Verse 40

{ "verseID": "Deuteronomy.32.40", "source": "כִּֽי־אֶשָּׂ֥א אֶל־שָׁמַ֖יִם יָדִ֑י וְאָמַ֕רְתִּי חַ֥י אָנֹכִ֖י לְעֹלָֽם׃", "text": "For *ʾeśśāʾ* to-*šāmayim* *yāḏî*, and-*ʾāmartî* *ḥay* *ʾānōḵî* to-*ʿōlām*.", "grammar": { "*kî*": "conjunction - for/because", "*ʾeśśāʾ*": "verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I lift up", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/toward", "*šāmayim*": "noun, masculine, plural - heavens", "*yāḏî*": "noun, feminine, singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my hand", "*wə*": "conjunction - and", "*ʾāmartî*": "verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I say", "*ḥay*": "adjective, masculine, singular - living", "*ʾānōḵî*": "pronoun, 1st person, singular - I", "*lə*": "preposition - to/for", "*ʿōlām*": "noun, masculine, singular - forever/eternity" }, "variants": { "*ʾeśśāʾ*": "I lift up/raise", "*šāmayim*": "heavens/sky", "*yāḏî*": "my hand/my arm", "*ʾāmartî*": "I say/declare/swear", "*ḥay*": "living/alive", "*ʿōlām*": "forever/eternity/perpetuity" } }

Other Translations

Referenced Verses

  • Gen 14:22 : 22 { "verseID": "Genesis.14.22", "source": "וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אַבְרָ֖ם אֶל־מֶ֣לֶךְ סְדֹ֑ם הֲרִימֹ֨תִי יָדִ֤י אֶל־יְהוָה֙ אֵ֣ל עֶלְי֔וֹן קֹנֵ֖ה שָׁמַ֥יִם וָאָֽרֶץ׃", "text": "*way-yōʾmer* *ʾaḇrām* *ʾel*-*melek* *səḏōm* *hărîmōṯî* *yāḏî* *ʾel*-*YHWH* *ʾēl* *ʿelyôn* *qōnēh* *šāmayim* *wā-ʾāreṣ*", "grammar": { "*way-yōʾmer*": "consecutive imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾaḇrām*": "proper noun, personal name (Abram)", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*melek*": "construct state noun, masculine singular - king of", "*səḏōm*": "proper noun, place name (Sodom)", "*hărîmōṯî*": "perfect, 1st common singular, hiphil - I have lifted up", "*yāḏî*": "common noun, feminine singular with 1st common singular suffix - my hand", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, the divine name (Yahweh)", "*ʾēl*": "common noun, masculine singular - God", "*ʿelyôn*": "adjective, masculine singular - Most High", "*qōnēh*": "participle, masculine singular, construct - possessor/creator of", "*šāmayim*": "common noun, masculine dual - heaven(s)", "*wā-ʾāreṣ*": "conjunction + common noun, feminine singular - and earth" }, "variants": { "*hărîmōṯî* *yāḏî*": "I have lifted my hand/I have sworn", "*qōnēh*": "possessor of/maker of/creator of/owner of" } }
  • Heb 6:17-18 : 17 { "verseID": "Hebrews.6.17", "source": "Ἐν ᾧ περισσότερον βουλόμενος ὁ Θεὸς, ἐπιδεῖξαι τοῖς κληρονόμοις τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τὸ ἀμετάθετον τῆς βουλῆς αὐτοῦ, ἐμεσίτευσεν ὅρκῳ:", "text": "In which *perissoteron boulomenos* the *Theos*, *epideixai tois klēronomois tēs epangelias to ametatheton tēs boulēs autou*, *emesiteusen horkō*:", "grammar": { "*perissoteron*": "adverb comparative - more abundantly", "*boulomenos*": "present middle/passive participle, nominative singular masculine - willing/desiring", "*Theos*": "nominative singular masculine - God", "*epideixai*": "aorist active infinitive - to show/demonstrate", "*tois klēronomois*": "dative plural masculine - to the heirs", "*tēs epangelias*": "genitive singular feminine - of the promise", "*to ametatheton*": "accusative singular neuter - the unchangeableness", "*tēs boulēs*": "genitive singular feminine - of the counsel/purpose", "*autou*": "genitive singular masculine - of him", "*emesiteusen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - he guaranteed/confirmed", "*horkō*": "dative singular masculine - by an oath" }, "variants": { "*perissoteron*": "more abundantly/more emphatically", "*boulomenos*": "willing/desiring/wanting", "*epideixai*": "to show/to demonstrate/to prove", "*klēronomois*": "heirs", "*epangelias*": "promise/pledge", "*ametatheton*": "unchangeableness/immutability", "*boulēs*": "counsel/purpose/will", "*emesiteusen*": "guaranteed/confirmed/interposed/mediated", "*horkō*": "by an oath/with an oath" } } 18 { "verseID": "Hebrews.6.18", "source": "Ἵνα διὰ δύο πραγμάτων ἀμεταθέτων, ἐν οἷς ἀδύνατον ψεύσασθαι Θεόν, ἰσχυρὰν παράκλησιν ἔχωμεν, οἱ καταφυγόντες κρατῆσαι τῆς προκειμένης ἐλπίδος:", "text": "*Hina dia dyo pragmatōn ametathētōn*, in which *adynaton pseusasthai Theon*, *ischyran paraklēsin echōmen*, the ones *kataphygontes kratēsai tēs prokeimenēs elpidos*:", "grammar": { "*Hina*": "conjunction - so that/in order that", "*dia*": "preposition + genitive - through/by", "*dyo*": "numeral - two", "*pragmatōn*": "genitive plural neuter - things/matters", "*ametathētōn*": "genitive plural neuter - unchangeable", "*adynaton*": "nominative/accusative singular neuter - impossible", "*pseusasthai*": "aorist middle infinitive - to lie", "*Theon*": "accusative singular masculine - God", "*ischyran*": "accusative singular feminine - strong", "*paraklēsin*": "accusative singular feminine - encouragement/consolation", "*echōmen*": "present active subjunctive, 1st person plural - we might have", "*kataphygontes*": "aorist active participle, nominative plural masculine - having fled for refuge", "*kratēsai*": "aorist active infinitive - to lay hold of", "*tēs prokeimenēs*": "present middle/passive participle, genitive singular feminine - of the set before", "*elpidos*": "genitive singular feminine - of hope" }, "variants": { "*Hina*": "so that/in order that", "*pragmatōn*": "things/matters/facts", "*ametathētōn*": "unchangeable/immutable", "*adynaton*": "impossible", "*pseusasthai*": "to lie/to speak falsely", "*ischyran*": "strong/powerful", "*paraklēsin*": "encouragement/consolation/comfort", "*kataphygontes*": "having fled for refuge/taken refuge", "*kratēsai*": "to lay hold of/to seize/to grasp", "*prokeimenēs*": "set before/set forth/lying before us", "*elpidos*": "hope/expectation" } }
  • Rev 10:5-6 : 5 { "verseID": "Revelation.10.5", "source": "Καὶ ὁ ἄγγελος ὃν εἶδον ἑστῶτα ἐπὶ τῆς θαλάσσης καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἦρεν τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν,", "text": "And the *angelos* whom *eidon* *hestōta* upon the *thalassēs* and upon the *gēs* *ēren* the *cheira* of him into the *ouranon*,", "grammar": { "*angelos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - angel/messenger", "*eidon*": "aorist active indicative, 1st person singular - saw [completed action]", "*hestōta*": "perfect active participle, accusative, masculine, singular - standing/having stood", "*thalassēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - sea", "*gēs*": "genitive, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*ēren*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - lifted/raised [completed action]", "*cheira*": "accusative, feminine, singular - hand", "*ouranon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - heaven/sky" }, "variants": { "*angelos*": "angel/messenger/envoy", "*hestōta*": "standing/positioned/having taken a stand", "*ēren*": "lifted/raised/elevated", "*ouranon*": "heaven/sky/the firmament" } } 6 { "verseID": "Revelation.10.6", "source": "Καὶ ὤμοσεν ἐν τῷ ζῶντι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ὃς ἔκτισεν τὸν οὐρανὸν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῷ, καὶ τὴν γῆν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ τὴν θάλασσαν, καὶ τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, ὅτι χρόνος οὐκέτι ἔσται:", "text": "And *ōmosen* by the *zōnti* into the *aiōnas* of the *aiōnōn*, who *ektisen* the *ouranon*, and the things in it, and the *gēn*, and the things in it, and the *thalassan*, and the things in it, that *chronos* no longer *estai*:", "grammar": { "*ōmosen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - swore/took an oath [completed action]", "*zōnti*": "present active participle, dative, masculine, singular - living/alive (object of oath)", "*aiōnas*": "accusative, masculine, plural - ages/eternities", "*aiōnōn*": "genitive, masculine, plural - of ages/eternities", "*ektisen*": "aorist active indicative, 3rd person singular - created [completed action]", "*ouranon*": "accusative, masculine, singular - heaven/sky", "*gēn*": "accusative, feminine, singular - earth/land", "*thalassan*": "accusative, feminine, singular - sea", "*chronos*": "nominative, masculine, singular - time", "*estai*": "future middle indicative, 3rd person singular - will be" }, "variants": { "*ōmosen*": "swore/took an oath/made a solemn declaration", "*zōnti*": "living one/one who lives/eternal being", "*aiōnas* of the *aiōnōn*": "ages of ages/forever and ever/eternity", "*ektisen*": "created/made/formed", "*chronos*": "time/period/delay", "*estai*": "will be/shall exist/will remain" } }
  • Exod 6:8 : 8 { "verseID": "Exodus.6.8", "source": "וְהֵבֵאתִ֤י אֶתְכֶם֙ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י לָתֵ֣ת אֹתָ֔הּ לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְיִצְחָ֖ק וּֽלְיַעֲקֹ֑ב וְנָתַתִּ֨י אֹתָ֥הּ לָכֶ֛ם מוֹרָשָׁ֖ה אֲנִ֥י יְהוָֽה׃", "text": "and-*hēḇēʾtî* you unto-*hā-ʾāreṣ* which *nāśāʾtî ʾet*-my-hand to-give it to-*ʾAḇrāhām* to-*Yiṣḥāq* and-to-*Yaʿăqōḇ* and-*nātattî* it to-you *môrāšāh* I *YHWH*", "grammar": { "and-*hēḇēʾtî*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect, 1st singular - and I will bring", "you": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix *ʾetḵem* - you", "unto-*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "preposition + definite article + noun *ʾel-hā-ʾāreṣ* - to the land", "which": "relative pronoun *ʾăšer* - which, that", "*nāśāʾtî*": "qal perfect, 1st singular - I lifted up", "*ʾet*-my-hand": "direct object marker + noun + 1st singular possessive suffix *ʾet-yādî* - my hand", "to-give": "preposition + infinitive construct *lātēt* - to give", "it": "direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix *ʾōtāh* - it", "to-*ʾAḇrāhām*": "preposition + proper noun *lə-ʾAḇrāhām* - to Abraham", "to-*Yiṣḥāq*": "preposition + proper noun *lə-Yiṣḥāq* - to Isaac", "and-to-*Yaʿăqōḇ*": "conjunction + preposition + proper noun *û-lə-Yaʿăqōḇ* - and to Jacob", "and-*nātattî*": "conjunction + qal perfect, 1st singular - and I will give", "it": "direct object marker + 3rd feminine singular suffix *ʾōtāh* - it", "to-you": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix *lāḵem* - to you", "*môrāšāh*": "noun, feminine singular - possession, heritage", "I": "personal pronoun, 1st singular *ʾănî* - I", "*YHWH*": "proper noun, divine name" }, "variants": { "*hēḇēʾtî*": "I will bring, I will lead, I will cause to enter", "*hā-ʾāreṣ*": "the land, the earth, the territory", "*nāśāʾtî*": "I lifted up, I raised, I swore (by raising hand)", "*yādî*": "my hand, my power, my strength", "*ʾAḇrāhām*": "Abraham", "*Yiṣḥāq*": "Isaac", "*Yaʿăqōḇ*": "Jacob", "*nātattî*": "I will give, I will grant, I will bestow", "*môrāšāh*": "possession, inheritance, heritage", "*YHWH*": "Yahweh, LORD, the divine name" } }
  • Num 14:28-30 : 28 { "verseID": "Numbers.14.28", "source": "אֱמֹ֣ר אֲלֵהֶ֗ם חַי־אָ֙נִי֙ נְאֻם־יְהוָ֔ה אִם־לֹ֕א כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר דִּבַּרְתֶּ֖ם בְּאָזְנָ֑י כֵּ֖ן אֶֽעֱשֶׂ֥ה לָכֶֽם׃", "text": "*ʾĕmōr ʾălēhem ḥay-ʾănî nəʾum-YHWH ʾim-lōʾ kaʾăšer dibbartem bəʾoznāy kēn ʾeʿĕśeh lākem*", "grammar": { "*ʾĕmōr*": "imperative, masculine singular, Qal form of *ʾmr* - say", "*ʾălēhem*": "preposition + 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*ḥay*": "masculine singular adjective - living/alive", "*ʾănî*": "1st singular personal pronoun - I", "*nəʾum*": "masculine singular construct - declaration of", "*YHWH*": "divine name, tetragrammaton", "*ʾim-lōʾ*": "conditional particle + negative (oath formula for affirmative statement) - surely", "*kaʾăšer*": "compound preposition - according to what/as", "*dibbartem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Piel form of *dbr* - you have spoken", "*bəʾoznāy*": "preposition + feminine dual noun + 1st singular suffix - in my ears", "*kēn*": "adverb - thus/so", "*ʾeʿĕśeh*": "imperfect, 1st singular, Qal form of *ʿśh* - I will do", "*lākem*": "preposition + 2nd masculine plural suffix - to you" }, "variants": { "*ʾĕmōr ʾălēhem*": "say to them/tell them", "*ḥay-ʾănî nəʾum-YHWH*": "as I live, says YHWH/as surely as I live, declaration of YHWH", "*ʾim-lōʾ*": "surely/certainly/indeed (oath formula)", "*kaʾăšer dibbartem bəʾoznāy*": "as you have spoken in my ears/just as you have said in my hearing", "*kēn ʾeʿĕśeh lākem*": "so will I do to you/thus I will act toward you" } } 29 { "verseID": "Numbers.14.29", "source": "בַּמִּדְבָּ֣ר הַ֠זֶּה יִפְּל֨וּ פִגְרֵיכֶ֜ם וְכָל־פְּקֻדֵיכֶם֙ לְכָל־מִסְפַּרְכֶ֔ם מִבֶּ֛ן עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָ֖ה וָמָ֑עְלָה אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֲלִֽינֹתֶ֖ם עָלָֽי׃", "text": "*bammidbār hazzeh yippəlû pigrêkem wə-kol-pəqudêkem lə-kol-misparkem mibben ʿeśrîm šānāh wāmāʿlāh ʾăšer hălînōtem ʿālāy*", "grammar": { "*bammidbār*": "preposition + definite article + masculine singular noun - in the wilderness", "*hazzeh*": "definite article + masculine singular demonstrative pronoun - this", "*yippəlû*": "imperfect, 3rd masculine plural, Qal form of *npl* - they will fall", "*pigrêkem*": "masculine plural noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your corpses", "*wə-kol*": "conjunction + masculine singular construct - and all of", "*pəqudêkem*": "masculine plural passive participle + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your numbered ones", "*lə-kol*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - according to all of", "*misparkem*": "masculine singular noun + 2nd masculine plural suffix - your count/number", "*mibben*": "preposition + masculine singular construct - from son of", "*ʿeśrîm*": "cardinal number - twenty", "*šānāh*": "feminine singular noun - year", "*wāmāʿlāh*": "conjunction + adverb - and upward", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - who/that", "*hălînōtem*": "perfect, 2nd masculine plural, Hiphil form of *lwn* - you have murmured", "*ʿālāy*": "preposition + 1st singular suffix - against me" }, "variants": { "*yippəlû pigrêkem*": "your carcasses shall fall/your dead bodies will fall/your corpses will drop", "*pəqudêkem*": "your numbered ones/those who were counted/those registered", "*lə-kol-misparkem*": "according to your whole number/by your full count", "*mibben ʿeśrîm šānāh wāmāʿlāh*": "from twenty years old and upward/from the age of twenty and above", "*hălînōtem ʿālāy*": "you have murmured against me/you have complained against me" } } 30 { "verseID": "Numbers.14.30", "source": "אִם־אַתֶּם֙ תָּבֹ֣אוּ אֶל־הָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָשָׂ֙אתִי֙ אֶת־יָדִ֔י לְשַׁכֵּ֥ן אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּ֑הּ כִּ֚י אִם־כָּלֵ֣ב בֶּן־יְפֻנֶּ֔ה וִיהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בִּן־נֽוּן׃", "text": "*ʾim-ʾattem tābōʾû ʾel-hāʾāreṣ ʾăšer nāśāʾtî ʾet-yādî ləšakkēn ʾetkem bāh kî ʾim-kālēb ben-yəpunneh wîhôšuaʿ bin-nûn*", "grammar": { "*ʾim*": "conditional particle (in negative oath) - if", "*ʾattem*": "2nd masculine plural personal pronoun - you", "*tābōʾû*": "imperfect, 2nd masculine plural, Qal form of *bwʾ* - you will come/enter", "*ʾel*": "preposition - to/into", "*hāʾāreṣ*": "definite article + feminine singular noun - the land", "*ʾăšer*": "relative pronoun - which/that", "*nāśāʾtî*": "perfect, 1st singular, Qal form of *nśʾ* - I lifted up", "*ʾet-yādî*": "direct object marker + feminine singular noun + 1st singular suffix - my hand", "*ləšakkēn*": "preposition + Piel infinitive construct of *škn* - to settle/cause to dwell", "*ʾetkem*": "direct object marker + 2nd masculine plural suffix - you", "*bāh*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it", "*kî ʾim*": "conjunction + conditional particle - but/except", "*kālēb*": "proper noun - Caleb", "*ben*": "masculine singular construct - son of", "*yəpunneh*": "proper noun - Jephunneh", "*wîhôšuaʿ*": "conjunction + proper noun - and Joshua", "*bin*": "masculine singular construct - son of", "*nûn*": "proper noun - Nun" }, "variants": { "*ʾim-ʾattem tābōʾû*": "you shall not enter/you will not come (oath formula)", "*nāśāʾtî ʾet-yādî*": "I lifted up my hand/I swore (gesture of oath-taking)", "*ləšakkēn ʾetkem bāh*": "to cause you to dwell in it/to settle you in it/to have you inhabit it", "*kî ʾim*": "except/but only" } }
  • Jer 4:2 : 2 { "verseID": "Jeremiah.4.2", "source": "וְנִשְׁבַּ֙עְתָּ֙ חַי־יְהוָ֔ה בֶּאֱמֶ֖ת בְּמְשְׁפָּ֣ט וּבִצְדָקָ֑ה וְהִתְבָּ֥רְכוּ ב֛וֹ גּוֹיִ֖ם וּב֥וֹ יִתְהַלָּֽלוּ׃ ס", "text": "And *nišbaʿtā* *ḥay*-*Yhwh* in *ʾĕmet* in *mišpāṭ* and in *ṣədāqāh*; and *hitbārəḵû* in him *gôyim* and in him *yithallālû*", "grammar": { "*nišbaʿtā*": "niphal perfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will swear", "*ḥay*": "adjective, construct form - life of/living", "*Yhwh*": "divine name - LORD/Yahweh", "*ʾĕmet*": "feminine noun - truth/faithfulness", "*mišpāṭ*": "masculine noun - judgment/justice", "*ṣədāqāh*": "feminine noun - righteousness", "*hitbārəḵû*": "hithpael perfect, 3rd plural - they will bless themselves", "*gôyim*": "masculine plural noun - nations/gentiles", "*yithallālû*": "hithpael imperfect, 3rd plural - they will boast/glory" }, "variants": { "*nišbaʿtā*": "swear/take an oath", "*ḥay*": "living/alive/life of", "*ʾĕmet*": "truth/faithfulness/reliability", "*mišpāṭ*": "judgment/justice/legal decision", "*ṣədāqāh*": "righteousness/justice/righteous acts", "*hitbārəḵû*": "bless themselves/be blessed", "*gôyim*": "nations/gentiles/peoples", "*yithallālû*": "boast/glory/praise themselves" } }