7Jehovah 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:


In Context

4 For he will turn away thy son from following me, that they may serve other gods: so will the anger of Jehovah be kindled against you, and he will destroy thee quickly.

5 But thus shall ye deal with them: ye shall break down their altars, and dash in pieces their pillars, and hew down their Asherim, and burn their graven images with fire.

6 For thou art a holy people unto Jehovah thy God: Jehovah thy God hath chosen thee to be a people for his own possession, above all peoples that are upon the face of the earth.

7 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:

8 but because Jehovah loveth you, and because he would keep the oath which he sware unto your fathers, hath Jehovah brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondage, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,

Deuteronomy 7:7 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7The 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:

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

7:7The Lord did not set his affection on you and choose you because you were more numerous than other peoples, for you were the fewest of all peoples.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Not 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:

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Not because ye were more in number than all the peoples, hath Jehovah been attached to you and chosen you, for ye are the fewest of all the peoples;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

7:7The 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:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7The 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:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Yahweh didn't set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all peoples:

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

7:7Not because of your being more numerous than any of the peoples hath Jehovah delighted in you, and fixeth on you, for ye are the least of all the peoples,

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

7:7The LORD did not set his love on you, nor choose you, because you were more in number than any people; for you were the fewest of all people: