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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 32:39

I, even I, am he, and there is no God with me. — There are many very similar passages in Isaiah 41-46; but none of them exactly reproduces this sentence.

I kill, and I make alive. — This was repeated by Hannah in her song, “The Lord killeth and maketh alive” (1 Samuel 2:6). Comp. also Isaiah 43:13, “Yea, before the day was I am he; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand.”

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See also Deuteronomy 32:39 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse 39. _SEE NOW THAT I _- AM _HE_] Be convinced that God alone can save, and God alone can destroy, and that your idols can neither _hurt_ nor _help_ you. _I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE, C._] My mercy...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    SONG OF MOSES If Deuteronomy 32:1 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1)...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    2. THE SONG OF MOSES CHAPTER 32:1-43 _ 1. The introduction and the theme (Deuteronomy 32:1)_ 2. The foolish people (Deuteronomy 32:5) 3. How Jehovah loved them (Deuteronomy 32:7

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry of the OT. Its dominant theme is Yahweh's justice a...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I, EVEN I, AM HE. Compare Isaiah 44:8. I KILL. Compare 1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7. I WOUND. Compare Job 5:18;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    It is Destined for Israel's Foes 34  Is all that not stored with me, Sealed in my treasuries, 35  For the day of revenge and requital, What time their foot shall slip. Yea, near is their day of d...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    39  See now that I, I am He, And never a god beside me. I do to death and revive, I shattered and I shall heal. [With none to save from my hand.] 40  For I lift to heaven mine hand, And say, -As...

  • Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

    DISCOURSE: 237 GOD THE ONLY AUTHOR OF GOOD AND EVIL Deuteronomy 32:39. _See now, that I, even I, am he, and there it no strange god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither it...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _VER._ 39. _SEE NOW THAT I, EVEN I, AM HE_— As the great design of the separation of the Israelites from the rest of the world was, to preserve the knowledge of the true God; so, the end of all the di...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    THOUGHT QUESTIONS 32:34-43 561. What does God have laid up in His treasury? 562. How is it possible to say of God that He repents? 563. Are we to believe God takes some type of delight in bloods...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _SEE NOW THAT I, EVEN I, AM HE, AND THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME: I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND, AND I HEAL: NEITHER IS THERE ANY THAT CAN DELIVER OUT OF MY HAND._ See now that I, even I, am he, and t...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    32:39 HE, (d-7) ' _ The Same_ ,' 'the self-existent one.' This expression becomes virtually a name of God. see 2 Samuel 7:28 ; 2 Kings 19:15 ; 1 Chronicles 17:26 ;...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE SONG OF MOSES The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke Him with their forgetfulness and unfaithfulness, He d...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    NO GOD WITH ME] This is almost equivalent to 'no god beside me.' Jehovah alone is able to work and save: cp. Isaiah 43:10....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 32 V1 ‘Listen, HEAVENs, and I will speak. Oh earth, hear the words that I

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    רְא֣וּ ׀ עַתָּ֗ה כִּ֣י אֲנִ֤י אֲנִי֙ ה֔וּא וְ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A) THE SONG OF MOSES Deuteronomy 32:1 CRITICS have debated the date, authorship, and history of this song. For the present purpose it is sufficient, perhaps, to refe...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    MOSES VIEWS WHAT OTHERS SHALL POSSESS Deuteronomy 32:36 Sometimes God leaves us to ourselves that we may learn our weakness and sinfulness. Then, when our power is gone and we seem destined to be des...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Here we have the song itself. The first part (verses Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:1) consists of a call to attention. Heaven and earth are called to listen while the servant of God proclaims the n...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe how GOD asserts his own sovereignty. It is worthy the Reader's observation, how Moses in the close of his day of grace, is reminded of what the LORD said to him, on the first opening of that d...

  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...

  • James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

    _KILL AND CURE_ ‘I wound and I heal.’ Deuteronomy 32:39 The text declares with a magnificent fulness the personality and the power of God. I. GOD AS HEALING IS MADE VISIBLE TO US IN JESUS.—The mir...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    39_See now that 1, even I, am he. _Those who attribute the preceding verses to the unbelievers, now introduce God speaking, as it were, abruptly, and asserting His glory, in rebuke of their blasphemie...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    We have the prophetic song, which is based on the foreknown fall of the people. First, it declares the perfectness of Jehovah, whatever may take place; it is Israel who have corrupted themselves (comp...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    SEE NOW THAT I, [EVEN] I, [AM] HE,.... Which words are directed to the people of God in their low estate, to look to Christ, and expect deliverance and salvation from him; or to their enemies that ins...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    See now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither [is there any] that can deliver out of my hand. Ver. 39. _I, even I am he._] I...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _See now_ Open your eyes and be convinced by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are. _I am he_ The only true, omnipotent, and irresistible God. _There is no god with me_ As I...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set their hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. 1 GIUE eare, O yee heau...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jehovah's Sentence and its Execution...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    See now, by contemplating the fate which struck the foolish idolaters, THAT I, EVEN I, AM HE, AND THERE IS NO GOD WITH ME; Jehovah alone is the true God. I KILL, AND I MAKE ALIVE; I WOUND, AND I HEAL;...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    GOD: MAJESTIC AND FAITHFUL (vs.l-4) In these four verses the introduction of this song of Moses is both magnificent and beautiful. The heavens and the earth are called to hear the faithful words from...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    39-43 This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror indeed to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revea...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    SEE NOW; learn now by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are, and what a silly thing it was in you to put your trust in them, as they did DEUTERONOMY 32:37. I AM HE, i.e. the...

  • Notes on the Pentateuch by Charles Henry Mackintosh

    "And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words; of this song, until they were ended." It is not too much to say that one of the very grandest and most comprehensive sections...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Deuteronomy 32:39 see H7200 (H8798) God H430 kill H4191 (H8686) alive H2421 (H8762) wound H4272 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YAHWEH COMPARES HIMSELF WITH THE GODS THAT THEY HAVE WORSHIPPED (DEUTERONOMY 32:37). Deuteronomy 32:37 “And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge, Which ate the fat...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    CHAPTER 32 THE SONG OF MOSES. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled and it could be called on as a witness against them,...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Deuteronomy 32:39 The text declares with a magnificent fulness the personality and the power of God. I. God as healing is made visible to us in Jesus. The miracles of Jesus were mainly connected with...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: The song and exhortation of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: The warning and consoling words of God sent down from heaven should sink into our hearts and soften them as t...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Deuteronomy 32:1. _Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak._ This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty, has been called the Swan song of Moses, who died sin...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _See now that I, even I, am He, and there is no God with Me._ THE ROYAL PREROGATIVE I. None but the Lord can would or heal. 1. The Lord alone can spiritually wound. It is the Holy Spirit’s work to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:39 I, EVEN I, AM HE. The repetition of “I” emphasizes God’s sovereignty (compare Exodus 3:14). no god besi

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the marks of prophetic testimony in the perfectly ideal p...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION SONG OF MOSES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH. In accordance with the Divine injunction, Moses composed an ode, which he recited in the hearing of the people, and committed to writing, to re...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    So this is the song that Moses taught the children of Israel. And incidentally it was the first hit rock song. It is a song about the Rock. Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye gre...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:6; 2 Kings 5:7; Deuteronomy 4:35; Hebrews 1:12; Hosea 6:1;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    See now — Learn by your own sad experience what vain and impotent things idols are. I am he — The only true, omnipotent and irresistible God....

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