Deuteronomy 32:39

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

רְא֣וּ ׀ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְאֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִ֖ים עִמָּדִ֑י אֲנִ֧י אָמִ֣ית וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙ וַאֲנִ֣י אֶרְפָּ֔א וְאֵ֥ין מִיָּדִ֖י מַצִּֽיל׃

Transliteration

Rəʾû now that ʾănî ʾănî hûʾ, and-there-is-no ʾĕlōhîm with-me; ʾănî ʾāmîṯ and-ʾăḥayyeh, māḥaṣtî and-ʾănî ʾerpāʾ, and-there-is-none from-my-hand maṣṣîl.

Grammar Details

• *rəʾû*: verb, qal imperative, masculine, plural - see/behold
• *ʿattāh*: adverb - now
• *kî*: conjunction - that/because
• *ʾănî*: pronoun, 1st person, singular - I
• *hûʾ*: pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, singular - he
• *wə*: conjunction - and
• *ʾên*: particle of negation - there is none
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine, plural - gods/God
• *ʿimmāḏî*: preposition with 1st person singular suffix - with me
• *ʾāmîṯ*: verb, hifil imperfect, 1st person singular - I kill
• *wa*: conjunction - and
• *ʾăḥayyeh*: verb, piel imperfect, 1st person singular - I make alive
• *māḥaṣtî*: verb, qal perfect, 1st person singular - I have wounded
• *ʾerpāʾ*: verb, qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I heal
• *miyyāḏî*: preposition with noun, feminine, singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - from my hand
• *maṣṣîl*: participle, hifil, masculine, singular - one who delivers/rescues

Word Meanings

• *rəʾû*: see/behold/observe
• *ʾănî* *ʾănî* *hûʾ*: I, even I, am he/I am the one
• *ʾĕlōhîm*: gods/God/deity
• *ʾāmîṯ*: I kill/put to death
• *ʾăḥayyeh*: I make alive/bring to life/revive
• *māḥaṣtî*: I have wounded/struck/pierced
• *ʾerpāʾ*: I heal/restore/make whole
• *maṣṣîl*: one who delivers/rescues/saves

Referenced Verses

• Hos 6:1 : 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.
• 1 Sam 2:6 : 6 The LORD killeth, and maketh alive: he bringeth down to the grave, and bringeth up.
• Job 5:18 : 18 For he maketh sore, and bindeth up: he woundeth, and his hands make whole.
• Isa 45:5 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded thee, though thou hast not known me:
• Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I am God, and there is none else.
• Isa 46:4 : 4 And even to your old age I am he; and even to hoar hairs will I carry you: I have made, and I will bear; even I will carry, and will deliver you.
• Isa 41:4 : 4 Who hath wrought and done it, calling the generations from the beginning? I the LORD, the first, and with the last; I am he.
• Isa 43:13 : 13 Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand: I will work, and who shall let it?
• 2 Kgs 5:7 : 7 And it came to pass, when the king of Israel had read the letter, that he rent his clothes, and said, Am I God, to kill and to make alive, that this man doth send unto me to recover a man of his leprosy? wherefore consider, I pray you, and see how he seeketh a quarrel against me.
• Ps 68:20 : 20 He that is our God is the God of salvation; and unto GOD the Lord belong the issues from death.
• Ps 50:22 : 22 Now consider{H8798)} this, ye that forget{H8802)} God, lest I tear you in pieces{H8799)}, and there be none to deliver{H8688)}.
• Isa 45:18 : 18 For thus saith the LORD that created the heavens; God himself that formed the earth and made it; he hath established it, he created it not in vain, he formed it to be inhabited: I am the LORD; and there is none else.
• Isa 48:12 : 12 Hearken unto me, O Jacob and Israel, my called; I am he; I am the first, I also am the last.
• Rev 1:17-18 : 17 And when I saw him, I fell at his feet as dead. And he laid his right hand upon me, saying unto me, Fear not; I am the first and the last: 18 {G2532} I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
• Rev 2:8 : 8 And unto the angel of the church in Smyrna write; These things saith the first and the last, which was dead, and is alive;
• Mic 5:8 : 8 And the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the flocks of sheep: who, if he go through, both treadeth down, and teareth in pieces, and none can deliver.
• John 8:24 : 24 I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.
• Heb 1:12 : 12 And as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
• Rev 1:11 : 11 Saying, I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and, What thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches which are in Asia; unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea.
• Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
• Ps 102:27 : 27 But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.
• Job 10:7 : 7 Thou knowest that I am not wicked; and there is none that can deliver out of thine hand.