King James Version
Deuteronomy 5:3 in the King James Version says “The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 5 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.”
Deuteronomy 5:3 · KJV
And Moses called all Israel, and said unto them, Hear, O Israel, the statutes and judgments which I speak in your ears this day, that ye may learn them, and keep, and do them. keep: Heb. keep to do them
The LORD our God made a covenant with us in Horeb.
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
The LORD talked with you face to face in the mount out of the midst of the fire,
(I stood between the LORD and you at that time, to shew you the word of the LORD: for ye were afraid by reason of the fire, and went not up into the mount;) saying,
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not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“with our fathers”
H1father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
“made”
H3772to cut (off, down or asunder); by implication, to destroy or consume; specifically, to covenant (i.e., make an alliance or bargain, originally by cutt
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“not this covenant”
H1285a compact (because made by passing between pieces of flesh)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, nearness (used only as a preposition or an adverb), near; hence, generally, with, by, at, among, etc
“this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“here alive”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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