Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 32:39–40

³⁹See now that I am He;

there is no God besides Me.

I bring death and I give life;

I wound and I heal,

and there is no one

who can deliver from My hand.

⁴⁰For I lift up My hand to heaven and declare:

As surely as I live forever,

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Deuteronomy 32:39

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
See	רְא֣וּ׀	rə·’ū	Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7200 see
now	עַתָּ֗ה	‘at·tāh	Adverb	H6258 now
that	כִּ֣י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I	אֲנִ֤י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
am He	ה֔וּא	hū	Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
there is no	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
God	אֱלֹהִ֖ים	’ĕ·lō·hîm	Noun - masculine plural	H430 God
besides Me	עִמָּדִ֑י	‘im·mā·ḏî	Preposition; first person common singular	H5978 along with
I	אֲנִי֙	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
bring death	אָמִ֣ית	’ā·mîṯ	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular	H4191 die
and I give life	וַאֲחַיֶּ֗ה	wa·’ă·ḥay·yeh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - first person common singular	H2421 live
I wound	מָחַ֙צְתִּי֙	mā·ḥaṣ·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H4272 smite through, wound severely, shatter
and I	אֲנִ֧י	’ă·nî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H589 I
heal	אֶרְפָּ֔א	’er·pā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H7495 heal
and	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
who can deliver	מַצִּֽיל׃	maṣ·ṣîl	Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular construct	H5337 strip, plunder
from My hand	מִיָּדִ֖י	mî·yā·ḏî	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand

Deuteronomy 32:40

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
For	כִּֽי־	kî-	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
I lift up	אֶשָּׂ֥א	’eś·śā	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H5375 lift, take, carry
My hand	יָדִ֑י	yā·ḏî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H3027 hand
to	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
heaven	שָׁמַ֖יִם	šā·ma·yim	Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
and declare	וְאָמַ֕רְתִּי	wə·’ā·mar·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
As surely as I	אָנֹכִ֖י	’ā·nō·ḵî	Pronoun - first person common singular	H595 I
live	חַ֥י	ḥay	Noun - masculine singular	H2416 alive, living
forever	לְעֹלָֽם׃	lə·‘ō·lām	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity

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Deuteronomy 32:39 1 Samuel 2:6 · Hosea 6:1 · Job 5:18 · Isaiah 45:5 · Isaiah 45:22 · Isaiah 46:4 · Isaiah 43:13 · Isaiah 45:18 · Psalm 68:20 · Revelation 1:17–18 · Isaiah 41:4 · Psalm 50:22

Deuteronomy 32:40 Hebrews 6:17–18 · Jeremiah 4:2 · Revelation 10:5–6 · Genesis 14:22 · Numbers 14:28–30

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.