Deuteronomy 7:10

King James 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, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
• Nah 1:2 : 2 God is jealous, and the LORD revengeth; the LORD revengeth, and is furious; the LORD will take 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 man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
• Rom 12:19 : 19 Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.
• 2 Pet 3:9-9 : 9 The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. 10 But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
• Exod 20:5 : 5 Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor serve them: for I the LORD thy God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me;
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
• Deut 32:25 : 25 The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
• Deut 32:35 : 35 To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
• Deut 32:41 : 41 If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
• Ps 21:8-9 : 8 Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee. 9 Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the LORD shall 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: much more the wicked and the sinner.