Deuteronomy 4:7

What nation is as great as us, having a god so close to them as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call on him?

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In The King James Version

For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

In Context

6Be careful to observe them, because this will demonstrate your wisdom and insight to the other people living there who are watching. They will find out about all these rules and say, “The people of this great nation are very wise and have good insight.”

8What nation is as great as us, having such good rules and regulations like all these laws that I'm placing before you today?

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Cross References

Numbers 23:9For I'm looking down on them from the top of rocky crags; I'm watching them from the hills. I see a people who live on their own, different from the other nations.

Deuteronomy 5:26Has anybody else ever heard the living God speak from the fire and survived, as we have?

2 Samuel 7:23Who else is as fortunate as your people Israel? Who else on earth did God go and redeem to make his own people? You gained a wonderful reputation for yourself by all the tremendous, amazing things you did in driving out other nations and their gods before your people as you redeemed them from Egypt.

Psalms 46:1God is our protection and our strength; always ready to help when troubles come.

Psalms 145:18The Lord is close to all who ask for his help, to all who ask in sincerity.

Isaiah 43:4Because you are so valuable to me, because I honor you, and because I love you, I give people in exchange for you, nations in exchange for your lives.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 4:2-41

Exhortations and Arguments. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land which the Lord God of your fathers giveth you. 2 Ye shall not add unto the word which I command you, neither shall ye diminish ought from it, that ye may keep the commandments of the Lord your God which I command you. 3 Your eyes have seen what the Lord did because of Baal-peor: for all the men that followed… Read the whole commentary →

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