Deuteronomy 4:37
What does Deuteronomy 4:37 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 4:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
KJV
King James Version · 1611And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And because of his love for your fathers, he took their seed and made it his, and he himself, present among you, took you out of Egypt by his great power;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`And because that He hath loved thy fathers, He doth also fix on their seed after them, and doth bring thee out, in His presence, by His great power, from Egypt:
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them. And he brought thee out of Egypt, going before thee with his great power,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And because he loved thy fathers, and chose their seed after them, he brought thee out with his countenance, with his great power, out of Egypt,
Context
v.36Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he made thee to see his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.
v.37This passage
v.38to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Psalms 114:1
When Israel went forth out of Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
- Isaiah 41:8
But thou, Israel, my servant, Jacob whom I have chosen, the seed of Abraham my friend,
- Luke 1:72
To show mercy towards our fathers, And to remember his holy covenant;
- Exodus 33:14
And he said, My presence shall go with thee, and I will give thee rest.
- Deuteronomy 9:5
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thy heart, dost thou go in to possess their land; but for the wickedness of these nations Jehovah thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may establish the word which Jehovah sware unto thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.
- Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
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