Deuteronomy 4:8New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “Or what great nation is there that has statutes and judgments as righteous as this whole law which I am setting before you today?
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— 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?
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— 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?
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, as all this law which I set before you this day?
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Or what great nation which hath righteous statutes and regulations, like all this law, which, I, am setting before you, today?
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— 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?
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— 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?
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And what nation is so great, that hath ordinances and lawes so righteous, as all this Lawe, which I set before you this day?
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— 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?
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— 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?
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— 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?
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— 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? |
And what
x4310 (4310) Complementמִיmiy{me}
An interrogitive pronoun of persons, as H4100 is of things, who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix.
nation
1471 {1471} Primeגּוֹיgowy{go'-ee}
Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.
[ is there so] great,
1419 {1419} Primeגָּדוֹלgadowl{gaw-dole'}
From H1431; great (in any sense); hence older; also insolent.
that
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
hath statutes
2706 {2706} Primeחֹקchoq{khoke}
From H2710; an enactment; hence an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage).
and judgments
4941 {4941} Primeמִשְׁפָּטmishpat{mish-pawt'}
From H8199; properly a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (particularly) divine law, individual or collectively), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly justice, including a particular right, or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style.
[ so] righteous
6662
as all
x3605 (3605) Complementכֹּלkol{kole}
From H3634; properly the whole; hence all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense).
this
x2063 (2063) Complementזֹאתzo'th{zothe'}
Irregular feminine of H2089; this (often used adverbially).
law,
8451 {8451} Primeתּוֹרָהtowrah{to-raw'}
From H3384; a precept or statute, especially the Decalogue or Pentateuch.
which
x834 (0834) Complementאֲשֶׁר'asher{ash-er'}
A primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as adverb and conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
I
x595 (0595) Complementאָנֹכִי'anokiy{aw-no-kee'}
A primitive pronoun; I.
set
5414 {5414} Primeנָתַןnathan{naw-than'}
A primitive root; to give, used with great latitude of application ( put, make, etc.).
z8802 <8802> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851) Mood - Participle Active (See H8814) Count - 5386
before
6440 {6440} Primeפָּנִיםpaniym{paw-neem'}
Plural (but always used as a singular) of an unused noun ( פָּנֶה paneh, {paw-neh'}; from H6437); the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition ( before, etc.).
you this day?
3117 {3117} Primeיוֹםyowm{yome}
From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literally (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figuratively (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverbially). |
Deuteronomy 4:8
So righteous — Whereby he implies that the true greatness of a nation doth not consist in pomp or power, or largeness of empire, as commonly men think, but in the righteousness of its laws. |
Deuteronomy 10:12- 13 And now, Israel, what doth the LORD thy God require of thee, but to fear the LORD thy God, to walk in all his ways, and to love him, and to serve the LORD thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul, ... To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
Psalms 19:7- 11 The law of the LORD [ is] perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD [ is] sure, making wise the simple. ... Moreover by them is thy servant warned: [ and] in keeping of them [ there is] great reward.
Psalms 119:86 All thy commandments [ are] faithful: they persecute me wrongfully; help thou me.
Psalms 119:96 I have seen an end of all perfection: [but] thy commandment [ is] exceeding broad.
Psalms 119:127- 128 Therefore I love thy commandments above gold; yea, above fine gold. ... Therefore I esteem all [ thy] precepts [ concerning] all [things to be] right; [and] I hate every false way.
Psalms 147:19- 20 He sheweth his word unto Jacob, his statutes and his judgments unto Israel. ... He hath not dealt so with any nation: and [ as for his] judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the LORD.
Romans 7:12- 14 Wherefore the law [ is] holy, and the commandment holy, and just, and good. ... For we know that the law is spiritual: but I am carnal, sold under sin.
2 Timothy 3:16- 17 All scripture [ is] given by inspiration of God, and [is] profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness: ... That the man of God may be perfect, throughly furnished unto all good works.
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