Deuteronomy 10:21
in Deuteronomy 10He is your praise and He is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome wonders that your eyes have seen.
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ASV
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
KJV
He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 10
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.
This site's exposition
You are to fear the LORD your God
on Deuteronomy 10:20-21
Four things are asked, to fear, to serve, to hold fast and to swear, and three were already given at 6:13. "Hold fast" is the addition, and its Hebrew verb is the one Genesis 2:24 uses of a man and his wife.
This site's exposition
He is your praise
The verse pairs two titles, your praise and your God, and grounds both in wonders the hearers saw. Matthew Henry reads He is your praise two ways, as the God who puts honour on Israel and who expects honour from them.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
He is thy praise,....
Therefore love him and serve him, because of the relation wherein he stands to thee. He is thy God, a God in covenant with thee, and as such he is thy praise," that is [1.] "He puts honour upon thee; he is the God in whom, all the day long, thou mayest boast that thou knowest him, and art known of him. If he is thy God, he is thy glory." [2.] "He expects honour from thee.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He is thy praise - It is an eternal honor to any soul to be in the friendship of God. Why are people ashamed of being thought religious? Because they know nothing of religion. He who knows his Maker may glory in his God, for without him what has any soul but disgrace, pain, shame, and perdition? How strange is it that those who fear God should be ashamed to own it, while sinners boldly proclaim their relationship to Satan!
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ה֥וּא | hu' | he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| תְהִלָּתְךָ֖ | tehilatekha | [is] praise your | H8416 → | |
| וְה֣וּא | vehu' | and he | H1931 → | 1879 times |
| אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ | ʾeloheikha | [is] God your | H430 → | 2601 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| עָשָׂ֣ה | ʾasah | he has done | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| אִתְּךָ֗ | ʾitekha | with you | H854 → | 929 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַגְּדֹלֹ֤ת | hagedolot | the great [things] | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| הַנּֽוֹרָאֹת֙ | hanoraot | the awesome [deeds] | H3372 → | 315 times |
| הָאֵ֔לֶּה | haeleh | <the> these | H428 → | 746 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| רָא֖וּ | rau | they have seen | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| עֵינֶֽיךָ׃ | ʾeineikha | eyes your | H5869 → | 887 times |
ה֥וּאhe
hu'H1931 →1879 times
תְהִלָּתְךָ֖[is] praise your
tehilatekhaH8416 →
וְה֣וּאand he
vehu'H1931 →1879 times
אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ[is] God your
ʾeloheikhaH430 →2601 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
עָשָׂ֣הhe has done
ʾasahH6213 →2628 times
אִתְּךָ֗with you
ʾitekhaH854 →929 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
הַגְּדֹלֹ֤תthe great [things]
hagedolotH1419 →526 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
הַנּֽוֹרָאֹת֙the awesome [deeds]
hanoraotH3372 →315 times
הָאֵ֔לֶּה<the> these
haelehH428 →746 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
רָא֖וּthey have seen
rauH7200 →1300 times
עֵינֶֽיךָ׃eyes your
ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 15:2The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will praise Him, my father’s God, and I will exalt Him.
it leads to
- Isaiah 12:2
Surely 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.”
- Psalms 118:14
The LORD is my strength and my song, and He has become my salvation.
- Psalms 18:46
The LORD lives, and blessed be my Rock! And may the God of my salvation be exalted—
- Psalms 59:17
To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
- Isaiah 12:2
Through
Jeremiah 17:14Heal me, O LORD, and I will be healed; save me, and I will be saved, for You are my praise.
it leads to
- Psalms 6:2
Be merciful to me, O LORD, for I am frail; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are in agony.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My…
- Psalms 6:2
Through
Revelation 21:23And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, because the glory of God illuminates the city, and the Lamb is its lamp.
it leads to
- Isaiah 60:19–20
No longer will the sun be your light by day, nor the brightness of the moon shine on your night; for the LORD will be your everlasting light, and your God will be your…
- Revelation 22:5
There will be no more night in the city, and they will have no need for the light of a lamp or of the sun. For the Lord God will shine on them, and…
- Isaiah 60:19–20
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.