Deuteronomy 4:34

“Or has a god tried to come and take for himself a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a strong hand and by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that YHWH your Elohim did for you in Egypt before your eyes?”

Deuteronomy 4:34 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Deuteronomy 4:34, word by word

a godאֱלֹהִיםelohim

gods

The gods of other peoples.

Where else “elohim” appears
triedנִסָּהnisa

attempt

To try something to see if it works, or to dare to attempt it.

Where else “nisa” appears
to comeבוֹאvo

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

Where else “vo” appears
and takeקַחַתkachat

take

To grasp something in the hand to carry or use it.

Where else “kachat” appears
a nationגוֹיgoy

nation

A people with their land; also Israel.

Where else “goy” appears
from the midstקֶּרֶבkerev

midst

In the midst of: "among the people".

Where else “kerev” appears
by trialsמַסֹּתmasot

trial

Putting someone through hardships that reveal what is in them.

Where else “masot” appears
by signsאֹתֹתotot

miracle

A miracle that shows God's power.

Where else “otot” appears
and by wondersמוֹפְתִיםmoftim

wonder

An astonishing deed of God's power.

Where else “moftim” appears
and by warמִלְחָמָהmilchama

war, battle

War, battle.

Where else “milchama” appears
and by a strongחֲזָקָהchazaka

strong

Of great power or intensity: a hand, a wind or a famine no one can withstand.

Where else “chazaka” appears
handיָדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

Where else “yad” appears
and by an outstretchedנְטוּיָהnetuya

stretch out

To reach out the hand, or set up a tent.

Where else “netuya” appears
armזְרוֹעַzeroa

arm

The limb between shoulder and hand; in an animal, the shoulder.

Where else “zeroa” appears
and by greatגְּדֹלִיםgedolim

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

Where else “gedolim” appears
terrorsמוֹרָאִיםmoraim

terror

Dread, or deeds that terrify.

Where else “moraim” appears
YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

Where else “yehva” appears
didעָשָׂהasa

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

Where else “asa” appears
in Egyptמִצְרַיִםmitsrayim

Egypt, Mizraim

See it on the mapWhere else “mitsrayim” appears
before your eyesעֵינֶיene

eye

The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.

Where else “ene” appears

Translation note

In Hebrew it says elohim; it can be read “a god” or “Elohim.”

Places in this verse

JerusalemEgypt
Approximate location. A “?” means it is not known for sure where it was.
  • Egypt

    Today: Egypt (Nile Valley)

    A country in northeast Africa along the Nile River, southwest of Israel.

    Joseph was sold into it, and his family went down to live there (Gen 37:28; 46:6). God brought Israel out of it with a mighty hand (Exod 12:41). The child Jesus fled there with his parents (Matt 2:14).

    Genesis 12:10Genesis 37:28Exodus 12:41Matthew 2:14

The context

33Has a people heard the voice of Elohim speaking from the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and lived?

34 · This verse (above)

35To you it was shown, so that you might know that YHWH, he is Elohim; there is no other besides him.

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