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New American Standard Bible (1995)

Deuteronomy 4:8

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Afflictions and Adversities;   Obedience;   Word of God;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Church of Israel;   Law of Moses, the;   Righteousness of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Peor;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Righteousness;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Decrees;   Disciple, Discipleship;   Ordinance;   Teach, Teacher;   Word;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Polytheism;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Law of Moses;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Torah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Demon, Demoniacal Possession, Demoniacs;   Winter ;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Oracle;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Law in the Old Testament;   Teach;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Abba Judan;   Judaism;  

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?

Contextual Overview

1 "Now, O Israel, listen to the statutes and the judgments which I am teaching you to perform, so that you may live and go in and take possession of the land which the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you. 2 "You shall not add to the word which I am commanding you, nor take away from it, that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God which I command you. 3 "Your eyes have seen what the LORD has done in the case of Baal-peor, for all the men who followed Baal-peor, the LORD your God has destroyed them from among you. 4 "But you who held fast to the LORD your God are alive today, every one of you. 5 "See, I have taught you statutes and judgments just as the LORD my God commanded me, that you should do thus in the land where you are entering to possess it. 6 "So keep and do them, for that is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples who will hear all these statutes and say, 'Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.' 7 "For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as is the LORD our God whenever we call on Him? 8 "Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?9 "Only give heed to yourself and keep your soul diligently, so that you do not forget the things which your eyes have seen and they do not depart from your heart all the days of your life; but make them known to your sons and your grandsons. 10 "Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when the LORD said to me, 'Assemble the people to Me, that I may let them hear My words so they may learn to fear Me all the days they live on the earth, and that they may teach their children.'

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
So it came about in the course of time that Cain brought an offering to the LORD of the fruit of the ground.
Genesis 4:6
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Why are you angry? And why has your countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:9
Then the LORD said to Cain, "Where is Abel your brother?" And he said, "I do not know. Am I my brother's keeper?"
Genesis 4:10
He said, "What have you done? The voice of your brother's blood is crying to Me from the ground.
Genesis 4:12
"When you cultivate the ground, it will no longer yield its strength to you; you will be a vagrant and a wanderer on the earth."
Genesis 4:15
So the LORD said to him, "Therefore whoever kills Cain, vengeance will be taken on him sevenfold." And the LORD appointed a sign for Cain, so that no one finding him would slay him.
Genesis 4:24
If Cain is avenged sevenfold, Then Lamech seventy-sevenfold."
Genesis 4:26
To Seth, to him also a son was born; and he called his name Enosh. Then men began to call upon the name of the LORD.
2 Samuel 3:27
So when Abner returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the middle of the gate to speak with him privately, and there he struck him in the belly so that he died on account of the blood of Asahel his brother.
2 Samuel 14:6
"Your maidservant had two sons, but the two of them struggled together in the field, and there was no one to separate them, so one struck the other and killed him.

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.


 
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