Deuteronomy 4:34 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?
Old Words
- assayed to try; to attempt
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
- Warnings against disobedience, and promises of mercyMoses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty...
Thompson Chains
- God's HandSee the chain from Deuteronomy 5:15 · 8 links
- Divine CareSee the chain from Psalms 115:12 · 8 links
Cross References
- Deuteronomy 26:8 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:
- Deuteronomy 5:15 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.
- Deuteronomy 7:19 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.
- Exodus 6:6 Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:
- Deuteronomy 7:8–9 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. …
- Exodus 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the LORD brought you out from this place: there shall no leavened bread be eaten.
- Deuteronomy 6:21 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:
- Jeremiah 32:21 And hast brought forth thy people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with a stretched out arm, and with great terror;
- Exodus 3:17–20 And I have said, I will bring you up out of the affliction of Egypt unto the land of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, unto a land flowing with milk and honey. …
- Psalms 78:48–53 He gave up their cattle also to the hail, and their flocks to hot thunderbolts. …
- Deuteronomy 34:12 And in all that mighty hand, and in all the great terror which Moses shewed in the sight of all Israel.
- Exodus 12:30–33 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. …
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Topics
- Arm Figurative use of
- God Love of, exemplified
- Miracles Design of
- Obedience Enjoined
- Obligation A motive of obedience
Timeline
- Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness
Bible Dictionary
- God(A.S. and Dutch God; Dan. Gud; Ger. Gott), the name of the Divine Being. It is the rendering (1) of the Hebrew ’El, from a word meaning...
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
- EgyptThe land of the Nile and the pyramids, the oldest kingdom of which we have any record, holds a place of great significance in Scripture.
Strong’s Numbers
- Or hath God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- assayed נָסָה nâçâh
- to go בּוֹא bôwʼ
- take לָקַח lâqach
- him a nation גּוֹי gôwy
- from the midst קֶרֶב qereb
- of another nation גּוֹי gôwy
- by temptations מַסָּה maççâh
- by signs אוֹת ʼôwth
- and by wonders מוֹפֵת môwphêth
- and by war מִלְחָמָה milchâmâh
- and by a mighty חָזָק châzâq
- hand יָד yâd
- and by a stretched out נָטָה nâṭâh
- arm זְרוֹעַ zᵉrôwaʻ
- and by great גָּדוֹל gâdôwl
- terrors מוֹרָא môwrâʼ
- according to all that the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
- your God אֱלֹהִים ʼĕlôhîym
- did עָשָׂה ʻâsâh
- for you in Egypt מִצְרַיִם Mitsrayim
- before your eyes עַיִן ʻayin
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