“You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just judgments, reliable laws, and good statutes and mitzvot.
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Tree of Life Version What great nation is there that has statutes and ordinances that are righteous—like all of this Torah that I am setting before you today? Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And what large and important nation has statutes and ordinances so upright and just as all this law which I set before you today? American Standard Version (1901) And what great nation is there, that hath statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day? Common English Bible Or does any great nation have regulations and case laws as righteous as all this Instruction that I am setting before you today? Catholic Public Domain Version For what other nation is there so renowned as to have ceremonies, and just judgments, and the entire law that I will set forth today before your eyes? Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before your eyes? |
“You descended on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just judgments, reliable laws, and good statutes and mitzvot.
You have commanded righteousness, Your testimonies, and great faithfulness.
Your testimonies are righteous forever —make me understand, so I may live.
Truth is the essence of Your word, and all Your righteous rulings are eternal.
I have seen a limit to all perfection, yet Your commandment is boundless.
Clouds and darkness are all around Him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of His throne.
Adonai was pleased, for the sake of His righteousness, to make Torah great and glorious.
Though I were to write out for him ten thousand things from My Torah, they are regarded as something strange.
Much in every way. First of all, they were entrusted with the sayings of God.
that He will set you high above all the nations He has made, for praise, fame and honor; and that you are to be a holy people to Adonai your God, as He has promised.”