Deuteronomy 7:10

but requiting them who hate him unto his face to destroy them,—he will not be slack towards him that hateth him, unto his face, will he requite him.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

9So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God,—the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations

11So shalt thou keep the commandment and the statutes and the regulations, which I am commanding thee to-day, to do them.

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Cross References

Exodus 20:5thou shalt not bow thyself down to them nor be led to serve them—For, I, Yahweh, thy God, am a jealous GOD, visiting the iniquity of fathers upon sons, unto three [generations] and, unto four, of them that hate me;

Deuteronomy 7:9So then, thou must know that, Yahweh thy God, he, is God,—the faithful GOD, keeping his covenant and his lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations

Deuteronomy 32:35Unto the days of vengeance and requital: Unto the time their foot shall totter? For, near, is the day of their fate, And their destiny speedeth on.

Psalms 21:8Thy hand, will find out, all thy foes, Thine own right hand, will find out them who hate thee.

Isaiah 59:18According to their deeds, accordingly, will he repay, Indignation to his adversaries, Recompense to his enemies,—To the Coastlands—recompense, will he repay:

John 15:23He that hateth me, hateth, my Father also.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:2-12

A Caution Against Idolatry. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; 2 And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor show mercy unto… Read the whole commentary →

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