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Yet that is what the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, right before your eyes. <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, and by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Or did God ever try to go and take for Himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Or has a god ventured to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, just as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Or has a god tried to go to take for himself a nation from within another nation with trials, with signs and wonders and with war and with a mighty hand and with an outstretched arm and with great terrors, as Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Or has any [man-made] god ever tried to go and take for himself a nation from within another nation by trials, by signs and wonders and by war and by a mighty hand and by an outstretched arm and by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your [very] eyes? <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Or has any god ever tried to come and take one nation away from another for himself? The LORD your God used his mighty hand and powerful arm to do this for you in Egypt. He did this using plagues, miraculous signs, amazing things, and war. He did his great and awe-inspiring deeds in front of you. <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> Has any god ever dared to go and take a people from another nation and make them his own, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt? Before your very eyes he used his great power and strength; he brought plagues and war, worked miracles and wonders, and caused terrifying things to happen. <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Or has any god ever taken for himself one nation out from another nation with testings, signs, wonders, wars, awesome power, and magnificent, terrifying deeds as the LORD your God did in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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? <a href="/net/deuteronomy/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Or has God ever before tried to deliver a nation from the middle of another nation, accompanied by judgments, signs, wonders, war, strength, power, and other very terrifying things like the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself 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 the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Or hath God essayed 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 an out-stretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/web/deuteronomy/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Or has God tried to go in to take a nation for Himself from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that your God YHWH has done to you in Egypt before your eyes? <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Or hath God tried to go in to take to Himself, a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors -- according to all that Jehovah your God hath done to you, in Egypt, before your eyes? <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Or did God try to go and take to him a nation from the midst of a nation by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand and by an extended arm, and by great fears, according to all that Jehovah your God did to you in Egypt before your eyes?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> If God ever did so as to go, and take to himself a nation out of the midst of nations by temptations, signs, and wonders, by fight, and a strong hand, and stretched out arm, and horrible visions according to all the things that the Lord your God did for you in Egypt, before thy eyes. <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> whether God has acted so as to enter and take for himself a nation from the midst of the nations, by means of tests, signs, and wonders, by means of fighting, and a strong hand, and an outstretched arm, and terrible visions, in accord with all the things which the Lord your God has accomplished for you in Egypt, in the sight of your eyes. <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Or did any god venture to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, with strong hand and outstretched arm, and by great terrors, all of which the LORD, your God, did for you in Egypt before your very eyes? <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, and by terrifying displays of power, as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Or have they tried out the God who went forth and took for himself 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 a stretched out arm and by great visions, according to all that the LORD your God did to the Egyptians before your eyes? <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Or they tested God who went and took to him a nation from within a nation with trials and with signs and with wonders and with war and by a mighty hand and by a high arm and with all the great spectacles that LORD JEHOVAH your God did to the Egyptians in your sight?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> 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 the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before thine eyes? <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> if God has assayed to go and take to himself a nation out of the midst of another nation with trial, and with signs, and with wonders, and with war, and with a mighty hand, and with a high arm, and with great sights, according to all the things which the Lord our God did in Egypt in thy sight. <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1454" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">The LORD Alone is God</a> …33Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived? 34<a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">Or</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">has any god</a> <a href="/hebrew/5254.htm" title="5254: hă·nis·sāh (V-Piel-Perf-3ms) -- To test, try. A primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt.">tried</a> <a href="/hebrew/935.htm" title="935: lā·ḇō·w (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To come in, come, go in, go. A primitive root; to go or come."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3947.htm" title="3947: lā·qa·ḥaṯ (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To take. A primitive root; to take.">to take</a> <a href="/hebrew/lōw (Prep:: 3ms) -- ">as his own</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: ḡō·w (N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">a nation</a> <a href="/hebrew/7130.htm" title="7130: miq·qe·reḇ (Prep-m:: N-msc) -- Inward part, midst. From qarab; properly, the nearest part, i.e. The center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial.">out of</a> <a href="/hebrew/1471.htm" title="1471: gō·w (N-ms) -- Rarely goy; apparently from the same root as gevah; a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.">another nation—</a> <a href="/hebrew/4531.htm" title="4531: bə·mas·sōṯ (Prep-b:: N-fp) -- A testing, of men, of God. From nacah; a testing, of men or of God.">by trials,</a> <a href="/hebrew/226.htm" title="226: bə·’ō·ṯōṯ (Prep-b:: N-cp) -- A sign. Probably from 'uwth; a signal, as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc.">signs,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4159.htm" title="4159: ū·ḇə·mō·wp̄·ṯîm (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A wonder, sign, portent. Or mopheth; from yaphah in the sense of conspicuousness; a miracle; by implication, a token or omen.">wonders,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4421.htm" title="4421: ū·ḇə·mil·ḥā·māh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- A battle, war. From lacham; a battle; generally, war.">and war,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2389.htm" title="2389: ḥă·zā·qāh (Adj-fs) -- Strong, stout, mighty. From chazaq; strong.">by a strong</a> <a href="/hebrew/3027.htm" title="3027: ū·ḇə·yāḏ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Hand (indicating power, means, direction, etc.)">hand</a> <a href="/hebrew/5186.htm" title="5186: nə·ṭū·yāh (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-fs) -- A primitive root; to stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away; used in a great variety of application.">and an outstretched</a> <a href="/hebrew/2220.htm" title="2220: ū·ḇiz·rō·w·a‘ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fs) -- Arm, shoulder, strength. Or zroao; and zrowpah; or zrowah; from zara'; the arm, or the foreleg; figuratively, force.">arm,</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: gə·ḏō·lîm (Adj-mp) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">and by great</a> <a href="/hebrew/4172.htm" title="4172: ū·ḇə·mō·w·rā·’îm (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-mp) -- A fear, terror. Or morat; or morah; from yare'; fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed.">terrors—</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kə·ḵōl (Prep:: N-ms) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">as</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem (N-mpc:: 2mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">your God</a> <a href="/hebrew/6213.htm" title="6213: ‘ā·śāh (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To do, make. A primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application.">did</a> <a href="/hebrew/lā·ḵem (Prep:: 2mp) -- ">for you</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: bə·miṣ·ra·yim (Prep-b:: N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">in Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cdc:: 2ms) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain.">before your eyes?</a> 35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6-7</a> 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 arm and with mighty acts of judgment. / I will take you as My own people, and I will be your God. Then you will know that I am the LORD your God, who brought you out from under the yoke of the Egyptians. <a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Exodus 7:3-5</a> But I will harden Pharaoh’s heart, and though I will multiply My signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, / 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 of Egypt. / And the Egyptians will know that I am the LORD, when I stretch out My hand against Egypt and bring the Israelites out from among them.” <a href="/exodus/14-30.htm">Exodus 14:30-31</a> That day the LORD saved Israel from the hand of the Egyptians, and Israel saw the Egyptians dead on the shore. / When Israel saw the great power that the LORD had exercised over the Egyptians, the people feared the LORD and believed in Him and in His servant Moses. <a href="/exodus/19-4.htm">Exodus 19:4</a> ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. <a href="/exodus/20-2.htm">Exodus 20:2</a> “I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery. <a href="/deuteronomy/7-19.htm">Deuteronomy 7:19</a> 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 to all the peoples you now fear. <a href="/deuteronomy/26-8.htm">Deuteronomy 26:8</a> Then the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, with great terror, signs, and wonders. <a href="/deuteronomy/29-2.htm">Deuteronomy 29:2-3</a> Moses summoned all Israel and proclaimed to them, “You have seen with your own eyes everything the LORD did in Egypt to Pharaoh, to all his officials, and to all his land. / You saw with your own eyes the great trials, and those miraculous signs and wonders. <a href="/joshua/24-17.htm">Joshua 24:17</a> For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled. <a href="/nehemiah/9-10.htm">Nehemiah 9:10</a> 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 that endures to this day. <a href="/psalms/78-12.htm">Psalm 78:12-13</a> He worked wonders before their fathers in the land of Egypt, in the region of Zoan. / He split the sea and brought them through; He set the waters upright like a wall. <a href="/psalms/105-26.htm">Psalm 105:26-38</a> He sent Moses His servant, and Aaron, whom He had chosen. / They performed His miraculous signs among them, and wonders in the land of Ham. / He sent darkness, and it became dark—yet they defied His words. ... <a href="/isaiah/63-11.htm">Isaiah 63:11-12</a> 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, / who sent His glorious arm to lead them by the right hand of Moses, who divided the waters before them to gain for Himself everlasting renown, <a href="/jeremiah/32-21.htm">Jeremiah 32:21</a> You brought Your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs and wonders, with a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and with great terror. <a href="/acts/7-36.htm">Acts 7:36</a> He led them out and performed wonders and signs in the land of Egypt, at the Red Sea, and for forty years in the wilderness.</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Or has God assayed to go and take him a nation from the middle 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?take him<a href="/exodus/1-9.htm">Exodus 1:9</a> And he said unto his people, Behold, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we:<a href="/exodus/3-10.htm">Exodus 3:10,17-20</a> Come now therefore, and I will send thee unto Pharaoh, that thou mayest bring forth my people the children of Israel out of Egypt… temptations<a href="/deuteronomy/7-19.htm">Deuteronomy 7:19</a> The great temptations which thine eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD thy God brought thee out: so shall the LORD thy God do unto all the people of whom thou art afraid.<a href="/deuteronomy/29-3.htm">Deuteronomy 29:3</a> The great temptations which thine eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:<a href="/exodus/9-20.htm">Exodus 9:20,21</a> He that feared the word of the LORD among the servants of Pharaoh made his servants and his cattle flee into the houses: … by signs<a href="/exodus/7-3.htm">Exodus 7:3</a> And I will harden Pharaoh's heart, and multiply my signs and my wonders in the land of Egypt.<a href="/psalms/78-12.htm">Psalm 78:12,48-53</a> Marvellous things did he in the sight of their fathers, in the land of Egypt, in the field of Zoan… by a mighty<a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15</a> And remember that thou wast a servant in the land of Egypt, and that the LORD thy God brought thee out thence through a mighty hand and by a stretched out arm: therefore the LORD thy God commanded thee to keep the sabbath day.<a href="/deuteronomy/6-21.htm">Deuteronomy 6:21</a> Then thou shalt say unto thy son, We were Pharaoh's bondmen in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:<a href="/deuteronomy/7-8.htm">Deuteronomy 7:8,9</a> But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt… and by great<a href="/deuteronomy/26-8.htm">Deuteronomy 26:8</a> And the LORD brought us forth out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders:<a href="/deuteronomy/34-12.htm">Deuteronomy 34:12</a> And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.<a href="/exodus/12-30.htm">Exodus 12:30-33</a> And Pharaoh rose up in the night, he, and all his servants, and all the Egyptians; and there was a great cry in Egypt; for there was not a house where there was not one dead… <div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/numbers/32-20.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/acts/26-21.htm">Assayed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-20.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-24.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-33.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-24.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-8.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/exodus/25-20.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Out-Stretched</a> <a href="/numbers/14-22.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/numbers/24-9.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Temptations</a> <a href="/romans/9-22.htm">Terrors</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-9.htm">Trials</a> <a href="/exodus/17-7.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-18.htm">War</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/1-30.htm">Wonders</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Arm</a> <a href="/1_samuel/17-39.htm">Assayed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-8.htm">Eyes</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Hand</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-36.htm">Midst</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-37.htm">Mighty</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-14.htm">Nation</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Outstretched</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/9-29.htm">Out-Stretched</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-22.htm">Signs</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Stretched</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-19.htm">Temptations</a> <a href="/job/6-4.htm">Terrors</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-19.htm">Trials</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-16.htm">Tried</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/20-1.htm">War</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-22.htm">Wonders</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 4</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a> 41. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan</a> 44. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-44.htm">Recapitulation</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the ancient Near East, gods were often associated with specific nations or territories, but the idea of a deity actively intervening to extract a nation from another's control was unprecedented. This underscores the sovereignty and power of God, who not only claims Israel as His own but also acts decisively in history to establish them as a distinct people. This act of deliverance is unparalleled and serves as a testament to God's unique relationship with Israel.by trials, signs, wonders, and war, The deliverance of Israel from Egypt involved a series of miraculous events that demonstrated God's power over creation and the gods of Egypt. The "trials" refer to the plagues that afflicted Egypt, each challenging the authority of Egyptian deities. "Signs and wonders" are terms often used in the Bible to describe miraculous acts that reveal God's power and presence, such as the parting of the Red Sea. "War" refers to the divine intervention in battles, such as the defeat of Pharaoh's army. These acts collectively emphasize God's ability to control natural and supernatural realms to achieve His purposes.by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, This phrase is a metaphor for God's mighty power and active involvement in the deliverance of His people. The "strong hand" and "outstretched arm" symbolize God's strength and willingness to intervene directly in human affairs. This imagery is frequently used in the Old Testament to describe God's deliverance and protection, reinforcing the idea that Israel's liberation was not by their own strength but by divine intervention. It also foreshadows the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who is often depicted as the arm of the Lord in prophetic literature.and by great terrors— The "great terrors" refer to the fear and awe inspired by God's miraculous acts during the Exodus. These events were not only signs of God's power to Israel but also served as a warning to other nations. The fear of the Lord is a recurring theme in the Bible, often associated with His holiness and justice. The terrors experienced by Egypt were a demonstration of God's judgment against oppression and idolatry, serving as a reminder of His righteousness and the consequences of defying His will.as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes? This phrase personalizes the historical events, reminding the Israelites that they were eyewitnesses to God's mighty acts. The direct involvement of God in their history is a foundational aspect of their identity as His chosen people. The reference to Egypt serves as a constant reminder of God's faithfulness and the covenant relationship established at Sinai. It also points forward to the ultimate deliverance through Jesus Christ, who fulfills the promises made to Israel and extends God's salvation to all nations. The phrase emphasizes the importance of remembering and recounting God's deeds as a means of maintaining faith and obedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a> The one true God who delivered Israel from Egypt, demonstrating His power and sovereignty. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The nation chosen by God, delivered from slavery in Egypt to become His people. 3. <a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a> The land where the Israelites were enslaved, from which God delivered them through miraculous events. 4. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The leader chosen by God to guide the Israelites out of Egypt and through the wilderness. 5. <a href="/topical/e/exodus.htm">Exodus</a> The event of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, marked by miraculous signs and wonders.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a> The deliverance of Israel from Egypt showcases God's unmatched power and authority over all nations and gods. <a href="/topical/g/god's_faithfulness_to_his_promises.htm">God's Faithfulness to His Promises</a> The Exodus event is a testament to God's faithfulness in fulfilling His covenant promises to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. <a href="/topical/t/the_uniqueness_of_god's_relationship_with_israel.htm">The Uniqueness of God's Relationship with Israel</a> No other god has acted in history as Yahweh did for Israel, highlighting the unique covenant relationship between God and His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_remember_and_obey.htm">The Call to Remember and Obey</a> Israel is called to remember these mighty acts and respond with obedience and faithfulness to God's commandments. <a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_deliverance.htm">Trust in God's Deliverance</a> Believers today can trust in God's power to deliver them from spiritual bondage, just as He delivered Israel from physical slavery.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 4</a> <a href="/q/what_does_god's_hand_signify.htm">What does God's outstretched hand signify?</a> <a href="/q/bible's_view_on_hospitality.htm">What is the Bible's view on hospitality?</a> <a href="/q/how_reconcile_exodus_34_14_with_polytheism.htm">(Exodus 34:14) How do we reconcile the commandment against worshiping other gods with archaeological finds suggesting Israel's early polytheistic practices?</a> <a href="/q/why_claim_no_prophet_like_moses_arose.htm">How can Deut. 34:10 claim no prophet like Moses ever arose when other prophets performed significant miracles too?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 34. - Hath God assayed, etc.; hath he ever made the attempt to come on the earth and take a nation from the midst of a nation, as he took the Hebrew people from among the Egyptians? By temptations (מַסּות, plu. of מַסָּה, a testing, a trial) - i.e. by the plagues inflicted on Pharaoh and his people, whereby they were tested and tried - by signs and by wonders. "The wonder (מופֵת) differs from the sign (אות) in this, that the former denotes the properly marvelous, the extraordinary, the uncommon, consequently the subjective apprehension of the miraculous event; the latter the significant element in the miracle, the reference to the higher, Divine design, the purpose of God in it, consequently to the objective side of the miracle (comp. <a href="/deuteronomy/13-2.htm">Deuteronomy 13:2</a>)" (Havernick, 'Comment. ub. Ezech,' p. 161). By war (cf. <a href="/exodus/14-14.htm">Exodus 14:14</a>; <a href="/exodus/15-3.htm">Exodus 15:3-10</a>); by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm (<a href="/exodus/6-6.htm">Exodus 6:6</a>; <a href="/exodus/14-8.htm">Exodus 14:8</a>; <a href="/deuteronomy/5-15.htm">Deuteronomy 5:15</a>); and by great terrors (<a href="/exodus/12-30.htm">Exodus 12:30-36</a>), the effect on the Egyptians of the Divine inflictions (cf. <a href="/psalms/105-27.htm">Psalm 105:27-38</a>; <a href="/psalms/106-21.htm">Psalm 106:21, 22</a>). <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Or א֣וֹ ׀ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if has any god אֱלֹהִ֗ים (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative tried הֲנִסָּ֣ה (hă·nis·sāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5254.htm">Strong's 5254: </a> To test, to attempt to take לָקַ֨חַת (lā·qa·ḥaṯ) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3947.htm">Strong's 3947: </a> To take as his own ל֣וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> a nation גוֹי֮ (ḡō·w) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts out of מִקֶּ֣רֶב (miq·qe·reḇ) Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7130.htm">Strong's 7130: </a> The nearest part, the center another nation— גּוֹי֒ (gō·w) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1471.htm">Strong's 1471: </a> A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts by trials, בְּמַסֹּת֩ (bə·mas·sōṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4531.htm">Strong's 4531: </a> A testing, of men, of God signs, בְּאֹתֹ֨ת (bə·’ō·ṯōṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_226.htm">Strong's 226: </a> A signal, as a, flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence wonders, וּבְמוֹפְתִ֜ים (ū·ḇə·mō·wp̄·ṯîm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4159.htm">Strong's 4159: </a> A miracle, a token, omen and war, וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה (ū·ḇə·mil·ḥā·māh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4421.htm">Strong's 4421: </a> A battle, war by a strong חֲזָקָה֙ (ḥă·zā·qāh) Adjective - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2389.htm">Strong's 2389: </a> Strong, stout, mighty hand וּבְיָ֤ד (ū·ḇə·yāḏ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3027.htm">Strong's 3027: </a> A hand and an outstretched נְטוּיָ֔ה (nə·ṭū·yāh) Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5186.htm">Strong's 5186: </a> To stretch out, spread out, extend, incline, bend arm, וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ (ū·ḇiz·rō·w·a‘) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2220.htm">Strong's 2220: </a> The arm, the foreleg, force and by great גְּדֹלִ֑ים (gə·ḏō·lîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent terrors— וּבְמוֹרָאִ֖ים (ū·ḇə·mō·w·rā·’îm) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4172.htm">Strong's 4172: </a> Fear, a fearful thing, deed as כְּ֠כֹל (kə·ḵōl) Preposition | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every the LORD יְהוָ֧ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel your God אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֛ם (’ĕ·lō·hê·ḵem) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative did עָשָׂ֨ה (‘ā·śāh) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6213.htm">Strong's 6213: </a> To do, make for you in Egypt, בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם (bə·miṣ·ra·yim) Preposition-b | Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa before your eyes? לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ (lə·‘ê·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - cdc | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5869.htm">Strong's 5869: </a> An eye, a fountain <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">Deuteronomy 4:34 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-34.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:34 Or has God tried to go (Deut. 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