Exodus 20:6 BSB — MannaFest

Exodus 20:6

but showing loving devotion to a thousand generations of those who love Me and keep My commandments.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

KJV

And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me, and keep my commandments.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And showing mercy unto thousands - Mark; even those who love God and keep his commandments merit nothing from him, and therefore the salvation and blessedness which these enjoy come from the mercy of God: Showing mercy, etc. What a disproportion between the works of justice and mercy! Justice works to the third or fourth, mercy to thousands of generations! The heathen had maxims like these.

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Original language & word study

6 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעֹ֥֤שֶׂה	ve.'O.seh	and doing	H6213 →
חֶ֖֙סֶד֙	che.sed	covenant loyalty	H2617 →
לַאֲלָפִ֑֔ים	la.'a.la.Fim	to thousands	H505 →
לְאֹהֲבַ֖י	le.'o.ha.Vai	to [those who] love me	H157 →
וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י	u.le.sho.me.Rei	and to [those who] keep	H8104 →
מִצְוֹתָֽי׃ ס	mitz.vo.Tai	commandments my	H4687 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
John 14:21
Whoever has My commandments and keeps them is the one who loves Me. The one who loves Me will be loved by My Father, and I will love him and reveal Myself to him.”
leads to
- John 14:15
  If you love Me, you will keep My commandments.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 2 John 1:6
  And this is love, that we walk according to His commandments. This is the very commandment you have heard from the beginning, that you must walk in love.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- 1 John 5:3
  For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- 1 John 2:5
  But if anyone keeps His word, the love of God has been truly perfected in him. By this we know that we are in Him:
- John 15:9–10
  As the Father has loved Me, so have I loved you. Remain in My love.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:9
Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.
leads to
- Hebrews 10:23
  Let us hold resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
- 2 Timothy 2:13
  if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:3
  But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.