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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 hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah! (Psa. 147:20)

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what one.

Deut. 4:7‑8,32‑34• ⁷For what great nation is there that hath God near to them as Jehovah our God is in everything we call upon him for?
⁸And what great nation is there that hath righteous statutes and ordinances, 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 art thou, Israel! Who is like unto thee, a people saved by Jehovah, The shield of thy help, And the sword of thine excellency? And thine enemies shall come cringing to thee; And thou shalt tread upon their high places. (Deut. 33:29)

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Psa. 147:20• ²⁰He hath not dealt thus with any nation; and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Hallelujah! (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 every way: and first, indeed, that to them were entrusted the oracles of God. (Rom. 3:1‑2)

went.

Ex. 3:7‑8• ⁷And Jehovah said, I have seen assuredly the affliction of my people who are in Egypt, and their cry have I heard on account 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 spacious land, unto a land flowing with milk and honey, unto the place of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites. (Ex. 3:7‑8)

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Ex. 19:5‑6• ⁵And now, if ye will hearken to my voice indeed and keep my covenant, then shall ye be my own possession out of all the peoples--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 will hear it; for in thy might thou broughtest up this people from the midst of them;
¹⁴and they will tell it to the inhabitants of this land, who have heard that thou, Jehovah, art in the midst of this people, that thou, Jehovah, lettest thyself be seen eye to eye, and that thy cloud standeth over them, and that thou goest before them, in a pillar of cloud by day, and in a pillar of fire by night; (Num. 14:13‑14)

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Psa. 111:9• ⁹He sent deliverance unto his people; he hath commanded his covenant for ever: holy and terrible 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 upon us, and the great goodness toward the house of Israel which he hath bestowed upon them according to his mercies, and according to the multitude of his loving-kindnesses.
⁸And he said, They are indeed 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 grieved 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: 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 within him,
¹²his glorious arm leading them by the right hand of Moses, dividing the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name,
¹³--who led them through the depths, like a horse in the wilderness, and 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 glorious name. (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 peculiar people, zealous for good works. (Titus 2:14)

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1 Peter 2:9• ⁹But *ye* are a chosen race, a kingly priesthood, a holy nation, a people for a possession, that ye might set forth the excellencies of him who has called you out of darkness to his wonderful 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 its seals; because thou hast been slain, and hast redeemed 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 shew thee my power; and that my name may be declared in all the earth. (Ex. 9:16)

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Josh. 7:9• ⁹When the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land shall hear of it, they will surround us, 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, the one nation in the earth that God went to redeem to be a people to himself, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, which 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 right 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 glorious name. (Isa. 63:12,14)

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Ezek. 20:9• ⁹But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations among whom they were, in whose sight I had 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• ⁶to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour 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• ⁵Thou, O Jehovah my God, hast multiplied thy marvellous works, and thy thoughts toward us: they cannot be reckoned up in order unto thee; would I declare and speak them, they are more than can be numbered. (Psa. 40:5)

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Psa. 65:5• ⁵By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation, thou confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of the distant regions of the sea. … (Psa. 65:5)

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Psa. 66:3• ³Say unto God, How terrible are thy works! because of the greatness of thy strength, thine enemies come cringing unto thee. (Psa. 66:3)

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Psa. 106:22• ²²Wondrous works in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea. (Psa. 106:22)

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Psa. 145:6• ⁶And they shall tell of the might of thy terrible acts; and thy great deeds will I declare. (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 to-day. (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."