King James Version
Deuteronomy 4:7 in the King James Version says “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 upo...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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?”
Deuteronomy 4:7 · KJV
Behold, I have taught you statutes and judgments, even as the LORD my God commanded me, that ye should do so in the land whither ye go to possess it.
Keep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the nations, which shall hear all these statutes, and say, Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.
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?
And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
Only take heed to thyself, and keep thy soul diligently, lest thou forget the things which thine eyes have seen, and lest they depart from thy heart all the days of thy life: but teach them thy sons, and thy sons' sons;
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“For what nation”
H1471a foreign nation; hence, a gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
“unto them as the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“our God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“is in all things that we call”
H7121to call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
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