Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer?
New American Standard Bible
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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?
Holman Bible
For what great nation is there that has a god near to it as the Lord our God is to us whenever we call to Him?
International Standard Version
For what great nation has a god so near like the LORD our God whenever we call on him?
A Conservative Version
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to them, as LORD our God is whenever we call upon him?
American Standard Version
For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?
Amplified
For what great nation is there that has a god so near to it as the Lord our God [is to us] whenever we call on Him?
Darby Translation
For what great nation is there that hath God near to them as Jehovah our God is in everything we call upon him for?
Julia Smith Translation
For what great nation to whom God being near to it as Jehovah our God in all our calling to him?
King James 2000
For what nation is there so great, that has God so near unto them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
Lexham Expanded Bible
For what great nation [has] for it a god near to it as Yahweh our God, whenever we call [upon] him?
Modern King James verseion
For who is a great nation whose God is coming near to them, as Jehovah our God is, in all our calling on Him?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
For what nation is so great that hath gods so nigh unto him as the LORD our God is nigh unto us, in all things, when we call unto him?
NET Bible
In fact, what other great nation has a god so near to them like the Lord our God whenever we call on him?
New Heart English Bible
For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as the LORD our God is whenever we call on him?
The Emphasized Bible
For what great nation is there which hath gods nigh unto it, - like Yahweh our God, whensoever we have cried out unto him.
Webster
For what nation is there so great, which hath God so nigh to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
World English Bible
For what great nation is there, that has a god so near to them, as Yahweh our God is whenever we call on him?
Youngs Literal Translation
For which is the great nation that hath God near unto it, as Jehovah our God, in all we have called unto him?
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 4:7
Verse Info
Context Readings
Call To Obedience
6 So keep these laws and do them; for so will your wisdom and good sense be clear in the eyes of the peoples, who hearing all these laws will say, Truly, this great nation is a wise and far-seeing people. 7 For what great nation has a god so near to them as the Lord our God is, whenever we are turned to him in prayer? 8 And what great nation has laws and decisions so right as all this law which I put before you today?
Names
Cross References
2 Samuel 7:23
And what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, and to make a name for himself, and to do great and strange things for them, driving out a nation and its gods from before his people?
Psalm 46:1
God is our harbour and our strength, a very present help in trouble.
Psalm 148:14
He has put on high the horn of his people, for the praise of all his saints; even the children of Israel, a people which is near to him. Let the Lord be praised.
Isaiah 55:6
Make search for the Lord while he is there, make prayer to him while he is near:
Psalm 34:18
The Lord is near the broken-hearted; he is the saviour of those whose spirits are crushed down.
James 4:8
Come near to God and he will come near to you. Make your hands clean, you evil-doers; put away deceit from your hearts, you false in mind.
Numbers 23:9
From the top of the rocks I see him, looking down on him from the hills: it is a people made separate, not to be numbered among the nations.
Numbers 23:21
He has seen no evil in Jacob or wrongdoing in Israel: the Lord his God is with him, and the glad cry of a king is among them
Deuteronomy 5:26
For what man is there in all the earth, who, hearing the voice of the living God as we have, out of the heart of the fire, has been kept from death?
Psalm 73:28
But it is good for me to come near to God: I have put my faith in the Lord God, so that I may make clear all his works.
Isaiah 43:4
Because of your value in my eyes, you have been honoured, and loved by me; so I will give men for you, and peoples for your life.
Ephesians 2:12-22
That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.