11 translations · Hebrew

Deuteronomy 32:39

“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

World English Bible

Deuteronomy 32:39 in 11 translations

WEB World English Bible
“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
KJV King James Version
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.
BSB Berean Standard Bible
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
ASV American Standard Version
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.
LSV Literal Standard Version
See, now, that I [am] He, || And there is no god besides Me; I put to death and I keep alive; I have struck and I heal; And there is not a deliverer from My hand,
FBV Free Bible Version
Listen! I am the only God! There is no other God except me! I bring death, and I give life; I wound, and I heal. No one can be rescued from my power.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
See ye, now, that I — I [am] 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,
DBY Darby Translation
See now that I, 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 delivereth out of my hand,
WBT Webster’s Bible
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.
WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
“See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
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.

The Hebrew words

Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.

Word Transliteration English (BSB) Strong’s
רְא֣וּ׀ rə·’ū See H7200 רָאָה to see: see
עַתָּ֗ה ‘at·tāh now H6258 עַתָּ֫ה now
כִּ֣י kî that H3588 כִּי for
אֲנִ֤י ’ă·nî I H589 אֲנִי I
אֲנִי֙ ’ă·nî I H589 אֲנִי I
ה֔וּא hū am He H1931 הוּא he/she/it
וְאֵ֥ין wə·’ên there is no H369 אַ֫יִן nothing
אֱלֹהִ֖ים ’ĕ·lō·hîm God H430 אֱלֹהִים God
עִמָּדִ֑י ‘im·mā·ḏî besides Me H5978 עִמָּדִי with me
אֲנִ֧י ’ă·nî and I H589 אֲנִי I
אָמִ֣ית ’ā·mîṯ bring death H4191 מוּת to die
וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה wa·’ă·ḥay·yeh and I give life H2421 חָיָה to live
מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ mā·ḥaṣ·tî I wound H4272 מָחַץ to wound
וַאֲנִ֣י wa·’ă·nî — H589 אֲנִי I
אֶרְפָּ֔א ’er·pā heal H7495 רָפָא to heal
וְאֵ֥ין wə·’ên and [there is] no one H369 אַ֫יִן nothing
מִיָּדִ֖י mî·yā·ḏî from My hand H3027 יָד hand
מַצִּֽיל׃ maṣ·ṣîl who can deliver H5337 נָצַל to rescue
  • 1 Samuel 2:6

    “Yahweh kills, and makes alive. He brings down to Sheol, and brings up.

  • Hosea 6:1

    “Come, and let us return to Yahweh; for he has torn us to pieces, and he will heal us; he has injured us, and he will bind up our wounds.

  • Job 5:18

    For he wounds, and binds up. He injures, and his hands make whole.

  • Isaiah 45:5

    I am Yahweh, and there is no one else. Besides me, there is no God. I will strengthen you, though you have not known me;

  • Isaiah 45:22

    “Look to me, and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.

  • Isaiah 43:13

    Yes, since the day was, I am he; and there is no one who can deliver out of my hand. I will work, and who can hinder it?”

  • Isaiah 46:4

    Even to old age I am he, and even to gray hairs I will carry you. I have made, and I will bear. Yes, I will carry, and will deliver.

  • Isaiah 45:18

    For Yahweh who created the heavens, the God who formed the earth and made it, who established it and didn’t create it a waste, who formed it to be inhabited says: “I am Yahweh; and there is no other.

  • Psalm 68:20

    God is to us a God of deliverance. To Yahweh, the Lord, belongs escape from death.

  • Revelation 1:17–18

    When I saw him, I fell at his feet like a dead man. He laid his right hand on me, saying, “Don’t be afraid. I am the first and the last, and the Living one. I was dead, and behold, I am alive forever and ever. Amen. I have the keys of Death and of Hades.

Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.

In context

37 He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge;

38 which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection.

39 “See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.

40 For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever,

41 if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.

Read all of Deuteronomy 32 in the World English Bible.

Edition and source notes

Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.

Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.

The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.

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