What Does Deuteronomy 29:15 Mean in the King James?
But with him that standeth here with us this day before the LORD our God, and also with him that is not here with us this day:
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
The covenant’s reach is measured by whom it names, not by who is physically gathered.
THE MEANING
The verse holds a community larger than whoever is visible at this moment. It names both the person standing before God and the person who is absent today within the same covenant address. Belonging here is not measured by physical proximity to the gathered people.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
It undoes the belief that being outside the room means being outside the covenant’s reach.
THE ROOT
עֹמֵד
ʿōmēd
GROWS FROM
עמד
ʿ-m-d
To stand, remain, or take one’s place.
“standeth” in this verse is ʿōmēd. The verse describes someone who is physically standing there, then places that person beside someone who is not there. The contrast makes the reach of the covenant larger than the visible gathering.
ALSO GROWS
ʿammud: Pillar or column.
עַמּוּד
A pillar is something that stands; this branch brings out the firmness of the person’s place before God.
maʿamad: Standing place, position, or station.
מַעֲמָד
This branch echoes the person’s place in the gathering, while the verse also names someone whose place is not physically there.
THE PATTERN
A covenant spoken to the present community deliberately reaches beyond the visible gathering.
And I will establish my covenant between me and thee and thy seed after thee in their generations for an everlasting covenant, to be a God unto thee, and to thy seed after thee.For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.Neither pray I for these alone, but for them also which shall believe on me through their word;THE THREAD
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.Deuteronomy names the person absent today within the covenant’s address; Acts names the same widening reach across generations and distance. The promise extends beyond the people gathered in the room now.
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