The Meaning of Deuteronomy 32:43 Explained

Deuteronomy 32:43

KJV: Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

YLT: Sing ye nations -- with his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land -- His people.'

Darby: Shout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people.

ASV: Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Rejoice,  O ye nations,  [with] his people:  for he will avenge  the blood  of his servants,  and will render  vengeance  to his adversaries,  and will be merciful  unto his land,  [and] to his people. 

What does Deuteronomy 32:43 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 32:36-52 - Moses Views What Others Shall Possess
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 destroyed, we begin to repent of our idolatry and apostasy and to long after our former blessed experiences. At such times He draws graciously near to us again, to heal, to quicken and to deliver. He renders swift vengeance to the evils that have desolated us, and is merciful with a great compassion. See Deuteronomy 32:43. In that remarkable verse, quoted in Romans 15:10, the appeal goes forth to all the world to join with God's people in glad acknowledgment of His saving mercy.
This noble song declares for all ages the way of life and peace as contrasted with soul-death and misery. Every line of it has been fulfilled in the history of the Jews. May we not hope, also, that the time is not far distant when Jew and Gentile shall rejoice together in the bonds of common Christian fellowship? Note Deuteronomy 32:46-47. The love and service of God are life. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 32

1  Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance
46  He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it
48  God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 32:43 mean?

Rejoice Gentiles [with] His people for the blood of His servants He will avenge and vengeance render to His adversaries and He will provide atonement for His land [and] His people -
הַרְנִ֤ינוּ גוֹיִם֙ עַמּ֔וֹ כִּ֥י דַם־ עֲבָדָ֖יו יִקּ֑וֹם וְנָקָם֙ יָשִׁ֣יב לְצָרָ֔יו וְכִפֶּ֥ר אַדְמָת֖וֹ עַמּֽוֹ פ

הַרְנִ֤ינוּ  Rejoice 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: רוּן 
Sense: to overcome.
גוֹיִם֙  Gentiles 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural
Root: גֹּוי 
Sense: nation, people.
עַמּ֔וֹ  [with]  His  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
דַם־  the  blood 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: דָּם  
Sense: blood.
עֲבָדָ֖יו  of  His  servants 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עֶבֶד  
Sense: slave, servant.
יִקּ֑וֹם  He  will  avenge 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: נָקַם  
Sense: to avenge, take vengeance, revenge, avenge oneself, be avenged, be punished.
וְנָקָם֙  and  vengeance 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular
Root: נָקָם  
Sense: vengeance.
יָשִׁ֣יב  render 
Parse: Verb, Hifil, Imperfect, third person masculine singular
Root: שׁוּב  
Sense: to return, turn back.
לְצָרָ֔יו  to  His  adversaries 
Parse: Preposition-l, Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular
Root: צַר 
Sense: narrow, tight.
וְכִפֶּ֥ר  and  He  will  provide  atonement 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Piel, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: כָּפַר 
Sense: to cover, purge, make an atonement, make reconciliation, cover over with pitch.
אַדְמָת֖וֹ  for  His  land 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֲדָמָה 
Sense: ground, land.
עַמּֽוֹ  [and]  His  people 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: עַם 
Sense: nation, people.
פ  - 
Parse: Punctuation