Deuteronomy 4:24

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Take heed unto yourselves, lest ye forget the covenant of the LORD your God, which he made with you, and make you a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], which the LORD thy God hath forbidden thee.	For the LORD thy God [is] a consuming fire, [even] a jealous God.	When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt [yourselves], and make a graven image, [or] the likeness of any [thing], and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 is a consuming^H398 fire^H784, even a jealous^H7067 God^H410.

Original Hebrew

כִּי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא אֵל קַנָּא׃ פ

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּ֚י	ki	H3588	HC	for
יְהוָ֣ה	Yah.weh	H3068	HNp	Yahweh
אֱלֹהֶ֔י/ךָ	'e.lo.Hei./kha	H430	HNcmpc/Sp2ms	God/ your
אֵ֥שׁ	'esh	H784	HNcbsa	(is) a fire
אֹכְלָ֖ה	'o.khe.Lah	H398	HVqrfsa	consuming
ה֑וּא	Hu'	H1931	HPp3ms	he
אֵ֖ל	'el	H410	HNcmsa	a God
קַנָּֽא	ka.Na'	H7067	HAamsa	jealous

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H398 — אָכַל (ʼâkal, aw-kal'): a primitive root; to eat (literally or figuratively); [idiom] at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, [idiom] freely, [idiom] in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, [idiom] quite.
H410 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): shortened from אַיִל; strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity); God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'
H430 — אֱלֹהִים (ʼĕlôhîym, el-o-heem'): plural of אֱלוֹהַּ; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative; angels, [idiom] exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), [idiom] (very) great, judges, [idiom] mighty.
H784 — אֵשׁ (ʼêsh, aysh): a primitive word; fire (literally or figuratively); burning, fiery, fire, flaming, hot.
H3068 — יְהֹוָה (Yᵉhôvâh, yeh-ho-vaw'): from הָיָה; (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God; Jehovah, the Lord. Compare יָהּ, יְהֹוִה.
H7067 — קַנָּא (qannâʼ, kan-naw'): from קָנָא; jealous; jealous. Compare קַנּוֹא.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H1931 — הוּא (hûwʼ, hoo): of which the feminine (beyond the Pentateuch) is הִיא; a primitive word, the third person pronoun singular; he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demonstrative) this or that; occasionally (instead of copula) as or are; he, as for her, him(-self), it, the same, she (herself), such, that (...it), these, they, this, those, which (is), who.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

a jealous God — Exodus 20:5, Exodus 34:14, Deuteronomy 6:15, Deuteronomy 29:20, Deuteronomy 32:16, Deuteronomy 32:21, Psalms 78:58, Isaiah 42:8, Nahum 1:2, Zephaniah 3:8, 1 Corinthians 10:22
thy God — Exodus 24:17, Deuteronomy 9:3, Deuteronomy 32:22, Psalms 21:9, Isaiah 30:33, Isaiah 33:14, Jeremiah 21:12-14, Nahum 1:6, Zephaniah 1:18, Hebrews 12:29

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