Deuteronomy 32:40
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
American King James Version (AKJV)
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
American Standard Version (ASV)
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
Basic English Translation (BBE)
For lifting up my hand to heaven I say, By my unending life,
Webster's Revision
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever.
World English Bible
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live forever,
English Revised Version (ERV)
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
Clarke's Deuteronomy 32:40 Bible Commentary
For I lift up my hand to heaven - See concerning oaths and appeals to God in the note on Deuteronomy 6:13 (note).
Barnes's Deuteronomy 32:40 Bible Commentary
Render: For I lift up my hand to heaven and say, As I live forever, if I whet, etc. On Deuteronomy 32:40, in which God is described as swearing by Himself, compare Isaiah 45:23; Jeremiah 22:5; Hebrews 6:17. The lifting up of the hand was a gesture used in making oath (compare Genesis 14:22; Revelation 10:5).
Wesley's Deuteronomy 32:40 Bible Commentary
32:40 I lift up my hand - I solemnly swear, that I will do what here follows. I live - As sure as I live.