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2 Sam. 7:23 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And whatg one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

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Psa. 147:20• ²⁰He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:20)

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what one.

Deut. 4:7‑8,32‑34• ⁷For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is in all things that we call upon him for?
⁸And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day.
³²For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been anything as this great thing is, or if anything hath been heard like it?
³³Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking from the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?
³⁴Or hath God essayed to come to take him a nation from the midst of a nation, by trials, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a powerful hand, and by a stretched-out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Jehovah your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? (Deut. 4:7‑8,32‑34)

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Deut. 33:29• ²⁹Happy thou, O Israel: who is like thee,{HR}O people saved by Jehovah, the shield of thy help,{HR}And who is the sword of thy excellency!{HR}And thy enemies shall lie to thee;{HR}And thou shalt tread on their high places. (Deut. 33:29)

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Psa. 147:20• ²⁰He dealt not thus with any nation;{HR}And [his] judgments, they knew them not.{HR}Praise ye Jah. (Psa. 147:20)

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Rom. 3:1‑2• ¹What then [is] the superiority of the Jew, or what the profit of circumcision?
²Much in every way; for, first, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:1‑2)

went.

Ex. 3:7‑8• ⁷And Jehovah said, Seeing I have seen the affliction of my people that [are] in Egypt, and have heard their cry because of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows;
⁸and I am come down to deliver them out of the hand of the Egyptians, and to bring them up out of that land unto a good and large land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey; unto the place of the Canaanite, and the Hittite, and the Amorite, and the Perizzite, and the Hivite, and the Jebusite. (Ex. 3:7‑8)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine,
⁶and ye shall be to me a kingdom of priests, and a holy nation. These are the words which thou shalt speak to the children of Israel. (Ex. 19:5‑6)

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Num. 14:13‑14• ¹³And Moses said to Jehovah, Then the Egyptians shall hear it (for thou broughtest up this people in thy might from among them);
¹⁴and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land: for they have heard that thou, Jehovah, art among this people, that thou, Jehovah, art seen face to face, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, by day time in a pillar of cloud, and in a pillar of fire by night. (Num. 14:13‑14)

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Psa. 111:9• ⁹Redemption he sent to his people;{HR}He commanded to everlasting his covenant:{HR}Holy and fearful [is] his name. (Psa. 111:9)

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Isa. 63:7‑14• ⁷I will record the loving-kindnesses of Jehovah, the praises of Jehovah, according to all that Jehovah hath bestowed on us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel, which he hath bestowed on them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
⁸And he said, Surely they [are] my people, children [that] will not lie; and he became their Saviour.
⁹In 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 bore them and carried them all the days of old.
¹⁰But they rebelled and vexed his holy Spirit: and he turned to be their enemy; himself, he fought against them.
¹¹But he remembered the days of old, Moses [and] his people, [saying], Where [is] he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherds of his flock? where [is] he that put his holy Spirit in the midst of him,
¹²his glorious arm leading [them] by the hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,
¹³who led them through the depths; as a horse in the wilderness [that] they stumbled not?
¹⁴As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a name of glory. (Isa. 63:7‑14)

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Titus 2:14• ¹⁴who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all lawlessness, and purify to himself a people for his own possession, zealous of good works. (Titus 2:14)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But ye [are] a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set out the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness unto his marvellous light; (1 Peter 2:9)

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Rev. 5:9• ⁹And they sing a new song, saying, Thou art worthy to take the book and to open the seals thereof: for thou wast slain and hast bought [us] to God by thy blood out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation; (Rev. 5:9)

make him.

Ex. 9:16• ¹⁶And for this very cause have I raised thee up, to show thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth. (Ex. 9:16)

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Josh. 7:9• ⁹For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, and shall environ us round, and cut off our name from the earth: and what wilt thou do unto thy great name? (Josh. 7:9)

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1 Chron. 17:21• ²¹And who is like thy people Israel? What one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt? (1 Chron. 17:21)

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Isa. 63:12,14• ¹²his glorious arm leading [them] by the hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,
¹⁴As cattle go down into the valley, the Spirit of Jehovah gave them rest: so didst thou lead thy people, to make thyself a name of glory. (Isa. 63:12,14)

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Ezek. 20:9• ⁹But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. (Ezek. 20:9)

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Eph. 1:6• ⁶unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved; (Eph. 1:6)

great things.

Deut. 10:21• ²¹He is thy praise, and he is thy God, who hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen. (Deut. 10:21)

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Psa. 40:5• ⁵Great things hast thou done, O Jehovah my God;{HR}Thy wonderful deeds and thy thoughts to us none can set in order to thee:{HR}I would declare and speak—they are too many to be numbered. (Psa. 40:5)

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Psa. 65:5• ⁵Terrible things in righteousness thou wilt answer us,{HR}O God of our salvation,{HR}Confidence of all the ends of earth and sea, afar off; (Psa. 65:5)

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Psa. 66:3• ³Say to God, How terrible [are] thy doings;{HR}In the greatness of thy strength thine enemies shall cringe to thee. (Psa. 66:3)

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Psa. 106:22• ²²Wondrous works in Ham's land,{HR}Terrible things at the Red Sea. (Psa. 106:22)

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Psa. 145:6• ⁶And the strength of thy terrors they shall tell (say);{HR}And thy greatness, I will declare it. (Psa. 145:6)

thy people.

Deut. 9:26• ²⁶I prayed therefore to Jehovah, and said, Lord Jehovah, destroy not thy people and thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed through thy greatness, which thou hast brought forth out of Egypt with a powerful hand. (Deut. 9:26)

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Deut. 15:15• ¹⁵And thou shalt remember that thou wast a bondman in the land of Egypt, and that Jehovah thy God redeemed thee; therefore I command thee this thing today. (Deut. 15:15)

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Neh. 1:10• ¹⁰And they are thy servants and thy people, whom thou hast redeemed by thy great power and by thy strong hand. (Neh. 1:10)

nations and their gods.

Ex. 12:12• ¹²And I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am Jehovah. (Ex. 12:12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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And who is like thy people, like Israel, the one nation in the earth that God wente to redeem to be a people to himself, and to make himself a name, and to do for themf great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thyself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

JND Translation Notes

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"Went" is plural here.

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Lit. "for you."

W. Kelly Translation

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And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make Him a name, and to do for you great things and terrible, for thy land, before thy people, which thou redeemedst to thee from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?