Deuteronomy 7:8

Deuteronomy 7:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But because the Lord loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• New International Version (NIV)But it was because the Lord loved you and kept the oath he swore to your ancestors that he brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the land of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• English Standard Version (ESV)but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• New King James Version (NKJV)but because the Lord loves you, and because He would keep the oath which He swore to your fathers, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

Context of Deuteronomy 7:8

6For you are a holy people to the Lord your God; the Lord your God has chosen you to be a people for His personal possession out of all the peoples who are on the face of the earth. 7“The Lord did not make you His beloved nor choose you because you were greater in number than any of the peoples, since you were the fewest of all peoples, but because the Lord loved you and kept the oath which He swore to your forefathers, the Lord brought you out by a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9Know therefore that the Lord your God, He is God, the faithful God, who keeps His covenant and His faithfulness to a thousand generations for those who love Him and keep His commandments; 10but He repays those who hate Him to their faces, to eliminate them; He will not hesitate toward him who hates Him, He will repay him to his face.

Deuteronomy 7:8 word by word

כִּי֩ מֵֽאַהֲבַ֨ת יְהוָ֜ה אֶתְכֶ֗ם וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּ אֶת־הַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ אֲשֶׁ֤ר נִשְׁבַּע֙ לַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם הוֹצִ֧יא יְהוָ֛ה אֶתְכֶ֖ם בְּיָ֣ד חֲזָקָ֑ה וַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙ מִבֵּ֣ית עֲבָדִ֔ים מִיַּ֖ד פַּרְעֹ֥ה מֶֽלֶךְ־מִצְרָֽיִם׃Read the interlinear

• but becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• lovedאָהֵב'âhab 'âhêb · to love: loverH157
• you and keptשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
• oathשְׁבוּעָהshebû‛âh · oathH7621
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• He sworeשָׁבַעshâba‛ · to swearH7650
• to your forefathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• broughtיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: comeH3318
• by a mightyחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
• handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
• and redeemedפָּדָהpâdâh · to ransomH6299
• you from the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• slaveryעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
• of Pharaohפַּרְעֹהpar‛ôh · PharaohH6547
• kingמֶ֫לֶךְmelek · kingH4428
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 7:8

• Deuteronomy 4:37Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them. And He personally brought you from Egypt by His great power,
• Deuteronomy 9:4“Do not say in your heart when the Lord your God has driven them away from you, ‘Because of my righteousness the Lord has brought me in to take possession of this land.’ Rather, it is because of the wickedness of these nations that the Lord is dispossessing them before you.
• Deuteronomy 10:15Yet the Lord set His affection on your fathers, to love them, and He chose their descendants after them, you over all the other peoples, as it is this day.
• 1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not abandon His people on account of His great name, because the Lord has been pleased to make you a people for Himself.
• 2 Samuel 22:20He also brought me out into an open place; He rescued me, because He delighted in me.
• Psalms 44:3For by their own sword they did not possess the land, And their own arm did not save them, But Your right hand and Your arm and the light of Your presence, For You favored them.
• Isaiah 43:4Since you are precious in My sight, Since you are honored and I love you, I will give other people in your place and other nations in exchange for your life.
• Jeremiah 31:3The Lord appeared to him long ago, saying, “I have loved you with an everlasting love; Therefore I have drawn you out with kindness.
• Zephaniah 3:17The Lord your God is in your midst, A victorious warrior. He will rejoice over you with joy, He will be quiet in His love, He will rejoice over you with shouts of joy.
• Matthew 11:26Yes, Father, for this way was well pleasing in Your sight.
• Ephesians 2:4But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us,
• 2 Thessalonians 2:13But we should always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters beloved by the Lord, because God has chosen you from the beginning for salvation through sanctification by the Spirit and faith in the truth.
• 1 John 4:19We love, because He first loved us.
• Genesis 22:16and said, “By Myself I have sworn, declares the Lord, because you have done this thing and have not withheld your son, your only son,
• Exodus 32:13Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, Your servants to whom You swore by Yourself, and said to them, ‘I will multiply your descendants as the stars of the heavens, and all this land of which I have spoken I will give to your descendants, and they shall inherit it forever.’”
• Psalms 105:8He has remembered His covenant forever, The word which He commanded to a thousand generations,

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8But because the Lord loved you - It was no good in them that induced God to choose them at this time to be his peculiar people: he had his reasons, but these sprang from his infinite goodness. He intended to make a full discovery of his goodness to the world, and this must have a commencement in some particular place, and among some people. He chose that time, and he chose the Jewish people; but not because of their goodness or holiness.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-11Verses 1-11 See Deuteronomy 6:10 note. Deuteronomy 7:5 Their groves - Render, their idols of wood: the reference is to the wooden trunk used as a representation of Ashtaroth; see Deuteronomy 7:13 and Exodus 34:13 note. Deuteronomy 7:7 The fewest of all people - God chose for Himself Israel, when as yet but a single family, or rather a single person, Abraham; though there were already numerous nations and powerful kingdoms in the earth. Increase…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-26Before Israel could occupy the promised land, they had to remove the people already living there (compare Genesis 13:14–17; 15:18–21). The land belonged to the Lord, and only God could decide who should live there.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-261. the Hittites--This people were descended from Heth, the second son of Canaan (Ge 10:15), and occupied the mountainous region about Hebron, in the south of Palestine. the Girgashites--supposed by some to be the same as the Gergesenes (Mt 8:28), who lay to the east of Lake Gennesareth; but they are placed on the west of Jordan (Jos 24:11), and others take them for a branch of the large family of the Hivites, as they are omitted in nine out of ten places…Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 7:8

• Covenant
• God
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• Grace of God
• Predestination

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Pharaoh
• Egypt, Egyptian
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• Idolatry
• Redeem
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• Song of Songs

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 7

• 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
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings