Deuteronomy 7:6 — Bible Verse (KJV)
“For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — King James Version (KJV), 1611
Deuteronomy 7:6 in 6 Bible Translations
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Deuteronomy 7:6 WEB — World English Bible (2000)
“For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — World English Bible
Deuteronomy 7:6 ASV — American Standard Version (1901)
“For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth. ”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — American Standard Version
Deuteronomy 7:6 YLT — Young's Literal Translation (1862)
“for a holy people <FI>art<Fi> thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who <FI>are<Fi> on the face of the ground.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 7:6 DBY — Darby Translation (1890)
“For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thyGod: Jehovah thyGod hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth. ”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — Darby Translation
Deuteronomy 7:6 GEN — Geneva Bible (1599)
“For thou art an holy people vnto the Lord thy God, the Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be a precious people vnto himselfe, aboue all people that are vpon the earth.”
Deuteronomy 7:6 — Geneva Bible
Deuteronomy 7:6 in Context — Deuteronomy 7
4 For they will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of the Lord be kindled against you, and destroy thee suddenly.
5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.
6 For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God: the Lord thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
7 The Lord did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
8 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.
What Does Deuteronomy 7:6 Mean?
Deuteronomy 7:6 is a verse from the Book of Deuteronomy, part of the Old Testament. It appears in Deuteronomy chapter 7. Use The Living Sword's word-by-word study mode to explore every word in the original Hebrew and Aramaic.
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