1 Chronicles 17:21

What does 1 Chronicles 17:21 mean?

A plain-English look at 1 Chronicles 17:21 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

`And who <FI>is<Fi> as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt--nations?

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

For what other nation is there upon earth like thy people Israel, whom God went to deliver, and make a people for himself, and by his greatness and terrors cast out nations before their face whom he had delivered out of Egypt?

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

And who is like thy people Israel, the one nation in the earth thatGod went to redeem to be a people to himself, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, which thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

Context

v.20O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

v.21This passage

v.22For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Jehovah, becamest their God.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Isaiah 63:12

    that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • Psalms 114:3

    The sea saw it, and fled; The Jordan was driven back.

  • Psalms 66:3

    Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! Through the greatness of thy power shall thine enemies submit themselves unto thee.

  • Joshua 24:11

    And ye went over the Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Girgashite, the Hivite, and the Jebusite; and I delivered them into your hand.

  • Exodus 19:4

    Ye have seen what I did unto the Egyptians, and how I bare you on eagles’ wings, and brought you unto myself.

  • Deuteronomy 15:15

    And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and Jehovah thy God redeemed thee: therefore I command thee this thing to-day.

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