Verse
Deuteronomy 7:9 — Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God…
“Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;”
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The verses around Deuteronomy 7:9.
7The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
10And 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.
11Thou shalt therefore keep the commandments, and the statutes, and the judgments, which I command thee this day, to do them.
Verse explanation
“To a thousand generations” uses the language of eternal duration typical of ancient treaties between kings: a way of saying that God’s commitment to those who love Him has no expiration date counted in years, but in unending faithfulness.
From the Deuteronomy 7 study in Bible in Stories.
Deuteronomy 7:9 in other versions
The same verse in the 4 Bible versions we have on the site.
- KJV · King James
Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
Read the chapter in this version → - ARC · Almeida 1911Português
Saberás pois que o Senhor teu Deus é Deus, o Deus fiel, que guarda o concerto e a misericordia até mil gerações aos que o amam e guardam os seus mandamentos;
Read the chapter in this version → - BLIVRE · Bíblia LivrePortuguês
Conhece, pois, que o SENHOR teu Deus é Deus, Deus fiel, que guarda o pacto e a misericórdia aos que lhe amam e guardam seus mandamentos, até as mil gerações;
Read the chapter in this version → - VBL · Versión Biblia LibreEspañol
Por eso puedes estar seguro de que el Señor tu Dios es el verdadero Dios, el Dios fiel que cumple su acuerdo basado en un amor digno de confianza a mil generaciones de los que le aman y guardan sus mandamientos.
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