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J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8

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

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?
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

1 Now, therefore, O Israel, hearken thou unto the statutes, and unto the regulations, which, I, am teaching you, to do them , - to the end ye may live and enter and possess the land, which, Yahweh, the God of your fathers, is giving unto you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which, I, am commanding you, neither shall ye take away therefrom, - that ye may keep the commandments of Yahweh your God, which, I, am commanding you. 3 Yours are the eyes, that have seen what Yahweh did in Baal-peor, for every man who went after Baal-peor, did Yahweh thy God destroy out of thy midst; 4 but, ye who kept on cleaving unto Yahweh your God, alive, are ye all to-day. 5 See! I have taught you statutes, and regulations, as Yahweh my God commanded me, - that ye should do so, in the midst of the land whereinto ye are entering to possess it. 6 Therefore shall ye observe, and do them , for that, will be your wisdom, and discernment, in the eyes of the peoples, - who will hear all these statutes, and will say - Nevertheless, a people wise and discerning, is this great nation. 7 For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it, - like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him. 8 Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you to-day? 9 Only take thou heed to thyself and keep thy soul diligently, so that thou forget not the things which thine own eyes have seen, and so that they go not out of thy heart, all the days of thy life, - but thou shalt make them known unto thy sons and unto thy son's sons: - 10 What day thou didst stand before Yahweh thy God, in Horeb, when Yahweh said unto me, Gather unto me the people, that I may let them hear my words, - which they must learn that they may revere me all the days which they are living upon the soil, their children also, must they teach.

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 to pass, after certain days, that Cain brought in of the fruit of the ground, a present to Yahweh:
Genesis 4:6
So then Yahweh said unto Cain, - Wherefore hath it angered thee, and wherefore hath thy countenance fallen?
Genesis 4:9
Then said Yahweh unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said know not, the keeper of my brother, am, I?
Genesis 4:10
And he said, What hast thou done? With a voice, the shed-blood of thy brother is crying out to me from the ground,
Genesis 4:12
Though thou till the ground, it shall not go on to give its vigour to thee. A wanderer and a fugitive, shalt thou be in the earth.
Genesis 4:15
And Yahweh said to him - Not so, whosoever slayeth Cain seven - fold, shall it be avenged. So Yahweh set, for Cain, a sign, that none finding him should smite him.
Genesis 4:24
If, sevenfold, be, the avenging of Cain, Then, of Lamech, seventy and seven.
Genesis 4:26
And to Seth - to him also, was born a son, and he called his name Enosh, - then, was a beginning made, to call on the name of Yahweh.
2 Samuel 3:27
So Abner returned to Hebron, and Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate, to speak with him quietly, - and then smote him there, in the belly, that he died, for the blood of Asahel the brother of Joab.
2 Samuel 14:6
Now, thy maidservant, had two sons, and they two strove together in the field, with none to tear them apart, - so the one smote the other, and slew 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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