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:


In Context

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

5 But thus shall ye deal with them; ye shall destroy their altars, and break down their images, and cut down their groves, and burn their graven images with fire.

6 For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God: the LORD thy God hath chosen thee to be a special people unto himself, above all people that are upon the face of the earth.

7 The 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:

8 But because the LORD loved you, and because he would keep the oath which he had sworn unto your fathers, hath the LORD brought you out with a mighty hand, and redeemed you out of the house of bondmen, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;

Deuteronomy 7:7 in Other Translations

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 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: