideth upon the heaven in thy help--an evident allusion to the pillar of cloud and fire, which was both the guide and shelter of Israel.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 33
- 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
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