Parallel Verses
Amplified
‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
New American Standard Bible
And say, as I live forever,
King James Version
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Holman Bible
As surely as I live forever,
International Standard Version
"I solemnly swear to heaven I say "As certainly as I'm alive and living forever,
A Conservative Version
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever,
American Standard Version
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
Bible in Basic English
For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,
Darby Translation
For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!
Julia Smith Translation
For I will lift up my hand to the heavens, And I said, I live forever.
King James 2000
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For [indeed] I lift up my hand to heaven, And I promise {as I live forever},
Modern King James verseion
For I lift up My hand to Heaven and say, I live forever!
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For I will lift up my hand to heaven, and will say: I live ever.
NET Bible
For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, 'As surely as I live forever,
New Heart English Bible
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
The Emphasized Bible
For I lift up unto the heavens my hand, - And say, Living am, I, unto times age-abiding:
Webster
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
World English Bible
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
Youngs Literal Translation
For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live -- to the age!
Themes
Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
Hate » Those that hate the lord
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Opposition » Those that oppose the lord
Interlinear
Nasa'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:40
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses' Song
39
‘See now that I, I am He,
And there is no god besides Me;
It is I who put to death and I who give life.
I have wounded and it is I who heal,
And there is no one who can deliver from [the power of] My hand.
‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
If I sharpen the lightning of My sword,
And My hand takes hold of judgment,
I will render vengeance on My adversaries,
And I will repay those who hate Me.
Cross References
Genesis 14:22
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand and sworn an oath to the Lord God Most High, the Creator and Possessor of heaven and earth,
Exodus 6:8
I will bring you to the land which I
Numbers 14:28-30
Say to them, ‘As I live,’ says the Lord, ‘just what you have spoken in My hearing I will most certainly do to you;
Jeremiah 4:2
And if you swear [your oaths], ‘As the Lord lives,’
In truth, in justice, and in righteousness,
Then the nations will bless themselves in Him,
And in Him they will glory.”
Hebrews 6:17-18
In the same way God, in His desire to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeable nature of His purpose, intervened and guaranteed it with an oath,
Revelation 10:5-6
Then the angel whom I had seen standing on the sea and the land raised his right hand [to swear an oath] to heaven,