Deuteronomy 10:15
13 To keep the commandments of the LORD, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?
14 Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
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.
16 Circumcise therefore the foreskin of your heart, and be no more stiffnecked.
17 For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
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
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;
Read in contextDeuteronomy 7:7–8
The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people:
Read in contextNumbers 14:8
If the LORD delight in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it us; a land which floweth with milk and honey.
Read in contextRomans 9:13–23
As it is written, Jacob have I loved, but Esau have I hated.
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