Deuteronomy 32:40

Deuteronomy chapter 32 · verse 40 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.39See 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.

v.40This passage

v.41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

Cross references

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

  • Hebrews 6:17

    Wherein God, being minded to show more abundantly unto the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;

  • Numbers 14:28

    Say unto them, As I live, saith Jehovah, surely as ye have spoken in mine ears, so will I do to you:

  • Exodus 6:8

    And I will bring you in unto the land which I sware to give to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it you for a heritage: I am Jehovah.

  • Genesis 14:22

    And Abram said to the king of Sodom, I have lifted up my hand unto Jehovah, God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth,

  • Revelation 10:5

    And the angel that I saw standing upon the sea and upon the earth lifted up his right hand to heaven,

  • Jeremiah 4:2

    and thou shalt swear, As Jehovah liveth, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.