Deuteronomy 4:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

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.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    But the LORD has taken you and brought you out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be a people of His inheritance, as you are today.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

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

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    But Jehovah{H3068} hath taken{H3947} you, and brought you forth{H3318} out of the iron{H1270} furnace,{H3564} out of Egypt,{H4714} to be unto him a people{H5971} of inheritance,{H5159} as at this day.{H3117}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    But the LORD{H3068} hath taken{H3947}{(H8804)} you, and brought you forth{H3318}{(H8686)} out of the iron{H1270} furnace{H3564}, even out of Egypt{H4714}, to be unto him a people{H5971} of inheritance{H5159}, as ye are this day{H3117}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For the Lorde toke you and broughte you out of the yernen fornace of Egipte, to be vnto him a people of enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    But you hath the LORDE taken, and broughte you out of the yron fornace, namely, out of Egipte, that ye shulde be the people of his enheritaunce, as it is come to passe this daye.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    But the Lorde hath taken you and brought you out of the yron fornace: out of Egypt to be vnto him a people and inheritance, as appeareth this day.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    But the Lorde hath taken you, and brought you out of the iron furnace, euen out of Egypt, to be vnto hym a people & inheritaunce, as ye be this day.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    But the LORD hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, [even] out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as [ye are] this day.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `And you hath Jehovah taken, and He is bringing you out from the iron furnace, from Egypt, to be to Him for a people -- an inheritance, as `at' this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    But Jehovah hath taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be unto him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    But the Lord has taken you out of the flaming fire, out of Egypt, to be to him the people of his heritage, as you are today.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    But Yahweh has taken you, and brought you forth out of the iron furnace, out of Egypt, to be to him a people of inheritance, as at this day.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 8:51 : 51 For they are your people, and your inheritance, which you brought forth out of Egypt, from the midst of the iron furnace:
  • Jer 11:4 : 4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall you be my people, and I will be your God:
  • Deut 9:29 : 29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your mighty power and by your stretched out arm.
  • Deut 32:9 : 9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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;
  • Eph 1:18 : 18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, and what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
  • 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.
  • Ps 28:9 : 9 Save your people, and bless your inheritance; feed them also, and lift them up forever.
  • Ps 33:12 : 12 Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD, the people he has chosen for his own inheritance.
  • Ps 135:4 : 4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.
  • Isa 63:17-18 : 17 O LORD, why have you made us to stray from your ways, and hardened our heart from your fear? Return for your servants' sake, the tribes of your inheritance. 18 The people of your holiness have possessed it but a little while: our adversaries have trodden down your sanctuary.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Kgs 8:51
    84%

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

  • Deut 4:36-38
    3 verses
    80%

    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.

  • Deut 4:34
    79%

    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?

  • Deut 9:29
    79%

    29 Yet they are your people and your inheritance, which you brought out by your mighty power and by your stretched out arm.

  • Jer 11:4
    79%

    4 Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all that I command you; so shall you be my people, and I will be your God:

  • 1 Kgs 8:53
    78%

    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.

  • Deut 7:8
    78%

    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.

  • Deut 14:2
    76%

    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.

  • Exod 19:4-6
    3 verses
    76%

    4 You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I carried you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.

    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.

  • Josh 24:17
    76%

    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:

  • Exod 20:2
    76%

    2 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Exod 6:7-8
    2 verses
    76%

    7 And I will take you to myself for a people, and I will be to you a God: and you shall know that I am the LORD your God, who brings you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians.

    8 And I will bring you into the land, about which I swore to give it to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob; and I will give it to you for a heritage: I am the LORD.

  • Deut 26:18-19
    2 verses
    75%

    18 And the LORD has declared you this day to be his special people, as he has promised you, and that you should keep all his commandments;

    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.

  • Deut 4:21
    75%

    21 Furthermore the LORD was angry with me for your sakes, and swore that I should not go over Jordan, and that I should not go into that good land, which the LORD your God gives you for an inheritance:

  • Judg 6:9
    75%

    9 And I delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all who oppressed you, and drove them out from before you, and gave you their land;

  • Deut 7:6
    75%

    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.

  • Lev 22:33
    75%

    33 Who brought you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God: I am the LORD.

  • Deut 29:16
    75%

    16 (For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which you passed by;

  • Deut 5:6
    75%

    6 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Deut 1:30-31
    2 verses
    75%

    30 The LORD your God, who goes before you, He will fight for you, according to all He did for you in Egypt before your eyes;

    31 And in the wilderness, where you saw how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.

  • Jer 32:20-21
    2 verses
    74%

    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;

  • 1 Chr 17:21
    74%

    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?

  • 1 Sam 10:18
    74%

    18 And said to the children of Israel, Thus says the LORD God of Israel, I brought up Israel out of Egypt, and delivered you out of the hand of the Egyptians, and out of the hand of all kingdoms, and of those who oppressed you:

  • Deut 10:15
    74%

    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.

  • Deut 4:15
    74%

    15 Take therefore good heed to yourselves; for you saw no form on the day that the LORD spoke to you in Horeb out of the midst of the fire:

  • Lev 20:24
    74%

    24 But I have said to you, You shall inherit their land, and I will give it to you to possess it, a land flowing with milk and honey: I am the LORD your God, who has separated you from other people.

  • Deut 26:8
    74%

    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:

  • Deut 6:23
    74%

    23 And he brought us out from there, that he might bring us in, to give us the land which he swore to our fathers.

  • Deut 6:12
    74%

    12 Then beware, lest you forget the LORD, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

  • Deut 8:14
    74%

    14 Then your heart be lifted up, and you forget the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  • Amos 2:10
    74%

    10 Also I brought you up from the land of Egypt, and led you forty years through the wilderness, to possess the land of the Amorite.

  • Deut 24:18
    73%

    18 But you shall remember that you were a slave in Egypt, and the LORD your God redeemed you from there: therefore I command you to do this thing.

  • Exod 15:13
    73%

    13 In your mercy you have led forth the people whom you have redeemed: you have guided them in your strength to your holy habitation.

  • Num 14:13
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    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;)

  • Deut 12:9
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    9 For you have not yet come to the rest and the inheritance that the LORD your God is giving you.

  • Deut 7:19
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    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.

  • Deut 32:9
    73%

    9 For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is the place of his inheritance.

  • Ps 135:4
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    4 For the LORD has chosen Jacob for himself, and Israel for his special treasure.

  • Deut 29:13
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    13 That he may establish you today as a people for himself, and that he may be to you a God, as he has said to you, and as he has sworn to your fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob.

  • Deut 11:5
    73%

    5 And what He did for you in the wilderness, until you came to this place;

  • Deut 6:21
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    21 Then you shall say to your son, We were slaves of Pharaoh in Egypt; and the LORD brought us out of Egypt with a mighty hand:

  • Lev 26:13
    73%

    13 I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that you should not be their slaves; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you stand upright.