Deuteronomy 32:40
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Indeed,כִּֽי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
I liftאֶשָּׂ֥א
(es·sa)
5375: to lift, carry, takea prim. root
up My handיָדִ֑י
(ya·di;)
3027: handa prim. root
to heaven,שָׁמַ֖יִם
(sha·ma·yim)
8064: heaven, skyfrom an unused word
And say,וְאָמַ֕רְתִּי
(ve·'a·mar·ti)
559: to utter, saya prim. root
as I liveחַ֥י
(chai)
2416a: alive, livingfrom chayah
forever,לְעֹלָֽם׃
(le·'o·lam.)
5769: long duration, antiquity, futurityfrom an unused word


















KJV Lexicon
For I lift up
nasa'  (naw-saw')
to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absol. and rel. (as follows)
my hand
yad  (yawd)
a hand (the open one (indicating power, means, direction, etc.),
to heaven
shamayim  (shaw-mah'-yim)
air, astrologer, heaven(-s).
and say
'amar  (aw-mar')
to say (used with great latitude)
I live
chay  (khah'-ee)
age, alive, appetite, (wild) beast, company, congregation, life(-time), live(-ly), living (creature, thing), maintenance, + merry, multitude, + (be) old, quick, raw, running, springing, troop.
for ever
`owlam  (o-lawm')
concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
'Indeed, I lift up My hand to heaven, And say, as I live forever,

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

Holman Christian Standard Bible
I raise My hand to heaven and declare: As surely as I live forever,

International Standard Version
"I solemnly swear to heaven— I say 'As certainly as I'm alive and living forever,

NET Bible
For I raise up my hand to heaven, and say, 'As surely as I live forever,

GOD'S WORD® Translation
I raise my hand toward heaven and solemnly swear: As surely as I live forever,

King James 2000 Bible
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, As I live forever.
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