Deuteronomy 32:39

What does Deuteronomy 32:39 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 32:39 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

See now, I myself am he; there is no other god but me: giver of death and life, wounding and making well: and no one has power to make you free from my hand.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

See ye, now, that I--I <FI>am<Fi> He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

See ye that I alone am, and there is no other God besides me: I will kill and I will make to live: I will strike, and I will heal, and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

See now that I, I am HE, And there is nogod with me; I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal, And there is none that delivereth out of my hand,

Context

v.38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, Anddrank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.

v.39This passage

v.40For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Hosea 6:1

    Come, and let us return unto Jehovah; for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

  • 2 Kings 5:7

    And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? but consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.

  • Isaiah 41:4

    Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I, Jehovah, the first, and with the last, I am he.

  • Hebrews 1:12

    And as a mantle shalt thou roll them up, As a garment, and they shall be changed: But thou art the same, And thy years shall not fail.

  • Deuteronomy 4:35

    Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.

  • Isaiah 45:5

    I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;

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