Deuteronomy 32:41
When I whet my glittering sword, and my hand taketh hold on judgment: I will render vengeance unto my enemies, and those that hate me will I requite.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
In Context
40For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
Cross References
Exodus 20:5Thou shalt not bow thyself down 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;
Deuteronomy 7:10And repayeth those that hate him to their face, to destroy them; he will not delay to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Psalms 7:12(7:13) If he turn not, He will whet his sword, he bendeth his bow, and maketh it ready.
Psalms 149:9To execute upon them the judgment [which is] written: this is an honor for all his pious servants. Hallelujah.
Isaiah 27:1On that day will the Lord punish with his heavy and great and strong sword leviathan the flying serpent, and leviathan the crooked servant; and he will slay the crocodile that is in the sea.
Isaiah 59:18According to the demerits, so will he repay [all], fury to his adversaries, recompense to his enemies; to the islands will he repay what they have merited.
Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:40-44
39 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. 40 For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever. 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. 42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the… Read the whole commentary →