The Meaning of Deuteronomy 5:10 Explained

Deuteronomy 5:10

KJV: And shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

YLT: and doing kindness to thousands, to those loving Me, and to those keeping My commands.

Darby: and shewing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

ASV: and showing lovingkindness unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

And shewing  mercy  unto thousands  of them that love  me and keep  my commandments. 

What does Deuteronomy 5:10 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 5:1-21 - The Decalogue Repeated
The Law of God is for "all Israel." None are exempt. "Not with our fathers" means not with them only; Moses also uses the expression because many of the references of the Decalogue were to the settled life of Canaan. "Face to face," not in dark visions, but clearly and lucidly, Job 4:12-13. Our "face-to-face" vision is yet to come, 1 Corinthians 13:12; Revelation 22:4. Notice in Deuteronomy 5:5 the ideal mediator, Galatians 3:19; 1 Timothy 2:5.
Every soul has two givings of the Law. First, we stand under Sinai to be judged, condemned, and shut up to Christ as our only hope; then we come to it a second time, asking that the Holy Spirit should write it in our hearts, and make us to walk in obedience to its precepts, Galatians 3:23; Romans 8:4.
Adolphe Monod, on his death-bed, said: "Sin has two divisions; the evil that we have done and the good that we have left undone. As to the first, there is not a single command that I have not transgressed in letter or spirit; as to the second, it weighs on me even more than the first." [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 5

1  The covenant in Horeb
6  The ten commandments
23  At the people's request Moses receives the law from God

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 5:10 mean?

But showing mercy to thousands to those who love Me and keep - My commandments -
וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂה חֶ֖֙סֶד֙ לַֽאֲלָפִ֑֔ים לְאֹהֲבַ֖י וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י [מצותו] (מִצְוֺתָֽי) ס

וְעֹ֤֥שֶׂה  But  showing 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine singular
Root: עָשָׂה 
Sense: to do, fashion, accomplish, make.
חֶ֖֙סֶד֙  mercy 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular
Root: חֶסֶד 
Sense: goodness, kindness, faithfulness.
לַֽאֲלָפִ֑֔ים  to  thousands 
Parse: Preposition-l, Number, masculine plural
Root: אֶלֶף 
Sense: a thousand.
לְאֹהֲבַ֖י  to  those  who  love  Me 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: אָהַב  
Sense: to love.
וּלְשֹׁמְרֵ֥י  and  keep 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Participle, masculine plural construct
Root: שָׁמַר  
Sense: to keep, guard, observe, give heed.
[מצותו]  - 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, third person masculine singular
(מִצְוֺתָֽי)  My  commandments 
Parse: Noun, feminine plural construct, first person common singular
Root: מִצְוָה  
Sense: commandment.
ס  - 
Parse: Punctuation