Deuteronomy 7:10

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

and repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וּמְשַׁלֵּ֧ם לְשֹׂנְאָ֛יו אֶל־פָּנָ֖יו לְהַאֲבִיד֑וֹ לֹ֤א יְאַחֵר֙ לְשֹׂ֣נְא֔וֹ אֶל־פָּנָ֖יו יְשַׁלֶּם־לֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

And məšallēm to śōnəʾāyw to their pānāyw to haʾăvîdô; not yəʾaḥēr to śōnəʾô, to his pānāyw yəšallem-to him.

Grammar Details

• *məšallēm*: Piel participle masculine singular - repaying/requiting
• *śōnəʾāyw*: Qal participle masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - those hating him
• *pānāyw*: noun masculine plural construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - his face
• *haʾăvîdô*: Hiphil infinitive construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - to destroy him
• *yəʾaḥēr*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will delay
• *śōnəʾô*: Qal participle masculine singular construct with 3rd masculine singular suffix - one hating him
• *yəšallem*: Piel imperfect 3rd masculine singular - he will repay

Word Meanings

• *məšallēm*: repaying/requiting/recompensing
• *śōnəʾāyw*: those hating him/his enemies/those who hate him
• *pānāyw*: his face/his presence/before him
• *haʾăvîdô*: to destroy him/to cause him to perish/to make him vanish
• *yəʾaḥēr*: delay/postpone/defer
• *śōnəʾô*: one hating him/his enemy/one who hates him
• *yəšallem*: repay/requite/recompense

Referenced Verses

• Isa 59:18 : 18 According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, wrath to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompense.
• Nah 1:2 : 2 Jehovah is a jealous God and avengeth; Jehovah avengeth and is full of wrath; Jehovah taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he reserveth [wrath] for his enemies.
• John 15:23-24 : 23 He that hateth me hateth my Father also. 24 If I had not done among them the works which none other did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
• Rom 12:19 : 19 Avenge not yourselves, beloved, but give place unto the wrath [of God]: for it is written, Vengeance belongeth unto me; I will recompense, saith the Lord.
• 2 Pet 3:9-9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some count slackness; but is longsuffering to you-ward, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief; {G1722} {G3571} in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall be dissolved with fervent heat, and the earth and the works that are therein {G846} shall be burned up.
• Exod 20:5 : 5 thou shalt not bow down thyself unto them, nor serve them; for I Jehovah thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, upon the third and upon the fourth generation of them that hate me,
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
• Deut 32:25 : 25 [Without] [shall the sword] [bereave, And in the chambers] [terror;] [It shall destroy] both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
• Deut 32:35 : 35 Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
• Deut 32:41 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thy hand will find out all thine enemies; Thy right hand will find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou wilt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thine anger: Jehovah will swallow them up in his wrath, And the fire shall devour them.
• Prov 11:31 : 31 Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: How much more the wicked and the sinner!