Parallel Verses
NET Bible
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
New American Standard Bible
For you are
King James Version
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Holman Bible
for you are a holy people belonging to the Lord your God. The Lord has chosen you to be His own possession
International Standard Version
because you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD chose to make you his precious possession from among all the nations of the earth."
A Conservative Version
For thou are a holy people to LORD thy God, and LORD has chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
American Standard Version
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Amplified
for you are a holy people [set apart] to the Lord your God; and the Lord has chosen you out of all the peoples who are on the earth to be a people for His own possession.
Bible in Basic English
For you are a holy people to the Lord your God, and the Lord has taken you to be his special people out of all the nations on the face of the earth.
Darby Translation
For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God, and thee hath Jehovah chosen for a people of possession unto himself, out of all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
Julia Smith Translation
For thou a holy people to Jehovah thy God, and Jehovah chose in thee to be to him for a people of acquisition above all people which are upon the face of the earth.
King James 2000
For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
Lexham Expanded Bible
For you [are] a people holy to Yahweh your God, and you Yahweh has chosen to be a treasured possession from [among] all [of] the peoples that are on the surface of the earth.
Modern King James verseion
For you are a holy people to Jehovah your God, and Jehovah has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are on the earth.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For thou art a holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a several people unto himself, of all the nations that are upon the earth.
New Heart English Bible
For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
The Emphasized Bible
For, a holy people, thou art unto Yahweh thy God, - and, of thee, did Yahweh make choice, that thou shouldest become his people as a treasure, above all the peoples that are on the face of the ground.
Webster
For thou art a holy people to the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people to himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.
World English Bible
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Youngs Literal Translation
for a holy people art thou to Jehovah thy God, and on thee hath Jehovah fixed to be to Him for a people, a peculiar treasure, out of all the peoples who are on the face of the ground.
Themes
The Dead » Heathenish expressions of grief for, forbidden
God » People of general references to » Chosen by jehovah
Jews, the » Called God's people » Chosen by jehovah
Jews, the » Described as » A peculiar people
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 14:2
Verse Info
Context Readings
Detailed Stipulations: Purity And Unity
1 You are children of the Lord your God. Do not cut yourselves or shave your forehead bald for the sake of the dead. 2 For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth. 3 You must not eat any forbidden thing.
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Cross References
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a people holy to the Lord your God. He has chosen you to be his people, prized above all others on the face of the earth.
Leviticus 20:26
You must be holy to me because I, the Lord, am holy, and I have set you apart from the other peoples to be mine.
Deuteronomy 26:18-19
And today the Lord has declared you to be his special people (as he already promised you) so you may keep all his commandments.
Titus 2:14
He gave himself for us to set us free from every kind of lawlessness and to purify for himself a people who are truly his, who are eager to do good.
1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people of his own, so that you may proclaim the virtues of the one who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
Exodus 19:5-6
And now, if you will diligently listen to me and keep my covenant, then you will be my special possession out of all the nations, for all the earth is mine,
Leviticus 11:45
for I am the Lord who brought you up from the land of Egypt to be your God, and you are to be holy because I am holy.
Leviticus 19:2
"Speak to the whole congregation of the Israelites and tell them, 'You must be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy.
Deuteronomy 14:21
You may not eat any corpse, though you may give it to the resident foreigner who is living in your villages and he may eat it, or you may sell it to a foreigner. You are a people holy to the Lord your God. Do not boil a young goat in its mother's milk.
Deuteronomy 28:9
The Lord will designate you as his holy people just as he promised you, if you keep his commandments and obey him.
Isaiah 6:13
Even if only a tenth of the people remain in the land, it will again be destroyed, like one of the large sacred trees or an Asherah pole, when a sacred pillar on a high place is thrown down. That sacred pillar symbolizes the special chosen family."
Isaiah 62:12
They will be called, "The Holy People, the Ones Protected by the Lord." You will be called, "Sought After, City Not Abandoned."
Ezekiel 21:2
"Son of man, turn toward Jerusalem and speak out against the sanctuaries. Prophesy against the land of Israel
Daniel 8:24
His power will be great, but it will not be by his strength alone. He will cause terrible destruction. He will be successful in what he undertakes. He will destroy powerful people and the people of the holy ones.
Daniel 12:7
Then I heard the man clothed in linen who was over the waters of the river as he raised both his right and left hands to the sky and made an oath by the one who lives forever: "It is for a time, times, and half a time. Then, when the power of the one who shatters the holy people has been exhausted, all these things will be finished."