Deuteronomy 7:8

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

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
LORD	יְהוָ֜ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
loved	מֵֽאַהֲבַ֨ת me.'a.ha.Vat	H160	affection (in a good or a bad sense) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
keep	וּמִשָּׁמְר֤וּ u.mi.sha.me.Ro	H8104	properly · conjunction + preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
oath	הַשְּׁבֻעָה֙ ha.she.vu.'Ah	H7621	properly · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
sworn	נִשְׁבַּע֙ nish.Ba'	H7650	to seven oneself · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
fathers	לַאֲבֹ֣תֵיכֶ֔ם la.'a.Vo.tei.Khem	H1	father · preposition + noun, common feminine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine plural
LORD	יְהוָ֛ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
out	הוֹצִ֧יא ho.Tzi'	H3318	to go (causatively · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
mighty	חֲזָקָ֑ה cha.za.Kah	H2389	strong (usu. in a bad sense · adjective, feminine singular absolute
hand	בְּיָ֣ד be.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
redeemed	וַֽיִּפְדְּךָ֙ vai.yif.de.Kha	H6299	to sever · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
house	מִבֵּ֣ית mi.Beit	H1004	a house (in the greatest variation of applications · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
bondmen	עֲבָדִ֔ים 'a.va.Dim	H5650	a servant · noun, common masculine plural absolute
hand	מִיַּ֖ד mi.Yad	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct
Pharaoh	פַּרְעֹ֥ה par.'Oh	H6547	Paroh · noun, masculine singular absolute
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Egypt	מִצְרָֽיִם mitz.Ra.yim	H4714	Mitsrajim · proper noun, a place name

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Exodus 20:2 I am the LORD thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Exodus 32:13 Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, thy servants, to whom thou swarest by thine own self, and saidst unto them, I will multiply your seed a…
Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn t…
Ephesians 2:4-5 But God, who is rich in mercy, for his great love wherewith he loved us,
Deuteronomy 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.
Isaiah 43:4 Since thou wast precious in my sight, thou hast been honourable, and I have loved thee: therefore will I give men for thee, and people for t…
Exodus 13:14 And it shall be when thy son asketh thee in time to come, saying, What is this? that thou shalt say unto him, By strength of hand the LORD b…
Exodus 13:3 And Moses said unto the people, Remember this day, in which ye came out from Egypt, out of the house of bondage; for by strength of hand the…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:1-11

Here is, I. A very strict caution against all friendship and fellowship with idols and idolaters. Those that are taken into communion with God must have no communication with the unfruitful works of darkness. These things they are charged about for the preventing of this snare now before them. 1. They must show them no mercy, Deu 7:1, Deu 7:2. Bloody work is here appointed them, and yet it is God's work, and good work, and in its time and place needful, acceptable, and honourable. (1.) God here engages to do his part. It is spoken of as a thing taken for granted that God would bring them into the land of promise, that he would cast out the nations before them, who were the present occupants…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:6

For thou art an holy people unto the Lord thy God--that is, set apart to the service of God, or chosen to execute the important purposes of His providence. Their selection to this high destiny was neither on account of their numerical amount (for, till after the death of Joseph, they were but a handful of people); nor because of their extraordinary merits (for they had often pursued a most perverse and unworthy conduct); but it was in consequence of the covenant or promise made with their pious forefathers; and the motives that led to that special act were such as tended not only to vindicate God's wisdom, but to illustrate His glory in diffusing the best and most precious blessings to all m…

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John Gill on Deuteronomy 7:8

But because the Lord loved you,.... With an unmerited love; he loved them, because he loved them; that is, because he would love them; his love was not owing to any goodness in them, or done by them, or any love in them to him, but to his own good will and pleasure: and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers; the promise he had made, confirmed by an oath: hath the Lord brought you out with a mighty hand; out of the land of Egypt: and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen; where they were bondmen to the Egyptians: from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt; who detained them, and refused to let them go.

Dictionary and topics

Idolatry — Image-worship or divine honour paid to any created object. Paul describes the origin of idolatry in Rom. 1:21-25: men forsook God, and sank into ignorance and moral corruption (1:28). The forms of…
Egypt · Called: House of Bondmen — Called: House of Bondmen
Grace Of God · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Jews, The · The objects of: God’s love — The objects of: God’s love
Love Of God, The · Described as: Sovereign — Described as: Sovereign
Predestination · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 7:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:6

John Gill on Deuteronomy 7:8

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 7:8

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 7:1-11

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 7:6

John Gill on Deuteronomy 7:8

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 7:6-8

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 7:6-8

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 7:6

Rashi on Deuteronomy 7:8