Only Yahweh 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.
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Only Yahweh 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.
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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.
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Only the LORD had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and He chose their seed after them, even you, above all peoples, as it is this day.
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Passages linked to Deuteronomy 10:15 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Deuteronomy 4:37 Because he loved your fathers, therefore he chose their offspring after them, and brought you out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
- Numbers 14:8 If Yahweh delights in us, then he will bring us into this land, and give it to us: a land which flows with milk and honey.
- Deuteronomy 7:7-8 Yahweh didn’t set his love on you nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples; but because Yahweh loves you, and because he desires to keep the oath which he swore to your fathers, Yahweh has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
- Romans 9:13-23 Even as it is written, “Jacob I loved, but Esau I hated.” What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? May it never be! For he said to Moses, “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.” So then it is not of him who wills, nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy. For the Scripture says to Pharaoh, “For this very purpose I caused you to be raised up, that I might show in you my power, and that my name might be proclaimed in all the earth.” So then, he has mercy on whom he desires, and he hardens whom he desires. You will say then to me, “Why does he still find fault? For who withstands his will?” But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed ask him who formed it, “Why did you make me like this?” Or hasn’t the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel for honor, and another for dishonor? What if God, willing to show his wrath and to make his power known, endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, and that he might make known the riches of his glory on vessels of mercy, which he prepared beforehand for glory,
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Although he was Lord of heaven and earth, yet…
Although he was Lord of heaven and earth, yet would he choose none but you.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Deu 10:15 Only the LORD had a delight in…
Deu 10:15 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.
Ver. 15. To love them.] Because he loved them, as Deu 7:7-8. {See Trapp on "Deu 7:8"}
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain He shows that God had no particular reason nor…
He shows that God had no particular reason nor obligation to their fathers any more than to other persons or people, all being equally his creatures, and that his choice of them out of and above all others proceeded only from God’s good pleasure and free love.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers…
Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them,.... Though the heavens and the earth, and all the inhabitants of them are the Lord's by creation, yet he had a special regard unto, and a peculiar complacency in, the fathers of the Israelites, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; from whence arose some particular expressions of love to them, signified by various acts of kindness done them, and promises made unto them:
and he chose their seed after them, even you above all the people, as it is this day; to be a special people to him, to enjoy civil and religious privileges greater than any other; and particularly to have his law given to them, his tabernacle and worship set up among them, which were at this time, and which gave them the preference to all other nations; see Deu 4:7.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain To love them - He shews that God had…
To love them - He shews that God had no particular obligation to their fathers, any more than to other persons or people, all being equally his creatures, and that his choice of them out of and above all others, proceeded only from God's good pleasure.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain Deu 10:15. To love them — He shows that…
Deu 10:15. To love them — He shows that God had no particular obligation to their fathers, any more than to other persons and people, all being equally his creation, and that his choice of them out of and above all others, proceeded only from his good pleasure.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Joined, (conglutinatus) as it were, with glue, (Haydock) to…
Joined, (conglutinatus) as it were, with glue, (Haydock) to shew the vehemence of love. (Menochius)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. Only] Heb. raḳ. The use of this restrictive…
15. Only] Heb. raḳ. The use of this restrictive adverb with disjunctive force—a sharp word with the sound of a wrench in it—is found in many O.T. writings, but is particularly frequent in Deut., occurring no less than 20 times, and in deuteronomic passages elsewhere. It is prefixed to clauses which limit, qualify, condition, or offer contrasts to, what has preceded them. The exact meaning varies according to the context, and therefore it is transl. by different English adverbs or conjunctions in R.V. It introduces exceptions to, or reservations upon statements of fact, only or but (Deu_2:28; Deu_2:35; Deu_2:37, Deu_3:11; Deu_3:19), or laws, notwithstanding, only (better, saving that), but (Deu_12:15-16; Deu_12:23; Deu_12:26, Deu_15:23, Deu_17:16, Deu_20:14; Deu_20:20); or a different law for different circumstances, but (Deu_20:16); or an indispensable condition to a command or promise, only, if only (Deu_4:9, Deu_15:5); or an antithesis to what precedes, only (= nevertheless, as here); or a purely assertive statement, as if singling out the fact asserted and putting it beyond doubt, surely, only (Deu_4:6, Deu_28:13; Deu_28:33).
had a delight in] See on Deu_7:7, set his love upon you.
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to love] See on Deu_6:5.
chose] See on Deu_7:6.
even you] The only Pl. in this section, 12–15. It is explicable either by the attraction of the following Pls., or as a later insertion, and this is supported by its abruptness; even is not expressed in the text.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (15) Only.—“The whole world belongs to Jehovah, and for…
(15) Only.—“The whole world belongs to Jehovah, and for all that He chose thy fathers above all people.”
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