Deuteronomy 5:3
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.”
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“He did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with all of us who are alive here today.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“The Lord made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“not with our fathers hath Jehovah made this covenant, but with us; we--these--here to-day--all of us alive.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 5:3 — 10 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Genesis 17:7I will establish My covenant as an everlasting covenant between Me and you and your descendants after you, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you.
- Genesis 17:21But I will establish My covenant with Isaac, whom Sarah will bear to you at this time next year.”
- Deuteronomy 29:9So keep and follow the words of this covenant, that you may prosper in all you do.
- Deuteronomy 29:10All of you are standing today before the LORD your God—you leaders of tribes, elders, officials, and all the men of Israel,
- Deuteronomy 29:14I am making this covenant and this oath not only with you,
- Psalms 105:8He remembers His covenant forever, the word He ordained for a thousand generations—
- Jeremiah 32:38They will be My people, and I will be their God.
- Matthew 13:17For truly I tell you, many prophets and righteous men longed to see what you see but did not see it, and to hear what you hear but did not hear it.
- Galatians 3:17What I mean is this: The law that came 430 years later does not revoke the covenant previously established by God, so as to nullify the promise.
- Hebrews 8:8But God found fault with the people and said: “Behold, the days are coming, declares the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah.
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