Deuteronomy 4:8

THE MESSAGE

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

King James Version
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Lexham English Bible
And what other great nation has for it just rules and regulations just like this whole law that I am setting before you today?

English Standard Version
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

New Century Version
And no other nation has such good teachings and commands as those I am giving to you today.

New English Translation
And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this whole law that I am about to share with you today?

Amplified Bible
"Or what great nation has statutes and judgments so righteous (upright, just) as this whole law which I am placing before you today?

New American Standard Bible
"Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole Law which I am setting before you today?

Geneva Bible (1587)
And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?

Legacy Standard Bible
Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

Complete Jewish Bible
What great nation is there that has laws and rulings as just as this entire Torah which I am setting before you today?

Darby Translation
And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?

Easy-to-Read Version
And no other nation is great enough to have laws and rules as good as the teachings I give you today.

George Lamsa Translation
And what nation is there so great, that has laws and judgments so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?

Good News Translation
No other nation, no matter how great, has laws so just as those that I have taught you today.

Christian Standard Bible®
And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Literal Translation
And who is a great nation whose statutes and judgments are as righteous as all this Law which I set before you today?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And where is there so excellent a nacion, that hath so righteous ordinaunces and lawes, as all this lawe which I laye before you this daye.

American Standard Version
And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Bible in Basic English
And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Yea, and what nation is so great, that hath ordinaunces & lawes so righteous, as all this lawe which I set before you this day?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

King James Version (1611)
And what nation is there so great, that hath Statutes and Iudgements so righteous, as all this Law which I set before you this day?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And what manner of nation is so great, which has righteous ordinances and judgments according to all this law, which I set before you this day?

English Revised Version
And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Berean Standard Bible
And what nation is so great as to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
For whi what other folk is so noble, that it hath cerymonyes and iust domes, and al the lawe which Y schal `sette forth to dai bifor youre iyen?

Young's Literal Translation
and which [is] the great nation which hath righteous statutes and judgments according to all this law which I am setting before you to-day?

Update Bible Version
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

Webster's Bible Translation
And what nation [is there so] great, that hath statutes and judgments [so] righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

World English Bible
What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

New King James Version
And what great nation is there that has such statutes and righteous judgments as are in all this law which I set before you this day?

New Living Translation
And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?

New Life Bible
What great nation is there that has laws as right as this whole Law which I am giving you today?

New Revised Standard
And what other great nation has statutes and ordinances as just as this entire law that I am setting before you today?

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you to-day?

Douay-Rheims Bible
For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before our eyes?

Revised Standard Version
And what great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law which I set before you this day?

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?

Contextual Overview

¹Now listen, Israel, listen carefully to the rules and regulations that I am teaching you to follow so that you may live and enter and take possession of the land that God , the God-of-Your-Fathers, is giving to you. Don't add a word to what I command you, and don't remove a word from it. Keep the commands of God , your God, that I am commanding you. ³You saw with your own eyes what God did at Baal Peor, how God destroyed from among you every man who joined in the Baal Peor orgies. But you, the ones who held tight to God , your God, are alive and well, every one of you, today. ⁵Pay attention: I'm teaching you the rules and regulations that God commanded me, so that you may live by them in the land you are entering to take up ownership. Keep them. Practice them. You'll become wise and understanding. When people hear and see what's going on, they'll say, "What a great nation! So wise, so understanding! We've never seen anything like it." ⁷Yes. What other great nation has gods that are intimate with them the way God , our God, is with us, always ready to listen to us? And what other great nation has rules and regulations as good and fair as this Revelation that I'm setting before you today? ⁹ Just make sure you stay alert. Keep close watch over yourselves. Don't forget anything of what you've seen. Don't let your heart wander off. Stay vigilant as long as you live. Teach what you've seen and heard to your children and grandchildren. ¹⁰ That day when you stood before God , your God, at Horeb, God said to me, "Assemble the people in my presence to listen to my words so that they will learn to fear me in holy fear for as long as they live on the land, and then they will teach these same words to their children." ¹¹You gathered. You stood in the shadow of the mountain. The mountain was ablaze with fire, blazing high into the very heart of Heaven. You stood in deep darkness and thick clouds. God spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but you saw nothing—no form, only a voice. He announced his covenant, the Ten Words, by which he commanded you to live. Then he wrote them down on two slabs of stone. ¹⁴ And God commanded me at that time to teach you the rules and regulations that you are to live by in the land which you are crossing over the Jordan to possess. ¹⁵You saw no form on the day God spoke to you at Horeb from out of the fire. Remember that. Carefully guard yourselves so that you don't turn corrupt and make a form, carving a figure that looks male or female, or looks like a prowling animal or a flying bird or a slithering snake or a fish in a stream. And also carefully guard yourselves so that you don't look up into the skies and see the sun and moon and stars, all the constellations of the skies, and be seduced into worshiping and serving them. God set them out for everybody's benefit, everywhere. But you— God took you right out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to become the people of his inheritance—and that's what you are this very day. ²¹But God was angry with me because of you and the things you said. He swore that I'd never cross the Jordan, never get to enter the good land that God , your God, is giving you as an inheritance. This means that I am going to die here. I'm not crossing the Jordan. But you will cross; you'll possess the good land.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 10:12, Deuteronomy 10:13, Psalms 19:7-11, Psalms 119:86, Psalms 119:96, Psalms 119:127, Psalms 119:128, Psalms 147:19, Psalms 147:20, Romans 7:12-14, 2 Timothy 3:16, 2 Timothy 3:17

Reciprocal: Exodus 21:1 - which Leviticus 15:2 - unto the Deuteronomy 1:5 - to declare Deuteronomy 4:1 - unto the statutes Deuteronomy 4:16 - corrupt Deuteronomy 26:19 - high above Deuteronomy 33:29 - Happy 2 Samuel 1:19 - beauty 2 Samuel 7:23 - what one 1 Kings 2:3 - statutes Nehemiah 9:13 - gavest Psalms 19:9 - judgments Psalms 76:1 - In Judah Psalms 119:39 - for thy Psalms 119:62 - thy Psalms 119:98 - through Psalms 119:138 - testimonies Isaiah 1:2 - I have Jeremiah 26:4 - which Lamentations 1:7 - all her Ezekiel 16:7 - excellent ornaments Ezekiel 20:11 - I gave Romans 2:18 - knowest Romans 3:2 - because 2 Corinthians 3:7 - was Galatians 3:19 - It was added

Cross-References

Genesis 4:3
Time passed. Cain brought an offering to God from the produce of his farm. Abel also brought an offering, but from the firstborn animals of his herd, choice cuts of meat. God liked Abel and his offering, but Cain and his offering didn't get his approval. Cain lost his temper and went into a sulk.

Genesis 4:6
God spoke to Cain: "Why this tantrum? Why the sulking? If you do well, won't you be accepted? And if you don't do well, sin is lying in wait for you, ready to pounce; it's out to get you, you've got to master it."

Genesis 4:9
God said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" He said, "How should I know? Am I his babysitter?"

Genesis 4:10
God said, "What have you done! The voice of your brother's blood is calling to me from the ground. From now on you'll get nothing but curses from this ground; you'll be driven from this ground that has opened its arms to receive the blood of your murdered brother. You'll farm this ground, but it will no longer give you its best. You'll be a homeless wanderer on Earth."

Genesis 4:15
God told him, "No. Anyone who kills Cain will pay for it seven times over." God put a mark on Cain to protect him so that no one who met him would kill him.

Matthew 23:35
"You can't squirm out of this: Every drop of righteous blood ever spilled on this earth, beginning with the blood of that good man Abel right down to the blood of Zechariah, Barachiah's son, whom you murdered at his prayers, is on your head. All this, I'm telling you, is coming down on you, on your generation.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous,.... Founded in justice and equity, and so agreeable to right reason, and so well calculated and adapted to lead persons in the ways of righteousness and truth, and keep them from doing any injury to each other's persons and properties, and to maintain good order, peace, and concord among them:

as all this law which I set before you this day? which he then repeated, afresh declared, explained and instructed them in; for otherwise it had been delivered to them near forty years ago. Now there was not any nation then in being, nor any since, to be compared with the nation of the Jews, for the wise and wholesome laws given unto them; no, not the more cultivated and civilized nations, as the Grecians and Romans, who had the advantage of such wise lawgivers as they were accounted, as Solon, Lycurgus, Numa, and others; and indeed the best laws that they had seem to be borrowed from the Jews.