KJV King James Version
The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
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Deuteronomy 33:27
The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The eternal God is your dwelling place, and underneath are the everlasting arms. He drives out the enemy before you, giving the command, ‘Destroy him!’
WEB World English Bible
The eternal God is your dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, and said, ‘Destroy!’
ASV American Standard Version
The eternal God is thy dwelling-place, And underneath are the everlasting arms. And he thrust out the enemy from before thee, And said, Destroy.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
A habitation is the eternal God, And beneath are arms age-during. And He casteth out from thy presence the enemy, and saith, ‘Destroy!’
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 33
24 And of Asher he said, [Let] Asher [be] blessed with children; let him be acceptable to his brethren, and let him dip his foot in oil.
25 Thy shoes [shall be] iron and brass; and as thy days, [so shall] thy strength [be].
26 [There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
27 The eternal God [is thy] refuge, and underneath [are] the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy [them].
28 Israel then shall dwell in safety alone: the fountain of Jacob [shall be] upon a land of corn and wine; also his heavens shall drop down dew.
29 Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.
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מְעֹנָה֙H4585 · me.o.nahhabitationאֱלֹ֣הֵיH430 · e.lo.himGodקֶ֔דֶםH6924 · qe.demEastוּמִתַּ֖חַתH8478 · ta.chatunderneath: underזְרֹעֹ֣תH2220 · ze.ro.aarmעוֹלָ֑םH5769 · o.lamforever: enduringוַיְגָ֧רֶשׁH1644 · ga.rashto drive out: drive outמִפָּנֶ֛יךָH6440 · pa.nehface: beforeאוֹיֵ֖בH341 · o.yevenemyוַיֹּ֥אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayהַשְׁמֵֽד׃H8045 · sha.madto destroy
Cross-references
Psalm 90:1-2A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.Psalm 18:2The LORD [is] my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, [and] my high tower.Psalm 91:1-2He that dwelleth in the secret place of the most High shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty.Psalm 46:1To the chief Musician for the sons of Korah, A Song upon Alamoth. God [is] our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.Isaiah 25:4For thou hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones [is] as a storm [against] the wall.Proverbs 18:10The name of the LORD [is] a strong tower: the righteous runneth into it, and is safe.Psalm 91:9Because thou hast made the LORD, [which is] my refuge, [even] the most High, thy habitation;Romans 16:20And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ [be] with you. Amen.1 Peter 1:5Who are kept by the power of God through faith unto salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.Isaiah 26:4Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH [is] everlasting strength:Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present [you] faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.Isaiah 57:15For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name [is] Holy; I dwell in the high and holy [place], with him also [that is] of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.Revelation 20:10And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet [are], and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.Genesis 49:24But his bow abode in strength, and the arms of his hands were made strong by the hands of the mighty [God] of Jacob; (from thence [is] the shepherd, the stone of Israel:)Jeremiah 10:10But the LORD [is] the true God, he [is] the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.Psalm 102:24I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: thy years [are] throughout all generations.John 10:28-29And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any [man] pluck them out of my hand.
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