When ye were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
Deuteronomy 7:7 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all people: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition The Lord did not set His love upon you and choose you because you were more in number than any other people, for you were the fewest of all people. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah did not set his love upon you, nor choose you, because ye were more in number than any people; for ye were the fewest of all peoples: Common English Bible It was not because you were greater than all other people that the LORD loved you and chose you. In fact, you were the smallest of peoples! Catholic Public Domain Version It is not because you surpass all the nations in number that the Lord has joined with you and has chosen you, for you are the least numerous of any people. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Not because you surpass all nations in number is the Lord joined unto you, and hath chosen you: for you are the fewest of any people: |
When ye were but a few men in number; yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
When they were but a few men in number; Yea, very few, and sojourners in it;
O ye seed of Abraham his servant, Ye children of Jacob, his chosen ones.
Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, But unto thy name give glory, For thy mercy, and for thy truth's sake.
For they gat not the land in possession by their own sword, Neither did their own arm save them: But thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, Because thou hadst a favour unto them.
Look unto Abraham your father, and unto Sarah that bare you: for when he was but one I called him, and I blessed him, and made him many.
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
and say unto them, Thus saith the Lord GOD In the day when I chose Israel, and lifted up mine hand unto the seed of the house of Jacob, and made myself known unto them in the land of Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand unto them, Saying, I am the LORD your God;
Therefore say unto the house of Israel, Thus saith the Lord GOD I do not this for your sake, O house of Israel, but for mine holy name, which ye have profaned among the nations, whither ye went.
For narrow is the gate, and straitened the way, that leadeth unto life, and few be they that find it.
Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
But if it is by grace, it is no more of works: otherwise grace is no more grace.
Or hath not the potter a right over the clay, from the same lump to make one part a vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?
The LORD your God hath multiplied you, and, behold, ye are this day as the stars of heaven for multitude.
Thy fathers went down into Egypt with threescore and ten persons; and now the LORD thy God hath made thee as the stars of heaven for multitude.
For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.
And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out with his presence, with his great power, out of Egypt;
Behold what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called children of God: and such we are. For this cause the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Herein is love, not that we loved God, but that he loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.