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

32Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it. 33Have a people ever heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of fire, as you yourselves have, and lived to tell about it? Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? 35You have been taught that the Lord alone is God – there is no other besides him. 36From heaven he spoke to you in order to teach you, and on earth he showed you his great fire from which you also heard his words.

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 at the Israelite people, more numerous and stronger than we are!
• Exodus 3:10So now go, and I will send you to Pharaoh to bring my people, the Israelites, out of Egypt.”
• Deuteronomy 7:19the great judgments you saw, the signs and wonders, the strength and power by which he brought you out – thus the Lord your God will do to all the people you fear.
• Deuteronomy 29:3Your eyes have seen the great judgments, those signs and mighty wonders.
• Exodus 9:20Those of Pharaoh’s servants who feared the word of the Lord hurried to bring their servants and livestock into the houses,
• Exodus 10:7Pharaoh’s servants said to him, “How long will this man be a menace to us? Release the people so that they may serve the Lord their God. Do you not know that Egypt is destroyed?”
• Exodus 7:3But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and although I will multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt,
• Psalms 78:12He did amazing things in the sight of their ancestors, in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan.
• Deuteronomy 5:15Recall that you were slaves in the land of Egypt and that the Lord your God brought you out of there by strength and power. That is why the Lord your God has commanded you to observe the Sabbath day.
• Deuteronomy 6:21you must say to them, “We were Pharaoh’s slaves in Egypt, but the Lord brought us out of Egypt in a powerful way.
• Deuteronomy 7:8Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the Lord brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
• Exodus 6:6Therefore, tell the Israelites, ‘I am the Lord. I will bring you out from your enslavement to the Egyptians, I will rescue you from the hard labor they impose, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm and with great judgments.
• Exodus 13:3Moses said to the people, “Remember this day on which you came out from Egypt, from the place where you were enslaved, for the Lord brought you out of there with a mighty hand – and no bread made with yeast may be eaten.
• 1 Peter 5:6And God will exalt you in due time, if you humble yourselves under his mighty hand
• Deuteronomy 26:8Therefore the Lord brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.
• Deuteronomy 34:12and he displayed great power and awesome might in view 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