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Amplified


‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,

New American Standard Bible

‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
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

I raise My hand to heaven and declare:
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!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
For I lift up
נסה נשׂא 
Nasa' 
Usage: 653

my hand
יד 
Yad 
Usage: 1612

to heaven
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and say

Usage: 0

I live
חי 
Chay 
Usage: 502

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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.
40 
‘Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven,
And say (swear an oath), as I live forever,
41
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 swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob (Israel); and I will give it to you as a possession. I am the Lord [you have the promise of My changeless omnipotence and faithfulness].’”

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,

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