Deuteronomy 5:3
“The Lord made not this couenant with our fathers, but with vs: euen vs, who are all of vs here aliue this day.”
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Deuteronomy 5:3 Context
1And Moses called all Israel, and sayd vnto them, Heare, O Israel, the Statutes and Iudgements which I speake in your eares this day, that ye may learne them, and keepe and doe them. 2The Lord our God made a couenant with vs in Horeb. 3The Lord made not this couenant with our fathers, but with vs: euen vs, who are all of vs here aliue this day. 4The Lord talked with you, face to face, in the mount, out of the midst of the fire, 5(I stood betweene 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 vp into the mount,) saying,
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Other Translations for Deuteronomy 5:3
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, [even] us, who [are] all of us here alive this day.
- King James Version
"The LORD did not make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, {with} all those of us alive here today.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
Jehovah made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- American Standard Version (1901)
The Lord did not make this agreement with our fathers but with us, who are all living and present here today.
- Basic English Bible
Not with our fathers did Jehovah make this covenant, but with us, [even] us, those [who are] here alive all of us this day.
- Darby Bible
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- Webster's Bible
Yahweh didn't make this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- World English Bible
not with our fathers hath Jehovah made this covenant, but with us; we -- these -- here to-day -- all of us alive.
- Youngs Literal Bible
The LORD made not this covenant with our fathers, but with us, even us, who are all of us here alive this day.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Deuteronomy 5:3
5:3 Not with our fathers - Only: but with us, who are all alive - He saith not, that all who made the covenant at Sinai are now alive, but this covenant was made with all that are now alive; which is most true, for it was made with the elders in their persons, and with the rest in their parents, who covenanted for them.