Deuteronomy 4:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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? ”

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Second Part of Moses-' First Address. This contains exhortations to obedience from motives of self-interest and of gratitude to Yahweh, and forms an apparent logical unity with Deuteronomy 1:6 to...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

so righteous. See App-15. Compare 2 Samuel 7:23 .
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 190 MOSES’ SOLEMN CHARGE TO ISRAEL Deuteronomy 4:7-9 . What nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for? A...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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?
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Ver. 8. What nation is there so great, &c.— That which constitutes the principal glory of a nation, is a pure worship, sincerely offered to the true God, and a right administration of justi...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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? No JFB commentary on these verses.
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

First Discourse ( Deuteronomy 1:14 to Deuteronomy 4:43 ) The long sojourn in the wilderness is now drawing to a close. The Israelites are encamped in the Plains of Moab within sight of the Promi...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

What nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous? — These words direct our attention to the law of Moses, as distinctly in advance of the time when it was given.
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

MOSES' FAREWELL SPEECHES Deuteronomy 4:1-40 , Deuteronomy 27:1-26 ; Deuteronomy 28:1-68 ; Deuteronomy 29:1-29 ; Deuteronomy 30:1-20 . WITH the twenty-sixth chapter the entirely homogeneous c...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“Take Heed to Thyself” Deuteronomy 3:23-29 ; Deuteronomy 4:1-14 Strong faith was required by the two and a half tribes to leave their wives and children while they went to succor their brethre...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

On the ground of this survey Moser exhorted the people to be obedient, His appeal was based on the greatness of their God and the perfection of His law. Their whole existence as a nation centered aro...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Into what an astonishing degree of nearness, are believers now brought by the blood of JESUS! Reader! pause and contemplate your vast privileges; and ask your own heart that question, Am I indeed bro...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous ,.... Founded in justice and equity, and so agreeable to right reason, and so well calculated and adapted to lead per...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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? Ver. 8. So righteous. ] See Trapp on " Deu 1:1 "
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

So nigh By glorious miracles, by the pledges of his special presence, by the operations of his grace, and particularly by his readiness to hear our prayers, and to give us those succours which we c...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

MOSES INSISTS ON OBEDIENCE (vs.1-14) Because God had already blessed Israel and intended to bless them more greatly still. Moses urges them to "listen to the statutes and judgments" he is teachin...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Exhortations and Arguments. B. C. 1451. 1 Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the stat...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Whereby he implies that the true greatness of a nation doth not consist in pomp or power, or largeness of empire, as commonly men think, but in the righteousness of its laws.
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

They Are Fortunate Among The Nations because of What They Have Received ( Deuteronomy 4:6-9 ). This may be analysed as follows: a They are to keep (shamar) Yahweh's statutes and judgments and d...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES .—From the mention of what God had done for Israel, Moses passes to the obedience of the law. They were under deep obligation to keep it, and in doing so, consisted their wisdom, grea...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 4:2 . Ye shall not add unto the word. This would be to debase revelation, and treat the divine law as a defective production of man, that needed additions and retrenchments. Solon, the...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Now therefore hearken, O Israel, unto the statutes and unto the judgments, which I teach you, for to do them, that ye may live, and go in and possess the land. Moses’ discourse 1. In general it...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Deuteronomy 4:1-5 ADMONITIONS AND EXHORTATIONS . Moses, having presented to the people certain facts in their recent history which had in them a specially animating and enco...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Moses Reminds the People of the Law-Giving.
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Timothy 3:17 ; Deuteronomy 10:12 ; Deuteronomy 10:13 ; Psalms 119:127 ; Psalms 119:128 ; Psalms 119:86 ; Psalms 119:96 ; Psalms 147:19 ; Psalms 147:20 ; Psalms 19:7-11 ;...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Parting Words Deuteronomy 4:1-49 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is, perhaps, strange to some that we speak of the fourth chapter of Deuteronomy as "Parting words," yet the whole Book of Deuteronomy cen...
Deuteronomy 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

So righteous — Whereby he implies that the true greatness of a nation doth not consist in pomp or power, or largeness of empire, as commonly men think, but in the righteousness of its laws.

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 4:8 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Deuteronomy 4:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Deuteronomy 4:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes