Deuteronomy 33:27

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מְעֹנָה֙ אֱלֹ֣הֵי קֶ֔דֶם וּמִתַּ֖חַת זְרֹעֹ֣ת עוֹלָ֑ם וַיְגָ֧רֶשׁ מִפָּנֶ֛יךָ אוֹיֵ֖ב וַיֹּ֥אמֶר הַשְׁמֵֽד׃

Transliteration

Məʿōnāh ʾĕlōhê qedem and-from-under zərōʿōt ʿôlām and-waygāreš from-before-you ʾôyēb and-wayōʾmer hašmēd

Grammar Details

• *məʿōnāh*: noun, feminine singular - dwelling place
• *ʾĕlōhê*: noun, masculine plural construct - God of
• *qedem*: noun, masculine singular - ancient time/east
• *û-mi-taḥat*: conjunction + preposition - and from beneath
• *zərōʿōt*: noun, feminine plural construct - arms of
• *ʿôlām*: noun, masculine singular - everlasting/eternity
• *wa-ygāreš*: conjunction + piel imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he drove out
• *mi-pānêkā*: preposition + noun, masculine plural + 2nd masculine singular suffix - from before you
• *ʾôyēb*: qal participle, masculine singular - enemy
• *wa-yōʾmer*: conjunction + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said
• *hašmēd*: hiphil imperative, masculine singular - destroy

Word Meanings

• *məʿōnāh*: dwelling place/habitation/refuge
• *ʾĕlōhê*: God of (construct form)
• *qedem*: ancient/of old/east
• *zərōʿōt*: arms/strength/power
• *gāraš*: drive out/expel/cast out
• *šāmad*: destroy/annihilate/exterminate

Referenced Verses

• Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
• Ps 91:9 : 9 For thou, O Jehovah, art my refuge! Thou hast made the Most High thy habitation;
• Isa 25:4 : 4 For thou hast been a stronghold to the poor, a stronghold to the needy in his distress, a refuge from the storm, a shade from the heat, when the blast of the terrible ones is as a storm against the wall.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace shall bruise Satan under your feet {G1722} shortly. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For 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.
• Ps 90:1-2 : 1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling-place In all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, Or ever thou hadst formed the earth and the world, Even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God.
• Ps 91:1-2 : 1 He that dwelleth in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of Jehovah, He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in whom I trust.
• Ps 46:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah; set to Alamoth. A Song. God is our refuge and strength, A very present help in trouble.
• Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow abode in strength, And the arms of his hands were made strong, By the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob (From thence is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
• Ps 102:24 : 24 I said, O my God, take me not away in the midst of my days: Thy years are throughout all generations.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Jehovah is a strong tower; The righteous runneth into it, and is safe.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Luke 13:34 : 34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that killeth the prophets, and stoneth them that are sent unto her! how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen [gathereth] her own brood under her wings, and ye would not!
• John 10:28-29 : 28 and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who hath given [them] unto me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch [them] out of the Father's hand.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith unto a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now unto him that is able to guard you from stumbling, and to set you before the presence of his glory without blemish in exceeding joy,
• Rev 20:10 : 10 And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where are also the beast and the false prophet; and they shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.
• Ps 48:3 : 3 God hath made himself known in her palaces for a refuge.
• Rev 20:2-3 : 2 And he laid hold on the dragon, the old serpent, which is the Devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut [it], {G2808} and sealed [it] over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years should be finished: {G2532} after this he must be loosed for a little time.
• Rom 8:2 : 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
• Mic 5:2 : 2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephrathah, which art little to be among the thousands of Judah, out of thee shall one come forth unto me that is to be ruler in Israel; whose goings forth are from of old, from everlasting.
• Phil 3:9 : 9 and be found in him, not having a righteousness of mine own, [even] that which is of the law, but that which is through faith in Christ, the righteousness which is from God by faith:
• 1 Tim 1:17 : 17 Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only {G4680} God, [be] honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen.
• Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish unto God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Song 2:6 : 6 His left hand [is] under my head, And his right hand doth embrace me.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given; and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passeth, the wicked is no more; But the righteous is an everlasting foundation.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He shall call upon me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him, and honor him.
• Deut 7:2 : 2 and when Jehovah thy God shall deliver them up before thee, and thou shalt smite them; then thou shalt utterly destroy them: thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto them;
• Deut 9:3-5 : 3 Know therefore this day, that Jehovah thy God is he who goeth over before thee as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before thee: so shalt thou drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Jehovah hath spoken unto thee. 4 Speak not thou in thy heart, after that Jehovah thy God hath thrust them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness Jehovah hath brought me in to possess this land; whereas for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah doth drive them out from before thee. 5 Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• Josh 24:18 : 18 and Jehovah drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites that dwelt in the land: therefore we also will serve Jehovah; for he is our God.
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 And also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent.
• Ps 46:7 : 7 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
• Ps 46:11 : 11 Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. {H5542}
• Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion: In the covert of his tabernacle will he hide me; He will lift me up upon a rock.
• Ps 36:7 : 7 How precious is thy lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge under the shadow of thy wings.