11 translations · Hebrew
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
Deuteronomy 7:9 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- KJV King James Version
- Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
- ASV American Standard Version
- Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- And you have known that He, your God YHWH, [is] God, the faithful God keeping the covenant and the kindness with those loving Him and with those keeping His commands, for one thousand generations,
- FBV Free Bible Version
- That's why you can be sure that the Lord your God is the true God, the faithful God who keeps his agreement based on trustworthy love to a thousand generations of those who love him and keep his commandments.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- 'And thou hast known that Jehovah thy God He [is] God, the faithful God, keeping the covenant, and the kindness, to those loving Him, and to those keeping His commands — to a thousand generations,
- DBY Darby Translation
- And thou shalt know that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy to a thousand generations with them that love him and keep his commandments;
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations:
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- Know therefore that the LORD your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness to a thousand generations with those who love him and keep his commandments,
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto a thousand generations:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ | wə·yā·ḏa‘·tā | Know therefore | H3045 יָדַע to know |
| כִּֽי־ | kî- | that | H3588 כִּי for |
| יְהוָ֥ה | Yah·weh | the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| ה֣וּא | hū | — | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
| הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים | hā·’ĕ·lō·hîm | is God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| הָאֵל֙ | hā·’êl | God | H410 אֵל God |
| הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן | han·ne·’ĕ·mān | the faithful | H539 אָמַן be faithful |
| שֹׁמֵ֧ר | šō·mêr | who keeps | H8104 שָׁמַר to keep: obey |
| הַבְּרִ֣ית | hab·bə·rîṯ | His covenant | H1285 בְּרִית covenant |
| וְהַחֶ֗סֶד | wə·ha·ḥe·seḏ | of loving devotion | H2617 חֶ֫סֶד kindness |
| לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו | lə·’ō·hă·ḇāw | of those who love Him | H157 אָהֵב to love: lover |
| וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י | ū·lə·šō·mə·rê | and keep | H8104 שָׁמַר to keep: obey |
| מִצְוֹתוֹ | miṣ·wō·ṯō | His commandments | H4687 מִצְוָה commandment |
| לְאֶ֥לֶף | lə·’e·lep̄ | for a thousand | H505 אֶ֫לֶף thousand |
| דּֽוֹר׃ | dō·wr | generations | H1755 דּוֹר generation |
Related verses
- Hebrews 10:23
let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
If we are faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.”
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you, and guard you from the evil one.
- Daniel 9:4
I prayed to Yahweh my God, and made confession, and said, “Oh, Lord, the great and dreadful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments,
- 1 Corinthians 1:9
God is faithful, through whom you were called into the fellowship of his Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord.
- Nehemiah 1:5
and said, “I beg you, Yahweh, the God of heaven, the great and awesome God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with those who love him and keep his commandments:
- 1 Thessalonians 5:24
He who calls you is faithful, who will also do it.
- Romans 8:28
We know that all things work together for good for those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose.
- Deuteronomy 5:10
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
- Exodus 20:6
and showing loving kindness to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
7 Yahweh didn’t set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
8 but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
10 and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
11 You shall therefore keep the commandments, the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you today, to do them.
Read all of Deuteronomy 7 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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