Deuteronomy 7:9

וְיָדַעְתָּ כִּֽי־יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ הוּא הָֽאֱלֹהִים הָאֵל הַֽנֶּאֱמָן שֹׁמֵר הַבְּרִית וְהַחֶסֶד לְאֹהֲבָיו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵי מִצְוֹתָיו לְאֶלֶף דּֽוֹר׃

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Hebrew

וְיָ֣דַעְתָּ֔ כִּֽי־יְהוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ ה֣וּא הָֽאֱלֹהִ֑ים הָאֵל֙ הַֽנֶּאֱמָ֔ן שֹׁמֵ֧ר הַבְּרִ֣ית וְהַחֶ֗סֶד לְאֹהֲבָ֛יו וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י מִצְוֹתָ֖יו לְאֶ֥לֶף דּֽוֹר׃

Greek (Septuagint)

καὶ γνώσεσθε σήμερον ὅτι Κύριος ὁ θεός σου, οὗτος θεός, θεὸς πιστός, ὁ φυλάσσων διαθήκην καὶ ἕλεος τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτὸν καὶ τοῖς φυλάσσουσιν τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ εἰς χιλίας γενεάς,

Greek text from Swete's edition, CC BY-SA 4.0

Latin (Vulgate)

Et scies, quia Dominus Deus tuus, ipse est Deus fortis et fidelis, custodiens pactum et misericordiam diligentibus se, et his qui custodiunt præcepta ejus in mille generationes:

Spanish

Sabe, pues, que el propio Yehová, tu Dios, es Dios, el Dios fiel, que mantiene la alianza y la bondad amorosa hasta mil generaciones con los que le aman y guardan sus mandamientos,

Classic Spanish (Reina-Valera 1909)

Conoce, pues, que Jehová tu Dios es Dios, Dios fiel, que guarda el pacto y la misericordia á los que le aman y guardan sus mandamientos, hasta las mil generaciones;

English

Know therefore that the LORD your God is God, the faithful God who keeps His covenant of loving devotion for a thousand generations of those who love Him and keep His commandments.

✦ What the text says

Summary

The verse states that Yehovah, the God of the addressee, is the God — identified as faithful and reliable — who maintains covenant and covenant loyalty toward those who love him and keep his commandments, across a thousand generations.

Key words

Ya.da'.ta ("you will know", H3045) — qal sequential perfect, continuing a narrative chain; expresses an action that follows logically/temporally from what precedes, often rendered as an imperative-like "know" in translation.
ha'Elohim ("the God", H0430G) — plural noun with definite article, functioning here as a singular designation ("the God," i.e., the true God), following the pronoun hu' ("he", H1931).
ne'eMan ("faithful", H0539) — niphal participle from the root meaning "to be firm/reliable"; describes an ongoing quality attributed to ha'El ("the God", H0410G).
shoMer ("who keeps", H8104G) — qal participle, masculine singular, portraying continuous action: one who keeps/guards the beRit ("covenant", H1285).
le'Elef ("to a thousand", H0505G) — construct noun governing Dor ("generation", H1755), forming the phrase "a thousand generation(s)."

What the text says

The sentence opens with a narrative-chain verb, veYada'ta ("and you will know", H3045+H9001), linked by the subordinating particle ki ("that", H3588A) to the clause that follows. The core identification is built through a chain of appositions: Yehovah 'Eloheikha ("Yehovah your God", H3068G+H0430G+H9021) is equated with hu' ha'Elohim ("he [is] the God", H1931+H9009+H0430G), and further specified as ha'El hanne'eman ("the God, the faithful one", H0410G+H0539), a participle describing an enduring characteristic rather than a single act.

The following phrase, shomer habberit vehachesed ("who keeps the covenant and the covenant loyalty", H8104G+H1285+H2617A), uses a qal participle to depict continuous, characteristic action. The two nouns beRit ("covenant", H1285) and chesed ("covenant loyalty", H2617A) are joined by ve ("and", H9002), forming a pair often treated together in the sentence.

The final section shows two parallel construct chains: le'ohaVav ("to those who love him", H0157G+H9033) and uleshomeRei mitzvoTav ("and to those who keep his commandments", H8104G+H4687+H9023), both governed by the preposition le ("to", H9005), indicating the recipients of this covenant-keeping. The phrase closes with le'Elef Dor ("to a thousand generation[s]", H0505G+H1755), a construct combination expressing extended duration.

Differences between versions

The LXX renders Ya.da'.ta ("you will know", H3045) as a plural future γνώσεσθε ("you will know," plural), differing from the Hebrew singular form, and adds σήμερον ("today"), a word not present in the Hebrew text shown. The Vulgate renders ha'El hanne'eman ("the faithful God", H0410G+H0539) as "Deus fortis et fidelis" ("God, strong and faithful"), introducing an additional adjective ("fortis," strong) not present in the Hebrew data given. The LXX's θεὸς πιστός ("faithful God") corresponds more directly to the Hebrew ha'El hanne'eman.

This explanation describes the text using linguistic data; it adds no doctrine or confessional interpretation.