11 translations · Hebrew
Deuteronomy 7:6
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
Deuteronomy 7:6 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- KJV King James Version
- For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- For you are a people holy to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for His prized possession out of all peoples on the face of the earth.
- ASV American Standard Version
- For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- For you [are] a holy people to your God YHWH; your God YHWH has fixed on you, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- For you are the Lord your God's holy people. The Lord your God has chosen you to be his own special people, valued above all other peoples on the earth.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- for a holy people [art] thou to Jehovah thy God; on thee hath Jehovah thy God fixed, to be to Him for a peculiar people, out of all the peoples who [are] on the face of the ground.
- DBY Darby Translation
- For a holy people art thou unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be unto him a people for a possession, above all the peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- For thou art a holy people to the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people to himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- For you are a holy people to the LORD your God. The LORD your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | kî | For | H3588 כִּי for |
| עַ֤ם | ‘am | are a people | H5971 עַם people |
| קָדוֹשׁ֙ | qā·ḏō·wōš | holy | H6918 קָדוֹשׁ holy |
| אַתָּ֔ה | ’at·tāh | you | H859 אַתָּ֫ה you(m.s.) |
| לַיהוָ֖ה | Yah·weh | to the LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| בְּךָ֞ | bə·ḵā | — | H9003 ב in/on/with |
| בָּחַ֣ר׀ | bā·ḥar | has chosen you | H977 בָּחַר to choose |
| יְהוָ֣ה | Yah·weh | The LORD | H3068 יְהֹוָה LORD |
| אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ | ’ĕ·lō·he·ḵā | your God | H430 אֱלֹהִים God |
| לִהְי֥וֹת | lih·yō·wṯ | to be | H1961 הָיָה to be |
| לוֹ֙ | lōw | for His | H9005 ל to/for |
| לְעַ֣ם | lə·‘am | a people | H5971 עַם people |
| סְגֻלָּ֔ה | sə·ḡul·lāh | prized possession | H5459 סְגֻלָּה possession |
| מִכֹּל֙ | mik·kōl | out of all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| הָֽעַמִּ֔ים | hā·‘am·mîm | peoples | H5971 עַם people |
| אֲשֶׁ֖ר | ’ă·šer | — | H834 אֲשֶׁר which |
| עַל־ | ‘al- | on | H5921 עַל upon |
| פְּנֵ֥י | pə·nê | the face | H6440 פָּנֶה face: before |
| הָאֲדָמָֽה׃ס | hā·’ă·ḏā·māh | of the earth | H127 אֲדָמָה land: soil |
Related verses
- Deuteronomy 14:2
For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God, and Yahweh has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
- Exodus 19:5–6
Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice, and keep my covenant, then you shall be my own possession from among all peoples; for all the earth is mine; 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.”
- 1 Peter 2:9
But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, that you may proclaim the excellence of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light:
- Malachi 3:17
They shall be mine,” says Yahweh of Armies, “my own possession in the day that I make, and I will spare them, as a man spares his own son who serves him.
- 1 Corinthians 6:19–20
Or don’t you know that your body is a temple of the Holy Spirit who is in you, whom you have from God? You are not your own, for you were bought with a price. Therefore glorify God in your body and in your spirit, which are God’s.
- Deuteronomy 26:19
He will make you high above all nations that he has made, in praise, in name, and in honor; and that you may be a holy people to Yahweh your God, as he has spoken.
- Jeremiah 2:3
Israel was holiness to Yahweh, the first fruits of his increase. All who devour him will be held guilty. Evil will come on them,”’ says Yahweh.”
- Amos 3:2
“I have only chosen you of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins.”
- Titus 2:14
who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a people for his own possession, zealous for good works.
- Psalm 50:5
“Gather my saints together to me, those who have made a covenant with me by sacrifice.”
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
4 For he will turn away your son from following me, that they may serve other gods. So Yahweh’s anger would be kindled against you, and he would destroy you quickly.
5 But you shall deal with them like this. You shall break down their altars, dash their pillars in pieces, cut down their Asherah poles, and burn their engraved images with fire.
6 For you are a holy people to Yahweh your God. Yahweh your God has chosen you to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples who are on the face of the earth.
7 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:
8 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.
Read all of Deuteronomy 7 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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