But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand in oath to Adonai, El Elyon, Creator of heaven and earth.
Deuteronomy 32:40 - Tree of Life Version “Yes, I lift My hand up to heaven and say, ‘As I Myself live forever, Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, I live for ever. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For I lift up My hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever, American Standard Version (1901) For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever, Common English Bible But now I’m lifting my hand to heaven— I swear by my own eternity: Catholic Public Domain Version I will lift up my hand to heaven, and I will say: I live in eternity. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version I will lift up my hand to heaven; and I will say: I live for ever. |
But Abram said to the king of Sodom, “I raise my hand in oath to Adonai, El Elyon, Creator of heaven and earth.
Then he planted a tamarisk tree in Beer-sheba and called there on the Name of Adonai, the Everlasting God.
Adonai lives! And blessed be my Rock! Exalted be God— the Rock of my salvation!
Snatch me, deliver me out of the hand of foreigners, whose mouth speaks falsehood, whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
whose mouth speaks falsehood, whose right hand is a right hand of deceit.
So I will bring you into the land that I swore to give to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, and give it to you as an inheritance. I am Adonai.”
You will swear, ‘As Adonai lives!’ in truth, in justice and in righteousness. The nations will bless themselves in Him and in Him they will glory.”
Therefore hear the word of Adonai, all Judah dwelling in the land of Egypt: “Behold, I have sworn by My great Name,” declares Adonai, “never more will My Name be invoked in the mouth of anyone of Judah in all the land of Egypt saying: ‘As my Lord Adonai lives.’
Say to them, thus says Adonai Elohim: On the day I chose Israel, I lifted up My hand to the seed of the house of Jacob and made Myself known to them in the land of Egypt. I lifted up My hand to them saying, ‘I am Adonai your God.’
On that day I lifted up My hand to them, to bring them out of the land of Egypt into a land that I had sought out for them, flowing with milk and honey, the splendor of all lands.
All flesh will see that I, Adonai, have kindled it; it will not be extinguished.’”
Then I said, “Ah, Adonai! They say of me. ‘Isn’t he just speaking in parables?’”
Then I heard the man clothed in linen, who was above the waters of the river, as he raised both his right and left hands toward heaven and swore an oath by Him who lives forever, saying, “It is for a time, times, and a half. Then when the breaking of the power of the holy people comes to an end, all these things will be finished.”
But as certainly as I live and as certainly as the glory of Adonai fills the entire earth,
the twenty-four elders fall down before the One seated on the throne and worship Him who lives forever and ever. And they throw their crowns down before the throne, chanting,
And whenever the living creatures give glory and honor and thanks to the One seated on the throne, who lives forever and ever,