Deuteronomy 4:34 BSB

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?

BSB

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ASV

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

KJV

Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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Commentary

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Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

From the midst of another nation - This was a most extraordinary thing, that a whole people, consisting of upwards of 600,000 effective men, besides women and children, should, without striking a blow, be brought out of the midst of a very powerful nation, to the political welfare of which their services were so essential; that they should be brought out in so open and public a manner; that the sea itself should be supernaturally divided to afford this mighty host a passage; and that, in a desert utterly unfriendly to human life, they should be sustained for forty years.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

By temptations - Temptations is the general title, which is explained by the following particulars, signs, and wonders, &c. which are called temptations, because they were trials both to the Egyptians and Israelites, whether they would be induced to believe and obey God or no.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
א֣וֹ׀	'o	or	H176 →
הֲנִסָּ֣ה	ha.ni.Sah	¿ has it attempted	H5254 →
אֱלֹהִ֗ים	'E.lo.Him	a god	H430 →
לָ֠בוֹא	La.Vo'	to come	H935 →
לָקַ֨חַת	la.Ka.chat	to take	H3947 →
ל֣וֹ	lo	for itself
גוֹי֮	goy	a nation	H1471 →
מִקֶּ֣רֶב	mi.Ke.rev	from [the] midst of	H7130 →
גּוֹי֒	goy	a nation	H1471 →
בְּמַסֹּת֩	be.ma.Sot	by trials	H4531 →
בְּאֹתֹ֨ת	be.'o.Tot	by signs	H226 →
וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים	u.ve.mof.Tim	and by wonders	H4159 →
וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה	u.ve.mil.cha.Mah	and by battle	H4421 →
וּבְיָ֤ד	u.ve.Yad	and by a hand	H3027 →
חֲזָקָה֙	cha.za.Kah	strong	H2389 →
וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ	u.viz.Ro.a'	and by an arm	H2220 →
נְטוּיָ֔ה	ne.tu.Yah	outstretched	H5186 →
וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים	u.ve.mo.ra.'Im	and by terrors	H4172 →
גְּדֹלִ֑ים	ge.do.Lim	great	H1419 →
כְּ֠כֹל	Ke.khol	like all	H3605 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	that	H834 →
עָשָׂ֨ה	'a.Sah	he did	H6213 →
לָכֶ֜ם	la.Khem	for you
יְהוָ֧ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם	'e.lo.hei.Khem	God your	H430 →
בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם	be.mitz.Ra.yim	in Egypt	H4714 →
לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃	le.'ei.Nei.kha	to eyes your	H5869 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Deuteronomy 5:15
Remember that you were a slave in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD your God brought you out of there with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm. That is why the…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 5:6
  “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery.
- Deuteronomy 15:15
  Remember that you were slaves in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; that is why I am giving you this command today.
Through
Exodus 6:6
Therefore tell the Israelites: ‘I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians and deliver you from their bondage. I will redeem you with an outstretched…
leads to
- Deuteronomy 26:8
  Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders.
- 1 Chronicles 17:21
  And who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by…
- Exodus 7:4
  Pharaoh will not listen to you. Then I will lay My hand on Egypt, and by mighty acts of judgment I will bring the divisions of My people the Israelites out of the land…
- Deuteronomy 7:8
  But because the LORD loved you and kept the oath He swore to your fathers, He brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand…
- Nehemiah 1:10
  They are Your servants and Your people. You redeemed them by Your great power and mighty hand.
Through
Deuteronomy 7:19
the great trials that you saw, the signs and wonders, and the mighty hand and outstretched arm by which the LORD your God brought you out. The LORD your God will do the same…
leads to
- Nehemiah 9:10–11
  You performed signs and wonders against Pharaoh, all his officials, and all the people of his land, for You knew they had acted with arrogance against our fathers. You made a name for Yourself…