Deuteronomy 32:40

For I lift up My hand to Shomayim, 1 and say, Chai Anochi l'Olam (as I live). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.

In Context

39See now that I, even I, am He, 1 and there is no elohim besides Me: 1 I kill, and I make alive; 1 I wound, and I heal; 1 neither is there any that can deliver out of My hand. 1

41If I sharpen My glittering cherev, 1 and Mine hand take hold on mishpat; 1 I will render nakam (vengeance) to Mine enemies, 1 and will reward them that hate Me. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 6:8And I will bring you in unto HaAretz, concerning the which I did lift up My hand to swear to give it to Avraham, to Yitzchak, and to Ya'akov; and I will give it to you for a morashah (heritage); I am Hashem.

Numbers 14:28Say unto them, As truly as I live, saith Hashem, as ye have spoken in Mine ears, so will I do to you:

Jeremiah 4:2And thou shalt swear, Chai Hashem (as surely as HASHEM lives), 1 in emes, in mishpat, and in tzedakah; 1 and the Goyim shall bless themselves in Him, 1 and in Him shall they glory. 1

Hebrews 6:17Similarly, when Hashem wanted to demonstrate even more emphatically to the yoreshim (heirs) of the havtachah (promise) the unchangeableness of his willed tachlis (purpose), Hashem guaranteed it with a shevu'ah,

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 →

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