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.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 32:39
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.
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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.
WEB World English Bible
“See now that I, even I, 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.
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.
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,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
36 For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that [their] power is gone, and [there is] none shut up, or left.
37 And he shall say, Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted,
38 Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, [and] be your protection.
39 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.
40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
רְא֣וּ׀H7200 · ra.ahto see: seeעַתָּ֗הH6258 · at.tahnowכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforאֲנִ֤יH589 · a.niIאֲנִי֙H589 · a.niIה֔וּאH1931 · huhe/she/itוְאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingאֱלֹהִ֖יםH430 · e.lo.himGodעִמָּדִ֑יH5973 · imwithאֲנִ֧יH589 · a.niIאָמִ֣יתH4191 · mutto dieוַאֲחַיֶּ֗הH2421 · cha.yahto liveמָחַ֙צְתִּי֙H4272 · ma.chatsto woundוַאֲנִ֣יH589 · a.niIאֶרְפָּ֔אH7495 · ra.pahto healוְאֵ֥יןH369 · a.yinnothingמִיָּדִ֖יH3027 · yadhandמַצִּֽיל׃H5337 · na.tsalto rescue
Cross-references
1 Samuel 2:6The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.Hosea 6:1Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.Job 5:18For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.Isaiah 45:5I [am] the LORD, and [there is] none else, [there is] no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:Isaiah 45:22Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else.Isaiah 43:13Yea, before the day [was] I [am] he; and [there is] none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?Isaiah 46:4And [even] to [your] old age I [am] he; and [even] to hoar hairs will I carry [you]: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver [you].Isaiah 45:18For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I [am] the LORD; and [there is] none else.Psalm 68:20[He that is] our God [is] the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord [belong] the issues from death.Isaiah 41:4Who hath wrought and done [it], calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I [am] he.Revelation 1:17-18And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last:Deuteronomy 4:35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he [is] God; [there is] none else beside him.Psalm 50:22Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear [you] in pieces, and [there be] none to deliver.2 Kings 5:7And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, [Am] I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.Job 10:7Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and [there is] none that can deliver out of thine hand.Psalm 102:27But thou [art] the same, and thy years shall have no end.Revelation 2:8And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;Micah 5:8And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
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