Deuteronomy 4:27

Deuteronomy 4:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you.

Context of Deuteronomy 4:27

25One day, you will have lived in the land for a long time. You will have children and grandchildren. Remember that you still must not make any kind of image as your idol. That would be a sin. Do not do any evil things that will cause the Lord your God to become angry. 26I am warning you today, as everyone on earth and everyone in heaven hears what I say. If you do not obey this command, you will soon die. You will not live long in the land that is your home on the other side of the Jordan River. You will die very soon. The Lord will send you out of that land to live among other nations. Only a few of you will continue to be alive. 28Among those nations, you will worship gods that men have made from wood and stone. Those gods cannot see or hear or eat or smell anything. 29But even in those places, if you look for the Lord your God, you will find him. If you want to serve him with everything that you think and with everything that you do, you will find him.

Deuteronomy 4:27 word by word

וְהֵפִ֧יץ יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בָּעַמִּ֑ים וְנִשְׁאַרְתֶּם֙ מְתֵ֣י מִסְפָּ֔ר בַּגּוֹיִ֕ם אֲשֶׁ֨ר יְנַהֵ֧ג יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם שָֽׁמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall scatterפּוּץpûts · to scatterH6327
• you among the nationsעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• and ye shall be leftשָׁאַרshâ'ar · to remainH7604
• fewמַתmath · manH4962
• in numberמִסְפָּרmispâr · numberH4557
• among the heathenגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
• shall leadנָהַגnâhag · to leadH5090

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:27

• Deuteronomy 28:62At one time, you were as many people as the stars in the sky. But if you do not obey the Lord your God, only a few of you will remain alive.
• Nehemiah 1:3They told me, ‘The Jews who returned to Judah are in much trouble. The walls of the city still have lots of holes in them. Fire has burned the city's gates down to the ground. So the people are very ashamed.’
• Ezekiel 12:15I will send the people away from their homes to other countries. They will have to live among foreign people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.
• Ezekiel 32:26Meshech and Tubal are also there in their graves, with their soldiers all around. When they were alive, they made people very afraid. Now they have all died in battle and none of them belongs to God.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27The Lord shall scatter you among the nations - This was amply verified in their different captivities and dispersions.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 25-28Verses 25-28 Compare with these verses Leviticus 26:33-40, and Deuteronomy 28:64 ff.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. 27scatter you: One of the curses of the covenant warned that God would scatter Israel among the nations if they broke the covenant (28:64). This meant the people would be forced to leave their land and live far away, even to distant parts of the earth. This judgment happened more than once in Israel’s history: The Assyrians conquered the northern kingdom in 722 BC. The Babylonians conquered Judah from 605 to 586 BC. Later, the Romans destroyed Jerusalem in…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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 4:27

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Idolatry
• Obedience

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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