Deuteronomy 7:10
8 But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
9 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.
But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
11 So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
12 If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- and repays those who hate him to their face, to destroy them. He will not be slack to him who hates him. He will repay him to his face.
- ASV
- 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.
- DARBY
- and repayeth them that hate him [each] to his face, to cause them to perish: he delayeth not with him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
- BLB
- And He repays those who hate Him to their faces, to destroy them. He delays not to him who hates Him—to his face He will repay him.
- ÅB
- men som gjengjelder dem som hater ham, like opp i deres øyne, så han lar dem omkomme. Han er ikke sen når det gjelder den som hater ham; like opp i hans øyne gjengjelder han ham.
- OTB
- Men de som hater Ham, vil Han gjengjelde ansikt til ansikt ved ødeleggelse; Han vil ikke nøle med å gjengjelde ansikt til ansikt dem som hater Ham.
- B1930
- men som gjengjelder dem som hater ham, like op i deres øine, så han lar dem omkomme. Han er ikke sen når det gjelder den som hater ham; like op i hans øine gjengjelder han ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 59:18
So He will repay according to their deeds: fury to His enemies, retribution to His foes, and recompense to the islands.
Read in contextNahum 1:2
The LORD is a jealous and avenging God; the LORD is avenging and full of wrath. The LORD takes vengeance on His foes and reserves wrath for His enemies.
Read in contextRomans 12:19
Do not avenge yourselves, beloved, but leave room for God’s wrath. For it is written: “Vengeance is Mine; I will repay, says the Lord.”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is coming quickly.”
Read in contextPsalms 21:8–9
Your hand will apprehend all Your enemies; Your right hand will seize those who hate You.
Read in contextProverbs 11:31
If the righteous receive their due on earth, how much more the ungodly and the sinner!
Read in contextExodus 20:5
You shall not bow down to them or worship them; for I, the LORD your God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers on their children to the third and fourth generations of those who hate Me,
Read in context2 Peter 3:9–10
The Lord is not slow in keeping His promise as some understand slowness, but is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish but everyone to come to repentance.
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