DEUTERONOMY 4:34

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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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Deuteronomy 4:34 Translation & Meaning

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Or א֣וֹ׀ Desire (and so probably in Proverbs 31:4); hence (by way of alternative) or, also if Or
hath God אֱלֹהִ֗ים Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
assayed הֲנִסָּ֣ה To test; by implication, to attempt assayed
to go לָ֠בוֹא To go or come (in a wide variety of applications) go
and (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
take לָקַ֨חַת To take (in the widest variety of applications) take
him a nation גוֹי֮ A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nation
from the midst מִקֶּ֣רֶב Properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition) midst
of nation, גּוֹי֒ A foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts nation
another (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
by temptations, בְּמַסֹּת֩ A testing, of men (judicial) or of God (querulous) temptations
by signs, בְּאֹתֹ֨ת A signal (literally or figuratively), as a flag, beacon, monument, omen, prodigy, evidence, etc signs
and by wonders, וּבְמֽוֹפְתִ֜ים A miracle; by implication, a token or omen wonders
and by war, וּבְמִלְחָמָ֗ה A battle (i.e., the engagement); generally, war (i.e., war-fare) war
and by a mighty חֲזָקָה֙ Strong (usu. in a bad sense, hard, bold, violent) mighty
hand, וּבְיָ֤ד A hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from H3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great variety of applications, both literally and figuratively, both proximate and remote [as follows] hand
and by a stretched out נְטוּיָ֔ה To stretch or spread out; by implication, to bend away (including moral deflection); used in a great variety of application (as follows) stretched out
arm, וּבִזְר֣וֹעַ The arm (as stretched out), or (of animals) the foreleg; figuratively, force arm
and by great גְּדֹלִ֑ים Great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent great
terrors, וּבְמֽוֹרָאִ֖ים Fear; by implication, a fearful thing or deed terrors
according to all כְּ֠כֹל Properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense) according all
that אֲשֶׁר Who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc that
the Lord יְהוָ֧ה (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jeho-vah, Jewish national name of God Lord
your God אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֛ם Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative God
did עָשָׂ֨ה To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application did
for you in Egypt בְּמִצְרַ֖יִם Mitsrajim, i.e., Upper and Lower Egypt Egypt
before your eyes? לְעֵינֶֽיךָ׃ An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) before eyes

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  • 32  For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

  • 33  Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

  • 34  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?

  • 35  Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.

  • 36  Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire.




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