Deuteronomy 33:29
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.””
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“Blessed are you, O Israel! Who is like you, a people saved by the LORD? He is the shield that protects you, the sword in which you boast. Your enemies will cower before you, and you shall trample their high places.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Happy art thou, O Israel: Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thy excellency! And thine enemies shall submit themselves unto thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“O thy happiness, O Israel! who is like thee? A people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And He who <FI>is<Fi> the sword of thine excellency: And thine enemies are subdued for thee, And thou on their high places dost tread.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 33:29 — 24 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 15:1After these events, the word of the LORD came to Abram in a vision: “Do not be afraid, Abram. I am your shield, your very great reward.”
- Numbers 23:20I have indeed received a command to bless; He has blessed, and I cannot change it.
- Numbers 24:5How lovely are your tents, O Jacob, your dwellings, O Israel!
- Deuteronomy 4:7For what nation is great enough to have a god as near to them as the LORD our God is to us whenever we call on Him?
- Deuteronomy 32:13He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
- Joshua 10:24When they had brought the kings to Joshua, he summoned all the men of Israel and said to the army commanders who had accompanied him, “Come here and put your feet on the necks of these kings.” So the commanders came forward and put their feet on their necks.
- Judges 7:20The three companies blew their horns and shattered their jars. Holding the torches in their left hands and the horns in their right hands, they shouted, “A sword for the LORD and for Gideon!”
- 2 Samuel 7:23And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself and to make a name for Himself? You performed great and awesome wonders by driving out nations and their gods from before Your people, whom You redeemed for Yourself from Egypt.
- 2 Samuel 22:45Foreigners cower before me; when they hear me, they obey me.
- Psalms 7:12If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.
- Psalms 18:44When they hear me, they obey me; foreigners cower before me.
- Psalms 18:45Foreigners lose heart and come trembling from their strongholds.
- Psalms 33:12Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people He has chosen as His inheritance!
- Psalms 33:20Our soul waits for the LORD; He is our help and our shield.
- Psalms 45:3Strap your sword at your side, O mighty warrior; appear in your majesty and splendor.
- Psalms 66:3Say to God, “How awesome are Your deeds! So great is Your power that Your enemies cower before You.
- Psalms 81:15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience, and their doom would last forever.
- Psalms 84:11For the LORD God is a sun and a shield; the LORD gives grace and glory; He withholds no good thing from those who walk with integrity.
- Psalms 115:9O Israel, trust in the LORD! He is their help and shield.
- Psalms 144:15Blessed are the people of whom this is so; blessed are the people whose God is the LORD.
- Isaiah 12:2Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
- Isaiah 27:1In that day the LORD will take His sharp, great, and mighty sword, and bring judgment on Leviathan the fleeing serpent—Leviathan the coiling serpent—and He will slay the dragon of the sea.
- Isaiah 33:16he will dwell on the heights; the mountain fortress will be his refuge; his food will be provided and his water assured.
- Isaiah 34:5When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
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