Deuteronomy 32:40 Parallel Translations
NASB: 'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever, (NASB ©1995)
GWT: I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly swear: As surely as I live forever,(GOD'S WORD®)
KJV: For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
ASV: For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
BBE: For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,
DBY: For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!
ERV: For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
JPS: For I lift up My hand to heaven, and say: As I live for ever,
WBS: For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
WEB: For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
YLT: For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age!
Deuteronomy 32:40 Cross References
XREF:Ezekiel 20:5 and say to them, 'Thus says the Lord GOD, "On the day when I chose Israel and swore to the descendants of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt, when I swore to them, saying, I am the LORD your God,

Ezekiel 20:6 on that day I swore to them, to bring them out from the land of Egypt into a land that I had selected for them, flowing with milk and honey, which is the glory of all lands.

Ezekiel 21:4 "Because I will cut off from you the righteous and the wicked, therefore My sword will go forth from its sheath against all flesh from south to north.

Ezekiel 21:5 "Thus all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have drawn My sword out of its sheath. It will not return to its sheath again."' (NASB ©1995)
Commentaries and Concordances
GSB: 32:40 For I {t} lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
(t) That is, I swear, read Ge 14:22.
WES: 32:40 I lift up my hand - I solemnly swear, that I will do what here follows. I live - As sure as I live.
MHC: 32:39-43 This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror indeed to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revealed from heaven against them. 3. It speaks comfort to his own people. The song concludes with words of joy. Whatever judgments are brought upon sinners, it shall go well with the people of God.
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