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;
Parallel translations
- WEB Know therefore that Yahweh your God himself is God, the faithful God, who keeps covenant and loving kindness with them who love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
- BSB Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
- NKJV “Therefore know that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love Him and keep His commandments;
- NASB Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments;
- NLT Understand, therefore, that the Lord your God is indeed God. He is the faithful God who keeps his covenant for a thousand generations and lavishes his unfailing love on those who love him and obey his commands.
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Quick answer
The LORD is the faithful God who keeps covenant love to a thousand generations of those who love and obey him. His faithfulness is sure and enduring.
Overview
Moses calls Israel to know God as utterly trustworthy, keeping steadfast love across generations. This faithfulness undergirds the covenant and invites wholehearted devotion. God's unwavering fidelity finds its fullest expression in the new covenant sealed by the blood of Christ.
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- Heb 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- 2 Tim 2:13If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.
- 2 Th 3:3But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.
- Dan 9:4And I prayed unto the LORD my God, and made my confession, and said, O Lord, the great and dreadful God, keeping the covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments;
- 1 Cor 1:9God is faithful, by whom ye were called unto the fellowship of his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
- Neh 1:5And said, I beseech thee, O LORD God of heaven, the great and terrible God, that keepeth covenant and mercy for them that love him and observe his commandments:
- 1 Th 5:24Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.
- Rom 8:28And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
- Deut 5:10And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
- Exod 20:6And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.
- Isa 49:7Thus saith the LORD, the Redeemer of Israel, and his Holy One, to him whom man despiseth, to him whom the nation abhorreth, to a servant of rulers, Kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship, because of the LORD that is faithful, and the Holy One of Israel, and he shall choose thee.
- 2 Cor 1:18But as God is true, our word toward you was not yea and nay.
- 1 Jn 1:9If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- Gen 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.
- Jas 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- Heb 6:18That by two immutable things, in which it was impossible for God to lie, we might have a strong consolation, who have fled for refuge to lay hold upon the hope set before us:
- Ps 119:75I know, O LORD, that thy judgments are right, and that thou in faithfulness hast afflicted me.
- Heb 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Deut 4:35Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
- Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- 1 Chr 16:15Be ye mindful always of his covenant; the word which he commanded to a thousand generations;
- Exod 34:6–7And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
- 1 Cor 8:3But if any man love God, the same is known of him.
- 1 Cor 10:3And did all eat the same spiritual meat;
- Lam 3:23They are new every morning: great is thy faithfulness.
- Ps 146:6Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which keepeth truth for ever:
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