Deuteronomy 4:34

Deuteronomy 4:34 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• New International Version (NIV)Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
• English Standard Version (ESV)Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
• New King James Version (NKJV)Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

Context of Deuteronomy 4:34

32“Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? 33Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived? Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. 36He let you hear his voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the fire.

Deuteronomy 4:34 word by word

א֣וֹ׀ הֲנִסָּ֣ה אֱלֹהִ֗ים לָ֠בוֹא לָקַ֨חַת ל֣וֹ גוֹי֮ מִקֶּ֣רֶב גּוֹי֒ בְּמַסֹּת֩ בְּאֹתֹ֨ת וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה וּבְיָ֤ד חֲזָקָה֙ וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ נְטוּיָ֔ה וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים גְּדֹלִ֑ים כְּ֠כֹל אֲשֶׁר־עָשָׂ֨ה לָכֶ֜ם יְהוָ֧ה אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Or hath Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
• assayedנָסָהnâsâh · to test: tryH5254
• to goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• him a nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• from the midstקֶ֫רֶבqereb · entrails: amongH7130
• by temptationsמַסָּהmassâh · trialH4531
• by signsאוֹת'ôth · sign: miraculousH226
• and by wondersמוֹפֵתmôphêth môphêth · wonderH4159
• and by warמִלְחָמָהmilchâmâh · battleH4421
• and by a mightyחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
• handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• and by a stretched outנָטָהnâţâh · to stretchH5186
• armזְרוֹעַzerôa‛ zerôa‛ zerô‛âh zerô‛âh · armH2220
• and by greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• terrorsמוֹרָאmôrâ' môrâ' môrâh · fearH4172
• according to all that the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• didעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
• for you in Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• before your eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: before(the eyes)H5869

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:34

• Exodus 1:9He said to his people, “Look, the Israelite people are more numerous and powerful than we are.
• Exodus 3:10therefore, go. I am sending you to Pharaoh so that you may lead my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 7:19the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, the strong hand and outstretched arm, by which the Lord your God brought you out. The Lord your God will do the same to all the peoples you fear.
• Deuteronomy 29:3You saw with your own eyes the great trials and those great signs and wonders.
• Exodus 9:20Those among Pharaoh’s officials who feared the word of the Lord made their servants and livestock flee to shelters,
• Exodus 10:7Pharaoh’s officials asked him, “How long must this man be a snare to us? Let the men go, so that they may worship the Lord their God. Don’t you realize yet that Egypt is devastated?”
• Exodus 7:3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart and multiply my signs and wonders in the land of Egypt.
• Psalms 78:12He worked wonders in the sight of their ancestors in the land of Egypt, the territory of Zoan.
• Deuteronomy 5:15Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and the Lord your God brought you out of there with a strong hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to keep the Sabbath day.
• Deuteronomy 6:21tell him, ‘We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand.
• Deuteronomy 7:8But because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors, he brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Exodus 6:6“Therefore tell the Israelites: I am the Lord, and I will bring you out from the forced labor of the Egyptians and rescue you from slavery to them. I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and great acts of judgment.
• Exodus 13:3Then Moses said to the people, “Remember this day when you came out of Egypt, out of the place of slavery, for the Lord brought you out of here by the strength of his hand. Nothing leavened may be eaten.
• 1 Peter 5:6Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time,
• Deuteronomy 26:8Then the Lord brought us out of Egypt with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, with terrifying power, and with signs and wonders.
• Deuteronomy 34:12and for all the mighty acts of power and terrifying deeds that Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:34

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 34From the midst of another nation - This was a most extraordinary thing, that a whole people, consisting of upwards of 600,000 effective men, besides women and children, should, without striking a blow, be brought out of the midst of a very powerful nation, to the political welfare of which their services were so essential; that they should be brought out in so open and public a manner; that the sea itself should be supernaturally divided to afford this…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29-40Verses 29-40 Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain. Deuteronomy 4:34 Temptations - Compare Deuteronomy 7:18-19; Deuteronomy 29:2-3; not, “i. e.” the tribulations and persecutions undergone by the Israelites, out the plagues miraculously inflicted on the Egyptians. Deuteronomy 4:37 He chose their seed after them - literally, “his seed after him.”…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-40Verses 24-40 Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against him. Shall we forsake a merciful God, who will never forsake us, if we are faithful unto him? Whither can we go? Let us be held to our duty by the bonds of love, and prevailed with by the mercies of God to cleave to him. Moses urged God's authority…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 34a strong hand and an outstretched arm: These phrases describe God in human terms. This way of speaking is called anthropomorphism (using human features to describe God; see study note on 8:2). These words do not mean that God has a physical body like a human. Instead, they show God’s great power. They point to his sovereign strength in rescuing Israel from slavery in Egypt.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-4015. Take ... good heed ... for ye saw no manner of similitude--The extreme proneness of the Israelites to idolatry, from their position in the midst of surrounding nations already abandoned to its seductions, accounts for their attention being repeatedly drawn to the fact that God did not appear on Sinai in any visible form; and an earnest caution, founded on that remarkable circumstance, is given to beware, not only of making representations of false…Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings