Deuteronomy 4:37

Deuteronomy 4:37 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And 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;
• New International Version (NIV)Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And because he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them and brought you out of Egypt with his own presence, by his great power,
• New King James Version (NKJV)And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their descendants after them; and He brought you out of Egypt with His Presence, with His mighty power,

Context of Deuteronomy 4:37

35The Lord has shown you all these things. So you know that he is the only true God. There is no other God. 36God spoke to you from heaven so that he could teach you. Here on earth he let you see his great fire. He spoke from that fire and you heard him. He chose you as his special people because he loved your ancestors. You are their descendants so he rescued you out of Egypt. He himself showed you his great power. 38Now he is chasing out other nations so that you can take their land to live in. They are greater and stronger nations than you are, but he has given their land to you. 39Remember today that the Lord is God. He rules in heaven above and on the earth below. Think about that! There is no other God.

Deuteronomy 4:37 word by word

וְתַ֗חַת כִּ֤י אָהַב֙ אֶת־אֲבֹתֶ֔יךָ וַיִּבְחַ֥ר בְּזַרְע֖וֹ אַחֲרָ֑יו וַיּוֹצִֽאֲךָ֧ בְּפָנָ֛יו בְּכֹח֥וֹ הַגָּדֹ֖ל מִמִּצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And because he lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• thy fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• therefore he choseבָּחַרbâchar · to chooseH977
• their seedזֶ֫רַעzera‛ · seed: childrenH2233
• afterאַחַר'achar · afterH310
• them, and brought thee outיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• in his sightפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• with his mightyגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• powerכֹּחַkôach kôach · strengthH3581
• out of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:37

• Deuteronomy 7:7Why did the Lord choose you as the people who would give him pleasure? It was not because you were the largest nation on the earth. No, you were the smallest of all nations!
• Deuteronomy 9:5It is not because you are doing right things. It is not because you are good, honest people. That is not the reason that you will take their land for yourselves. Instead, it is because these nations are wicked people. That is why the Lord your God will chase them away as you move in there. He will do what he promised to your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac and Jacob.
• Deuteronomy 10:15But the Lord chose to love your ancestors with a faithful love. You are their descendants. He has chosen you from among all the people of the world. You can see that this is true today!
• Psalms 105:6Remember that you are descendants of God's servant, Abraham. You are Jacob's descendants, and God has chosen you to be his people.
• Isaiah 41:8‘But you, Israel, are my servant. Yes, I have chosen you, descendants of Jacob. You are descendants of my friend, Abraham.
• Jeremiah 31:1The Lord says this: ‘When that time comes, I will be the God of every family in Israel. And they will be my people.’
• Malachi 1:2The Lord says, ‘I have loved you.’ But you ask, ‘How have you loved us?’ The Lord says, ‘I chose to love Jacob and his descendants. Esau was Jacob's brother.
• Luke 1:72He has promised to be kind to our ancestors. He will do the things that he promised in his holy covenant.
• Romans 9:5It was their ancestors that God chose to make great many years ago. And Christ himself, as a man, was born to an Israelite family. Christ is God, who rules over all things. We should praise him for ever! This is true! Amen.
• Exodus 13:3Moses said to the people, ‘Remember this day, the day when you came out of Egypt. You left the place where you were slaves. The Lord brought you out with his powerful authority. Remember! Do not eat anything that has yeast in it on this day.
• 2 Chronicles 16:9The Lord carefully watches over the whole earth. If people serve him faithfully, he makes them strong. But you have done a foolish thing. As a result, you will now always be fighting wars.’
• Psalms 32:8I will teach you the right way to live. I will be your guide and I will take care of you.
• Psalms 34:15The Lord watches over righteous people. He hears them when they call to him for help.
• Deuteronomy 4:34No other god has tried to rescue a nation from the power of another nation. The Lord your God did this for you when you were in Egypt. You saw how he used his great authority and strength to punish the Egyptians. He did powerful miracles. He brought war and disease that made them very afraid.
• Psalms 114:1God led Israel's people out of Egypt. Jacob's descendants left that foreign land.
• Psalms 136:10The Lord destroyed the firstborn sons in Egypt. He brought the Israelites out from among the Egyptians. He did this with his great power and strength. He cut the Red Sea into two separate parts. He led the Israelites through the middle of the sea. He threw Pharaoh and his army into the Red Sea to drown. The Lord led his people through the wilderness. So thank the Lord! His faithful love will always continue.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:37

• 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. 1-40Moses gave a long speech to the Israelites because of their recent failures and what he thought would happen in Canaan.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