2 Samuel 7:23

KJV1611 – Modern English

And what nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, to make him a name, and to do for you great and awesome things for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    And who is like your people Israel, the one nation on earth whom God went to redeem as his people, to make a name for himself and to perform great and awesome deeds for your land, driving out nations and their gods before your people, whom you redeemed for yourself from Egypt?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And what one{H259} nation{H1471} in the earth{H776} is like thy people,{H5971} even like Israel,{H3478} whom God{H430} went{H1980} to redeem{H6299} unto himself for a people,{H5971} and to make{H7760} him a name,{H8034} and to do{H6213} great things{H1420} for you, and terrible{H3372} things for thy land,{H776} before{H6440} thy people,{H5971} whom thou redeemest{H6299} to thee out of Egypt,{H4714} [from] the nations{H1471} and their gods?{H430}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And what one{H259} nation{H1471} in the earth{H776} is like thy people{H5971}, even like Israel{H3478}, whom God{H430} went{H1980}{(H8804)} to redeem{H6299}{(H8800)} for a people{H5971} to himself, and to make{H7760}{(H8800)} him a name{H8034}, and to do{H6213}{(H8800)} for you great things{H1420} and terrible{H3372}{(H8737)}, for thy land{H776}, before{H6440} thy people{H5971}, which thou redeemedst{H6299}{(H8804)} to thee from Egypt{H4714}, from the nations{H1471} and their gods{H430}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For where is there a people vpon earth as thy people of Israel? For whose sake God wente to delyuer him a people, and to make him selfe a name, and to do them soch greate and terrible thinges in thy lode before yt people, whom thou hast delyuered vnto thy selfe fro Egipte, from the people, and from their goddes.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And what one people in the earth is like thy people, like Israel? whose God went and redeemed them to himselfe, that they might be his people, and that hee might make him a name, and do for you great things, & terrible for thy land, O Lord, euen for thy people, whome thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt, from the nations, and their gods?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And what one people in the earth is lyke thy people, lyke Israel, whose God went and redeemed them to hym selfe, that they myght be his people, and that he myght make hym a name, and do for you great thynges and terrible for thy lande, O Lorde euen for thy people which thou redeemedst to thee out of Egypt euen from the nations and their gods.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And what one nation in the earth [is] like thy people, [even] like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And who `is' as Thy people, as Israel -- one nation in the earth, whom God hath gone to redeem to Him for a people, and to make for Him a name -- and to do for you the greatness -- even fearful things for Thy land, at the presence of Thy people, whom Thou hast redeemed to Thee out of Egypt -- `among the' nations and their gods?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, `from' the nations and their gods?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    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?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    What one nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and awesome things for your land, before your people, whom you redeem to you out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    Who is like your people, Israel, a unique nation on the earth? Their God went to claim a nation for himself and to make a name for himself! You did great and awesome acts for your land, before your people whom you delivered for yourself from the Egyptian empire and its gods.

Referenced Verses

  • Deut 9:26 : 26 I prayed therefore to the LORD, and said, O Lord GOD, do not destroy your people and your inheritance, which you have redeemed through your greatness, which you have brought out of Egypt with a mighty hand.
  • Deut 10:21 : 21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.
  • Deut 15:15 : 15 And you shall remember that you were a bondman in the land of Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you; therefore I command you this thing today.
  • Deut 33:29 : 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.
  • Neh 1:10 : 10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.
  • Ps 111:9 : 9 He sent redemption to his people; he has commanded his covenant forever; holy and reverent is his name.
  • Ps 147:20 : 20 He has not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise the LORD.
  • Ps 40:5 : 5 Many, O LORD my God, are Your wonderful works which You have done, and Your thoughts which are toward us: they cannot be counted in order to You: if I would declare and speak of them, they are more than can be numbered.
  • Ezek 20:9 : 9 But I acted for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known to them, in bringing them out of the land of Egypt.
  • 1 Pet 2:9 : 9 But you are a chosen generation, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, His own special people, that you may proclaim the praises of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light;
  • Rev 5:9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation,
  • Rom 3:1-2 : 1 What advantage then has the Jew? Or what profit is there in circumcision? 2 Much in every way: chiefly, because to them were entrusted the oracles of God.
  • Eph 1:6 : 6 To the praise of the glory of His grace, by which He has made us accepted in the Beloved.
  • Titus 2:14 : 14 Who gave Himself for us, that He might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for Himself a special people, zealous for good works.
  • Ps 65:5 : 5 By awesome deeds in righteousness, You will answer us, O God of our salvation; You are the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of those who are far off on the sea:
  • Ps 66:3 : 3 Say to God, How awesome are your works! Through the greatness of your power shall your enemies submit themselves to you.
  • Ps 106:22 : 22 Wondrous works in the land of Ham, and awesome things by the Red Sea.
  • Isa 63:7-9 : 7 I will mention the lovingkindnesses of the LORD, and the praises of the LORD, according to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he has bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his lovingkindnesses. 8 For he said, Surely they are my people, children that will not lie: so he was their Savior. 9 In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bore them, and carried them all the days of old. 10 But they rebelled, and grieved his Holy Spirit: therefore he turned to be their enemy, and he fought against them. 11 Then he remembered the days of old, Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he who brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who put his Holy Spirit within him? 12 Who led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name? 13 Who led them through the deep, like a horse in the wilderness, that they should not stumble? 14 As a beast goes down into the valley, the Spirit of the LORD caused him to rest: so you led your people, to make yourself a glorious name.
  • Ps 145:6 : 6 And men shall speak of the might of your awesome acts, and I will declare your greatness.
  • Josh 7:9 : 9 For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and surround us, and cut off our name from the earth: and what will you do for your great name?
  • 1 Chr 17:21 : 21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?
  • Exod 3:7-8 : 7 And the LORD said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters, for I know their sorrows; 8 And I have come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians and to bring them up out of that land to a good land and a large, a land flowing with milk and honey, to the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites.
  • Exod 9:16 : 16 And indeed, for this purpose, I have raised you up, to show in you my power; that my name may be declared throughout all the earth.
  • Exod 12:12 : 12 For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
  • Exod 19:5-6 : 5 Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people; for all the earth is mine: 6 And you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel.
  • Num 14:13-14 : 13 And Moses said to the LORD, Then the Egyptians will hear it, (for you brought up this people in your might from among them;) 14 And they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that you LORD are among this people, that you LORD are seen face to face, and that your cloud stands over them, and that you go before them, by day in a pillar of a cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night.
  • Deut 4:7-8 : 7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for? 8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
  • Deut 4:32-38 : 32 For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? 33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live? 34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him. 36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought you out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt; 38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

Similar Verses (AI)

These verses are found using AI-powered semantic similarity based on meaning and context. Results may occasionally include unexpected connections.

  • 93%

    20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

    21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?

    22 For your people Israel you made your own people forever; and you, LORD, became their God.

  • 81%

    21 For your word's sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all these great things, to make your servant know them.

    22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

  • Deut 4:7-8
    2 verses
    79%

    7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

    8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • 24 For you have confirmed to yourself your people Israel to be a people unto you forever: and you, LORD, have become their God.

  • 29 Happy are you, O Israel: who is like you, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of your help, and who is the sword of your majesty! And your enemies shall be found liars to you; and you shall tread upon their high places.

  • Deut 7:6-8
    3 verses
    76%

    6 For you are a holy people unto the LORD your God: the LORD your God has chosen you to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

    7 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people:

    8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn to your fathers, the LORD has brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

  • 10 And he said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you."

  • 76%

    51 For they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace:

    52 That your eyes may be open to the supplication of your servant, and to the supplication of your people Israel, to listen to them in all that they call for to you.

    53 For you separated them from among all the people of the earth, to be your inheritance, as you spoke by the hand of Moses your servant, when you brought our fathers out of Egypt, O Lord GOD.

  • 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

  • 34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

  • 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, who keeps covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart:

  • 2 For you are a holy people to the LORD your God, and the LORD has chosen you to be a peculiar people to Himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

  • 19 And to make you high above all nations which he has made, in praise, and in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to the LORD your God, as he has spoken.

  • 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth, who keeps covenant and shows mercy unto your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts:

  • Jer 10:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6 There is none like you, O LORD; you are great, and your name is great in might.

    7 Who would not fear you, O King of nations? for it belongs to you: among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you.

  • 24 O Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand; for what God is there in heaven or on earth who can do according to your works and according to your might?

  • 21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

  • 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.

  • Jer 32:20-21
    2 verses
    72%

    20 Who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made for yourself a name, as at this day;

    21 And have brought forth your people Israel out of the land of Egypt with signs, and with wonders, and with a strong hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terror;

  • 19 The great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD your God brought you out: so shall the LORD your God do to all the people of whom you are afraid.

  • 7 Are You not our God, who drove out the inhabitants of this land before Your people Israel, and gave it to the descendants of Abraham Your friend forever?

  • 9 And I was with you wherever you went, and have cut off all your enemies out of your sight, and have made you a great name, like the name of the great men that are in the earth.

  • 38 To drive out nations from before you greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

  • 17 For the LORD our God, he it is that brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage, and who did those great signs in our sight, and preserved us in all the way we went, and among all the people through whom we passed:

  • 10 Now these are Your servants and Your people, whom You have redeemed by Your great power, and by Your strong hand.

  • 19 Your righteousness also, O God, is very high, who has done great things; O God, who is like unto you!

  • 9 For the LORD has driven out from before you great and strong nations: but as for you, no one has been able to stand before you to this day.

  • 23 Then the LORD will drive out all these nations from before you, and you shall possess greater and mightier nations than yourselves.

  • 15 According to the days of your coming out of the land of Egypt will I show him marvelous things.

  • 20 But the LORD has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as you are this day.

  • 17 The God of this people of Israel chose our fathers, and exalted the people when they lived as strangers in the land of Egypt, and with an uplifted arm he brought them out of it.

  • 8 Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord, nor are there any works like Your works.

  • 7 Are you not as children of the Ethiopians to me, O children of Israel? says the LORD. Have I not brought up Israel out of the land of Egypt, and the Philistines from Caphtor, and the Syrians from Kir?

  • 1 When the LORD your God shall bring you into the land where you are going to possess it, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites, the Girgashites, the Amorites, the Canaanites, the Perizzites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you;

  • 23 But the LORD your God shall deliver them to you, and shall destroy them with a mighty destruction, until they are destroyed.

  • 15 Only the LORD delighted in your fathers to love them, and he chose their descendants after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

  • 3 And you have seen all that the LORD your God has done to all these nations because of you; for the LORD your God is the one who has fought for you.

  • 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.

  • 8 And the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand, and with an outstretched arm, and with great terribleness, and with signs, and with wonders: