Deuteronomy 10:15
13 and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?
14 Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
16 Circumcise your hearts, therefore, and stiffen your necks no more.
17 For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.
- KJV
- Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.
- WEB
- Only the LORD had a delight in your fathers to love them, and he chose their offspring after them, even you above all peoples, as it is today.
- ASV
- Only Jehovah had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all peoples, as at this day.
- DARBY
- Only, Jehovah took pleasure in thy fathers, to love them, and he chose their seed after them, [even] you, out of all the peoples, as it is this day.
- BLB
- Yet in your fathers YHWH delighted to love them, and He chose their seed after them, you⁺, above all peoples, as [it is] this day.
- ÅB
- Men bare i dine fedre fant Herren behag, så han elsket dem; og han utvalgte dere, deres etterkommere, fremfor alle andre folk, slik som det kan sees på denne dag.
- OTB
- Likevel satte Herren sin kjærlighet på dine fedre og elsket dem, og Han valgte dere, deres etterkommere, fremfor alle de andre nasjonene, slik det er i dag.
- B1930
- Men bare i dine fedre fant Herren behag, så han elsket dem; og han utvalgte eder, deres efterkommere, fremfor alle andre folk, således som det kan sees på denne dag.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Deuteronomy 4:37
Because He loved your fathers, He chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by His presence and great power,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:7–8
The LORD did not set His affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than the other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.
Read in contextNumbers 14:8
If the LORD delights in us, He will bring us into this land, a land flowing with milk and honey, and He will give it to us.
Read in contextRomans 9:13–23
So it is written: “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.”
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