Deuteronomy 33:27

World English Bible (2000)

The eternal God is [your] dwelling place. Underneath are the everlasting arms. He thrust out the enemy from before you, 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 Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
• Ps 91:9 : 9 Because you have made Yahweh your refuge, and the Most High your dwelling place,
• Isa 25:4 : 4 For you have 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 dreaded ones is like a storm against the wall.
• Rom 16:20 : 20 And the God of peace will quickly crush Satan under your feet. The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
• Isa 57:15 : 15 For thus says the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose name is Holy: "I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also who 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 Lord, you have been our dwelling place for all generations. 2 Before the mountains were brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
• Ps 91:1-2 : 1 He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2 I will say of Yahweh, "He is my refuge and my fortress; my God, in whom I trust."
• Ps 46:1 : 1 God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.
• Gen 49:24 : 24 But his bow remained strong. The arms of his hands were made strong, by the hands of the Mighty One of Jacob, (from there is the shepherd, the stone of Israel),
• Ps 102:24 : 24 I said, "My God, don't take me away in the midst of my days. Your years are throughout all generations.
• Prov 18:10 : 10 The name of Yahweh is a strong tower: the righteous run to him, and are safe.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But Yahweh is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembles, and the nations are not able to withstand his indignation.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 A man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the storm, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a large rock in a weary land.
• Luke 13:34 : 34 "Jerusalem, Jerusalem, that kills the prophets, and stones those who are sent to her! How often I wanted to gather your children together, like a hen gathers her own brood under her wings, and you refused!
• John 10:28-29 : 28 I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all. No one is able to snatch them out of my Father's hand.
• 1 Pet 1:5 : 5 who by the power of God are guarded through faith for a salvation ready to be revealed in the last time.
• Jude 1:24 : 24 Now to him who is able to keep them from stumbling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory in great joy,
• Rev 20:10 : 10 The devil who deceived them was thrown into the lake of fire and sulfur, where the beast and the false prophet are also. They will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
• Ps 48:3 : 3 God has shown himself in her citadels as a refuge.
• Rev 20:2-3 : 2 He seized the dragon, the old serpent, which is the devil and Satan, who deceives the whole inhabited earth, and bound him for a thousand years, 3 and cast him into the abyss, and shut it, and sealed it over him, that he should deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years were finished. After this, he must be freed for a short 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 you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, being small among the clans of Judah, out of you one will come forth to 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 my own, 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 to the King eternal, immortal, invisible, to God who alone is wise, be honor and glory forever and ever. Amen.
• Heb 9:14 : 14 how much more will the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?
• Song 2:6 : 6 His left hand is under my head. His right hand embraces me.
• Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
• Prov 10:25 : 25 When the whirlwind passes, the wicked is no more; but the righteous stand firm forever.
• Ps 91:15 : 15 He will call on 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 Yahweh your God shall deliver them up before you, and you shall strike them; then you shall utterly destroy them: you shall make no covenant with them, nor show mercy to them;
• Deut 9:3-5 : 3 Know therefore this day, that Yahweh your God is he who goes over before you as a devouring fire; he will destroy them, and he will bring them down before you: so you shall drive them out, and make them to perish quickly, as Yahweh has spoken to you. 4 Don't say in your heart, after Yahweh your God has thrust them out from before you, saying, "For my righteousness Yahweh has brought me in to possess this land;" because Yahweh drives them out before you because of the wickedness of these nations. 5 Not for your righteousness, or for the uprightness of your heart, do you go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Yahweh your God does drive them out from before you, and that he may establish the word which Yahweh swore to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
• Josh 24:18 : 18 Yahweh drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve Yahweh; for he is our God."
• 1 Sam 15:29 : 29 Also the Strength of Israel will not lie nor repent; for he is not a man, that he should repent."
• Ps 46:7 : 7 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
• Ps 46:11 : 11 Yahweh of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah. For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by the sons of Korah.
• Ps 27:5 : 5 For in the day of trouble he will keep me secretly in his pavilion. In the covert of his tabernacle he will hide me. He will lift me up on a rock.
• Ps 36:7 : 7 How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.