King James Version
What Does Deuteronomy 32:35 Mean?
“To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.”
Context
33
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
34
Is not this laid up in store with me, and sealed up among my treasures?
35
To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.
36
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself for his servants, when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up, or left. power: Heb. hand
37
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
Commentary
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers(35) **To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence.**—In the Epistle to the Hebrews (Hebrews 10:30) this sentence is quoted with the first clause of Deuteronomy 32:36, “For we know Him that said, Vengeance belongeth unto me. I will recompense, saith the Lord.” And so in Romans 12:19.
**Their foot shall slide in due time.**—Rather, *for the time when their foot shall slide.*
Charles John Ellicott (1819–1905). Public Domain.
Historical Context
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Theological Significance
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