Deuteronomy 4:7
Good News Translation
"No other nation, no matter how great, has a god who is so near when they need him as the LORD our God is to us. He answers us whenever we call for help.

New Revised Standard Version
For what other great nation has a god so near to it as the LORD our God is whenever we call to him?

New American Bible
For what great nation is there that has gods so close to it as the LORD, our God, is to us whenever we call upon him?

Douay-Rheims Bible
Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.

what nation

Numbers 23:9,21 I shall see him from the tops of the rocks, and shall consider him from the hills. This people shall dwell alone, and shall not be reckoned among the nations. . . .

2 Samuel 7:23 And what nation is there upon earth, as thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for them great and terrible things, upon the earth, before the face of thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods.

Isaiah 43:4 Since thou becamest honourable in my eyes, thou art glorious: I have loved thee, and I will give men for thee, and people for thy life.

who hath

Deuteronomy 5:26 What is all flesh, that it should hear the voice of the living God, who speaketh out of the midst of the fire, as we have heard, and be able to live?

Psalm 46:1 Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

Psalm 73:28 But it is good for me to adhere to my God, to put my hope in the Lord God: That I may declare all thy praises, in the gates of the daughter of Sion.

Psalm 145:18 The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

Psalm 148:14 The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

Isaiah 55:6 Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.

Ephesians 2:12-22 That you were at that time without Christ, being aliens from the conversation of Israel and strangers to the testament, having no hope of the promise and without God in this world. . . .

James 4:8 Draw nigh to God: and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners, and purify your hearts, ye double minded.

Context
An Exhortation to Obedience
6And you shall observe, and fulfil them in practice. For this is your wisdom, and understanding in the sight of nations, that hearing all these precepts, they may say: Behold a wise and understanding people, a great nation. 7Neither is there any other nation so great, that hath gods so nigh them, as our God is present to all our petitions.8For what other nation is there so renowned that hath ceremonies, and just judgments, and all the law, which I will set forth this day before our eyes?…
Cross References
Acts 17:27
That they should seek God, if haply they may feel after him or find him, although he be not far from every one of us.

Deuteronomy 4:32
Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof, if ever there was done the like thing, or it hath been known at any time,

Deuteronomy 26:19
And to make thee higher than all nations which he hath created, to his own praise, and name, and glory: that thou mayst be a holy people of the Lord thy God, as he hath spoken.

2 Samuel 7:23
And what nation is there upon earth, as thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, and to make him a name, and to do for them great and terrible things, upon the earth, before the face of thy people, whom thou redeemedst to thyself out of Egypt, from the nations and their gods.

Psalm 34:17
The just cried, and the Lord heard them: and delivered them out of all their troubles.

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is nigh unto them that are of a contrite heart: and he will save the humble of spirit.

Psalm 46:1
Unto the end, for the sons of Core, for the hidden. [2] Our God is our refuge and strength: a helper in troubles, which have found us exceedingly.

Psalm 85:9
Surely his salvation is near to them that fear him : that glory may dwell in our land.

Psalm 145:18
The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him: to all that call upon him in truth.

Psalm 147:20
He hath not done in like manner to every nation: and his judgments he hath not made manifest to them. Alleluia.

Psalm 148:14
The praise of him is above heaven and earth: and he hath exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his saints to the children of Israel, a people approaching to him. Alleluia.

Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye the Lord, while he may be found: call upon him, while he is near.

Deuteronomy 4:6
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