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Complete Jewish Bible
Deuteronomy 7:7
Adonai didn't set his heart on you or choose you because you numbered more than any other people — on the contrary, you were the fewest of all peoples.
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Hebrew Names Version
The LORD didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
The LORD didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
King James Version
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
Lexham English Bible
"Yahweh loved you and chose you not because of your great number exceeding all other peoples, for you are fewer than all of the peoples,
"Yahweh loved you and chose you not because of your great number exceeding all other peoples, for you are fewer than all of the peoples,
English Standard Version
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
New Century Version
The Lord did not care for you and choose you because there were many of you—you are the smallest nation of all.
The Lord did not care for you and choose you because there were many of you—you are the smallest nation of all.
New English Translation
It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you—for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
It is not because you were more numerous than all the other peoples that the Lord favored and chose you—for in fact you were the least numerous of all peoples.
Amplified Bible
"The LORD did not love you and choose you because you were greater in number than any of the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
"The LORD did not love you and choose you because you were greater in number than any of the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
New American Standard Bible
"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,
"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,
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were mo in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:
The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you, because ye were mo in number then any people: for ye were the fewest of all people:
Legacy Standard Bible
"Yahweh did not set His affection on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
"Yahweh did not set His affection on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
Contemporary English Version
You were the weakest of all nations,
You were the weakest of all nations,
Darby Translation
Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;
Easy-to-Read Version
Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!
Why did the Lord love and choose you? It was not because you are such a large nation. You had the fewest of all people!
George Lamsa Translation
It was not because you were more in number than any other peoples that the LORD was delighted in you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples;
It was not because you were more in number than any other peoples that the LORD was delighted in you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples;
Good News Translation
"The Lord did not love you and choose you because you outnumbered other peoples; you were the smallest nation on earth.
"The Lord did not love you and choose you because you outnumbered other peoples; you were the smallest nation on earth.
Christian Standard Bible®
“The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
“The Lord had his heart set on you and chose you, not because you were more numerous than all peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Literal Translation
Jehovah did not set His love on you or choose you because you were more in number than any people, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Jehovah did not set His love on you or choose you because you were more in number than any people, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It was not because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions, that ye LORDE had lust vnto you and chose you. (For ye were the leest amonge all nacions)
It was not because of the multitude of you aboue all nacions, that ye LORDE had lust vnto you and chose you. (For ye were the leest amonge all nacions)
American Standard Version
Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Bible in Basic English
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
The Lord did not give you his love or take you for himself because you were more in number than any other people; for you were the smallest of the nations:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people (for ye were the fewest of all people)
The Lorde dyd not set his loue vpon you, nor chose you because ye were mo in number then any people (for ye were the fewest of all people)
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The LORD did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people--for ye were the fewest of all peoples--
The LORD did not set His love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people--for ye were the fewest of all peoples--
King James Version (1611)
The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor choose you, because yee were moe in number then any people: (for ye were the fewest of all people,)
The Lord did not set his loue vpon you, nor choose you, because yee were moe in number then any people: (for ye were the fewest of all people,)
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
It was not because ye are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for ye are fewer in number than all other nations.
It was not because ye are more numerous than all other nations that the Lord preferred you, and the Lord made choice of you: for ye are fewer in number than all other nations.
English Revised Version
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples:
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Not for ye ouercamen in noumbre alle folkis, the Lord is ioyned to you, and chees yow, sithen ye ben fewere than alle puplis;
Not for ye ouercamen in noumbre alle folkis, the Lord is ioyned to you, and chees yow, sithen ye ben fewere than alle puplis;
Young's Literal Translation
`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye [are] the least of all the peoples,
`Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye [are] the least of all the peoples,
Update Bible Version
Yahweh did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
Yahweh did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye [were] the fewest of all people:
World English Bible
Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:
New King James Version
The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the least of all peoples;
New Living Translation
"The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
"The Lord did not set his heart on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other nations, for you were the smallest of all nations!
New Life Bible
The Lord did not give you His love and choose you because you were more people than any of the nations. For the number of your people was less than all nations.
The Lord did not give you His love and choose you because you were more people than any of the nations. For the number of your people was less than all nations.
New Revised Standard
It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you—for you were the fewest of all peoples.
It was not because you were more numerous than any other people that the Lord set his heart on you and chose you—for you were the fewest of all peoples.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
not because ye were more in number than any of the peoples, did Yahweh become attached to you and make choice of you, - for, ye, were fewer than any of the peoples;
not because ye were more in number than any of the peoples, did Yahweh become attached to you and make choice of you, - for, ye, were fewer than any of the peoples;
Douay-Rheims Bible
Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:
Not because you surpass all nations in number, is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you, for you are the fewest of any people:
Revised Standard Version
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love upon you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples;
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the LORD set his love upon you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples;
THE MESSAGE
God wasn't attracted to you and didn't choose you because you were big and important—the fact is, there was almost nothing to you. He did it out of sheer love, keeping the promise he made to your ancestors. God stepped in and mightily bought you back out of that world of slavery, freed you from the iron grip of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know this: God , your God, is God indeed, a God you can depend upon. He keeps his covenant of loyal love with those who love him and observe his commandments for a thousand generations. But he also pays back those who hate him, pays them the wages of death; he isn't slow to pay them off—those who hate him, he pays right on time.
God wasn't attracted to you and didn't choose you because you were big and important—the fact is, there was almost nothing to you. He did it out of sheer love, keeping the promise he made to your ancestors. God stepped in and mightily bought you back out of that world of slavery, freed you from the iron grip of Pharaoh king of Egypt. Know this: God , your God, is God indeed, a God you can depend upon. He keeps his covenant of loyal love with those who love him and observe his commandments for a thousand generations. But he also pays back those who hate him, pays them the wages of death; he isn't slow to pay them off—those who hate him, he pays right on time.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
"The LORD did not set His love on you nor choose you because you were more in number than any of the peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples,
Contextual Overview
1 (vii) " Adonai your God is going to bring you into the land you will enter in order to take possession of it, and he will expel many nations ahead of you — the Hitti, Girgashi, Emori, Kena‘ani, P'rizi, Hivi and Y'vusi, seven nations bigger and stronger than you. 2 When he does this, when Adonai your God hands them over ahead of you, and you defeat them, you are to destroy them completely! Do not make any covenant with them. Show them no mercy. 3 Don't intermarry with them — don't give your daughter to his son, and don't take his daughter for your son. 4 For he will turn your children away from following me in order to serve other gods. If this happens, the anger of Adonai will flare up against you, and he will quickly destroy you. 5 No, treat them this way: break down their altars, smash their standing-stones to pieces, cut down their sacred poles and burn up their carved images completely. 6 For you are a people set apart as holy for Adonai your God. Adonai your God has chosen you out of all the peoples on the face of the earth to be his own unique treasure. 7 Adonai didn't set his heart on you or choose you because you numbered more than any other people — on the contrary, you were the fewest of all peoples. 8 Rather, it was because Adonai loved you, and because he wanted to keep the oath which he had sworn to your ancestors, that Adonai brought you out with a strong hand and redeemed you from a life of slavery under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt. 9 (Maftir) From this you can know that Adonai your God is indeed God, the faithful God, who keeps his covenant and extends grace to those who love him and observe his mitzvot, to a thousand generations. 10 But he repays those who hate him to their face and destroys them. He will not be slow to deal with someone who hates him; he will repay him to his face.
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
The Lord: Psalms 115:1, Romans 9:11-15, Romans 9:18, Romans 9:21, Romans 11:6, 1 John 3:1, 1 John 4:10
ye were: Deuteronomy 10:22, Isaiah 51:2, Matthew 7:14, Luke 12:32, Romans 9:27-29
Reciprocal: Genesis 34:30 - and I being Deuteronomy 4:37 - because Deuteronomy 7:13 - he will love Deuteronomy 9:4 - Speak not Deuteronomy 10:15 - General Deuteronomy 23:5 - because the Deuteronomy 26:5 - a few Deuteronomy 33:3 - he loved 1 Samuel 12:22 - it hath 2 Chronicles 2:11 - Because Psalms 44:3 - because Psalms 60:5 - That Psalms 86:2 - holy Psalms 105:12 - a few Psalms 135:4 - the Lord Psalms 149:2 - rejoice Song of Solomon 8:10 - then Isaiah 41:9 - called Isaiah 41:14 - men Isaiah 63:9 - in his Jeremiah 31:3 - I have Ezekiel 36:22 - General Hosea 3:1 - according Hosea 11:1 - Israel Hosea 14:4 - I will love Romans 11:28 - are beloved Galatians 1:15 - it Ephesians 1:4 - as Ephesians 2:4 - his 2 Timothy 1:9 - according to his
Cross-References
Genesis 6:18
But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you.
But I will establish my covenant with you; you will come into the ark, you, your sons, your wife and your sons' wives with you.
Genesis 7:1
(ii) Adonai said to Noach, "Come into the ark, you and all your household; for I have seen that you alone in this generation are righteous before me.
(ii) Adonai said to Noach, "Come into the ark, you and all your household; for I have seen that you alone in this generation are righteous before me.
Genesis 7:13
On that same day Noach entered the ark with Shem, Ham and Yefet the sons of Noach, Noach's wife and the three wives of his sons accompanying them;
On that same day Noach entered the ark with Shem, Ham and Yefet the sons of Noach, Noach's wife and the three wives of his sons accompanying them;
Genesis 7:15
They went in to Noach in the ark, couples from every kind of living thing that breathes.
They went in to Noach in the ark, couples from every kind of living thing that breathes.
Proverbs 22:3
The clever see trouble coming and hide; the simple go on and pay the penalty.
The clever see trouble coming and hide; the simple go on and pay the penalty.
Matthew 24:38
Back then, before the Flood, people went on eating and drinking, taking wives and becoming wives, right up till the day Noach entered the ark;
Back then, before the Flood, people went on eating and drinking, taking wives and becoming wives, right up till the day Noach entered the ark;
Luke 17:27
People ate and drank, and men and women married, right up until the day Noach entered the ark; then the flood came and destroyed them all.
People ate and drank, and men and women married, right up until the day Noach entered the ark; then the flood came and destroyed them all.
Hebrews 6:18
so that through two unchangeable things, in neither of which God could lie, we, who have fled to take a firm hold on the hope set before us, would be strongly encouraged.
so that through two unchangeable things, in neither of which God could lie, we, who have fled to take a firm hold on the hope set before us, would be strongly encouraged.
Hebrews 11:7
By trusting , Noach, after receiving divine warning about things as yet unseen, was filled with holy fear and built an ark to save his household. Through this trusting , he put the world under condemnation and received the righteousness that comes from trusting .
By trusting , Noach, after receiving divine warning about things as yet unseen, was filled with holy fear and built an ark to save his household. Through this trusting , he put the world under condemnation and received the righteousness that comes from trusting .
1 Peter 3:20
to those who were disobedient long ago, in the days of Noach, when God waited patiently during the building of the ark, in which a few people — to be specific, eight — were delivered by means of water.
to those who were disobedient long ago, in the days of Noach, when God waited patiently during the building of the ark, in which a few people — to be specific, eight — were delivered by means of water.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you,.... He had done both, and the one as the effect and evidence of the other; he loved them, and therefore he chose them; but neither of them,
because ye were more in number than any people; not for the quantity of them, nor even for the quality of them:
for ye were the fewest of all people; fewer than the Egyptians, from whence they came, and than the Canaanites they were going to drive out and inherit their land, Deuteronomy 7:1. Those whom God has loved with an everlasting love, and as a fruit of it has chosen them in Christ before the world began to grace and glory, holiness and happiness, are but a small number, a little flock; though many are called, few are chosen; nor are they better than others, being by nature children of wrath even as others, and as to their outward circumstances the poor of this world.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 Deuteronomy 1:10; Deuteronomy 10:22 had taken place because of the very blessing of God spoken of in Deuteronomy 7:8.
Deuteronomy 7:10
Repayeth them that hate him to their face - i. e., punishes His enemies in their own proper persons.
