Deuteronomy 5:3 It was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.

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Parallel Verses

New International Version
It was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us, with all of us who are alive here today.

English Standard Version
Not with our fathers did the LORD make this covenant, but with us, who are all of us here alive today.

New American Standard Bible
"The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, with all those of us alive here today.

King James Bible
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.

International Standard Version
it was not with our ancestors that the LORD made this covenant, but with us—we who are here today—all of us who are now living.

American Standard Version
Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He made not the covenant with our fathers, but with us, who are now present and living.

Darby Bible Translation
Not with our fathers did Jehovah make this covenant, but with us, even us, those who are here alive all of us this day.

Young's Literal Translation
not with our fathers hath Jehovah made this covenant, but with us; we -- these -- here to-day -- all of us alive.

Cross References

Hebrews 8:9
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt; because they continued not in my covenant, and I regarded them not, said the Lord.

Deuteronomy 29:1
These are the words of the covenant, which the LORD commanded Moses to make with the children of Israel in the land of Moab, beside the covenant which he made with them in Horeb.

Jeremiah 31:32
Not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt; which my covenant they broke, although I was an husband to them, said the LORD:

Jeremiah 34:13
Thus said the LORD, the God of Israel; I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slaves, saying,

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Commentaries

Matthew Henry's Commentary

5:1-5 Moses demands attention. When we hear the word of God we must learn it; and what we have learned we must put in practice, for that is the end of hearing and learning; not to fill our heads with notions, or our mouths with talk, but to direct our affections and conduct.

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

3. The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us—The meaning is, "not with our fathers" only, "but with us" also, assuming it to be "a covenant" of grace. It may mean "not with our fathers" at all, if the reference is to the peculiar establishment of the covenant of Sinai; a law was not given to them as to us, nor was the covenant ratified in the same public manner and by the same solemn sanctions. Or, finally, the meaning may be "not with our fathers" who died in the wilderness, in consequence of their rebellion, and to whom God did not give the rewards promised only to the faithful; but "with us," who alone, strictly speaking, shall enjoy the benefits of this covenant by entering on the possession of the promised land.