Deuteronomy 32:40 “For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forev…”

Deuteronomy 32:40

For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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 declare, as I live forever,

American Standard Version

For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,

Geneva Bible 1599

For I lift vp mine hand to heauen, and say, I liue for euer.

Darby Translation

For I lift up my hand to the heavens, and say, I live for ever!

Young's Literal Translation

For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live — to the age!

Bible in Basic English

For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,

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Cross references

“For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.”

Genesis 14:22 Jeremiah 4:2 Numbers 14:28–30 Exodus 6:8 Hebrews 6:17 Hebrews 6:18

Genesis 14:22 · BSB

But Abram replied to the king of Sodom, “I have raised my hand to the LORD God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

Jeremiah 4:2 · BSB

and if you can swear, ‘As surely as the LORD lives,’ in truth, in justice, and in righteousness, then the nations will be blessed by Him, and in Him they will glory.”

Numbers 14:28–30 · BSB

So tell them: As surely as I live, declares the LORD, I will do to you exactly as I heard you say.

Exodus 6:8 · BSB

And I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. I will give it to you as a possession. I am the LORD!’”

Hebrews 6:17 · BSB

So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.

Hebrews 6:18 · BSB

Thus by two unchangeable things in which it is impossible for God to lie, we who have fled to take hold of the hope set before us may be strongly encouraged.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

39See 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.

41when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

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