King James Version
Deuteronomy 4:8 in the King James Version says “And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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?”
Deuteronomy 4:8 · KJV
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;
Specially the day that thou stoodest before the LORD thy God in Horeb, when the LORD said unto me, Gather me the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.
KJV Study — Public Domain
who? (occasionally, by a peculiar idiom, of things); also (indefinitely) whoever; often used in oblique construction with prefix or suffix
“And 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
“that hath statutes”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“and judgments”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)
“as all this law”
H8451a precept or statute, especially the decalogue or pentateuch
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“which I set”
H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
“before”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
“you this day”
H3117a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an asso
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