Deuteronomy 4:24

“For YHWH your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous El.”
Deuteronomy 4:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew

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ForכִּיYHWHיְהוָהyour Elohimאֱלֹהֶיךָisהוּאa consumingאֹכְלָהfire,אֵשׁa jealousקַנָּאEl.אֵל

Quotation · Hebrews 12:29

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Hebrews repeats Deuteronomy 4:24 without a formula, with “our God”; the Hebrew says “YHWH your Elohim.”

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Greek of the New Testament: καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν πῦρ καταναλίσκον

Hebrew (Masoretic text): כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא אֵל קַנָּא

Septuagint (Deuteronomy 4:24 in the Septuagint numbering): ὅτι κύριος ὁ θεός σου πῦρ καταναλίσκον ἐστίν, θεὸς ζηλωτής.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

Deuteronomy 4:24, word by word

YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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your Elohimאֱלֹהֶיelohe

Elohim

The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.

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a consumingאֹכְלָהochla

devour

Literally "eat": to destroy something, as fire burns everything up.

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fireאֵשׁesh

fire

Fire that burns or cooks.

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a jealousקַנָּאkana

jealous

Jealous: who allows no rival. Said only of God.

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Elאֵלel

El, God, god

"El", an ancient Hebrew word for "God". Alone or with another title it is a name of the God of Israel: El Elyon (God Most High), El Shaddai (God Almighty). Neighboring peoples used the same word for their gods; then this translation writes "god" in lower case. It also means "mighty".

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Translation note

Hebrews 12:29 quotes these words: “our God is a consuming fire.”

Parallel passages

Other books that tell the same thing or quote these words.

Quotation · Hebrews 12:29

Hebrews repeats Deuteronomy 4:24 without a formula, with “our God”; the Hebrew says “YHWH your Elohim.”

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Deuteronomy 4:24

²⁴For YHWH your Elohim is a consuming fire, a jealous El.

Hebrews 12:29

²⁹for indeed our God is a consuming fire.

The context

23Guard yourselves, so that you do not forget the covenant of YHWH your Elohim, which he made with you, and make for yourselves a carved image, the form of anything, contrary to what YHWH your Elohim commanded you.

24 · This verse (above)

25When you father children and children’s children, and you have grown old in the land, and you act corruptly and make a carved image, the form of anything, and do what is evil in the eyes of YHWH your Elohim, provoking him to anger,

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