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:


In Context

4 For she will turn away thy son from following me, that he may rather serve strange gods, and the wrath of the Lord will be kindled, and will quickly destroy thee.

5 But thus rather shall you deal with them: Destroy their altars, and break their statues, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven things.

6 Because thou art a holy people to the Lord thy God. The Lord thy God hath chosen thee, to be his peculiar people of all peoples that are upon the earth.

7 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:

8 But because the Lord hath loved you, and hath kept his oath, which he swore to your fathers: and hath brought you out with a strong hand, and redeemed you from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao the king of Egypt.

9 And thou shalt know that the Lord thy God, he is a strong and faithful God, keeping his covenant and mercy to them that love him, and to them that keep his commandments, unto 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

7:7Jehovah 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:

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: