Deuteronomy 4:37

Translations

Modern

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

Traditional

And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

Literal

And because He loved your fathers, therefore He chose their seed after them, and He brought you out with His face, with His mighty power, from Egypt,

Latin

…quia dilexit patres tuos, et elegit semen eorum post eos. Eduxitque te præcedens in virtute sua magna ex Ægypto,

Original

Hebrew

English

Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,

Notes

Deuteronomy 4:1–40

Moses gave a long speech to the Israelites because of their recent failures and what he thought would happen in Canaan.

Theme notes and profiles

Ancient Law Codes God’s Uniqueness

Related verses

Deuteronomy 10:15
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
Exodus 33:14
And the LORD answered, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Isaiah 63:11–12
Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses. Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherds of His flock? Where is the One who set His Holy Spirit among them,
Exodus 13:14
In the future, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ you are to tell him, ‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
Exodus 13:3
So Moses told the people, “Remember this day, the day you came out of Egypt, out of the house of slavery; for the LORD brought you out of it by the strength of His hand. And nothing leavened shall be eaten.
Exodus 13:9
It shall be a sign for you on your hand and a reminder on your forehead that the Law of the LORD is to be on your lips. For with a mighty hand the LORD brought you out of Egypt.
Psalm 34:15
The eyes of the LORD are on the righteous, and His ears are inclined to their cry.
Deuteronomy 4:34
Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?
Psalm 136:10–15
He struck down the firstborn of Egypt His loving devotion endures forever.
Malachi 1:2
“I have loved you,” says the LORD. But you ask, “How have You loved us?” “Was not Esau Jacob’s brother?” declares the LORD. “Yet Jacob I have loved,
Luke 1:72–73
…to show mercy to our fathers and to remember His holy covenant,

Places

Egypt: Ancient nation; Israelites enslaved there; plagues and Exodus

Glossary

Ammi Archaeology and the Bible Deuteronomy, Book of

Topics

Children of the Righteous, Blessed of God Fire: Miraculous: On Mount Sinai at Giving of Law God: Love of God: Love of, Exemplified Obedience: Enjoined Obligation: A Motive of Obedience Predestination: General Scriptures Concerning The Jews: Beloved for Their Father's Sake

Deuteronomy 4:37

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