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Selected Verse: Deuteronomy 33:27 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| De 33:27 |
King James |
The eternal God is thy refuge, and underneath are the everlasting arms: and he shall thrust out the enemy from before thee; and shall say, Destroy them. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Thy refuge - Rather, "dwellingplace." Compare Psa 90:1; Psa 91:9. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| The eternal God - He who was before all worlds, and will be, when time shall be no more: Is thy refuge - Or, thy habitation or mansion - house (so the word signifies) in whom thou art safe, and easy, and at rest, as a man is in his own house. Every true Israelite is at home in God: the soul returns to him, and reposes in him. And they that make him their habitation shall have all the comforts and benefits of an habitation in him. And underneath are the everlasting arms - The almighty power of God, which protects and comforts all that trust in him, in their greatest straits and distresses. He shall thrust out the enemy from before thee - Shall make room for thee by his resistless power, and shall say, Destroy them - Giving thee not only a commission but strength to put it in execution. And, has he not given the same commission and the same strength to believers, to destroy all sin? |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
The eternal God - אלהי קדם elohey kedem, the former God; He who was of old. Not like the gods which were lately come up. He who ever was and ever will be; and He who was, is, and will be unchangeably holy, wise, just, and merciful. See the note on Gen 21:33.
Everlasting arms - As the arm is the emblem of power, and of power in a state of exertion, the words here state that an unlimited and unconquerable power shall be eternally exerted in the defense of God's Church, and in the behalf of all those who trust in Him.
Thrust out the enemy - He will expel all the ancient inhabitants, and put thee in possession of their land. |
9 Because thou hast made the LORD, which is my refuge, even the most High, thy habitation;
1 A Prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations.
33 And Abraham planted a grove in Beersheba, and called there on the name of the LORD, the everlasting God.