1 Chronicles 17 · Verse 21

1 Chronicles 17:21

And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?
1 Chronicles 17:21, King James Version

1 Chronicles 17:21 in other translations

BSBAnd who is like Your people Israel—the one nation on earth whom God went out to redeem as a people for Himself? You made a name for Yourself through great and awesome wonders by driving out nations from before Your people, whom You redeemed from Egypt.
WEBWhat one nation on the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to himself for a people, to make you a name by great and awesome things, in driving out nations from before your people whom you redeemed out of Egypt?
ASVAnd what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemedst out of Egypt?
YLT‘And who is as Thy people Israel, one nation in the earth whom God hath gone to ransom to Him for a people, to make for Thee a name great and fearful, to cast out from the presence of Thy people whom Thou hast ransomed out of Egypt--nations?
DARBYAnd 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?
BBEAnd what other nation in the earth, like your people Israel, did a god go out to take for himself, to be his people, making his name great and to be feared, driving out the nations from before your people whom you made free and took out of Egypt?
WebsterAnd what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

1 Chronicles 17:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וּמִי֙u.Miand who?H4310
כְּעַמְּךָ֣ke.'a.me.Kha[is] like people yourH5971
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
גּ֥וֹיGoya nationH1471
אֶחָ֖ד'e.ChadoneH259
בָּאָ֑רֶץba.'A.retzon the earthH776
אֲשֶׁר֩'a.SherwhichH834
הָלַ֨ךְha.Lakhhe wentH1980
הָאֱלֹהִ֜יםha.'E.lo.Him<the> GodH430
לִפְדּ֧וֹתlif.Dotto redeemH6299
ל֣וֹlofor himself
עָ֗ם'Ama peopleH5971
לָשׂ֤וּםla.Sumto makeH7760
לְךָ֙le.Khafor yourself
שֵׁ֚םShema nameH8034
גְּדֻלּ֣וֹתge.du.Lotgreat thingsH1420
וְנֹרָא֔וֹתve.no.ra.'otand awesome [deeds]H3372
לְגָרֵ֗שׁle.ga.Reshby driving outH1644
מִפְּנֵ֧יmi.pe.Neifrom beforeH6440
עַמְּךָ֛'a.me.Khapeople yourH5971
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
פָּדִ֥יתָpa.Di.tayou had redeemedH6299
מִמִּצְרַ֖יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimfrom EgyptH4714
גּוֹיִֽם\׃go.YimnationsH1471

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Cross references for 1 Chronicles 17:21

  • Ezekiel 20:9-10

    But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, among whom they were, in whose sight I made myself known unto them, in bringing them forth out of the land of Egypt. Wherefore I caused them to go forth out of the land of Egypt, and brought them into the wilderness.

  • Exodus 3:7-8

    And the Lord said, I have surely seen the affliction of my people which are in Egypt, and have heard their cry by reason of their taskmasters; for I know their sorrows; And 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 land and a large, 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.

  • Isaiah 63:9

    In 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 bare them, and carried them all the days of old.

  • Psalms 44:2-3

    How thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; how thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out. For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.

  • Psalms 65:5

    By terrible things in righteousness wilt thou answer us, O God of our salvation; who art the confidence of all the ends of the earth, and of them that are afar off upon the sea:

  • Psalms 107:2

    Let the redeemed of the Lord say so, whom he hath redeemed from the hand of the enemy;

  • Deuteronomy 4:7

    For what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them, as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

  • Isaiah 63:12

    That led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?

  • Joshua 24:11-12

    And ye went over Jordan, and came unto Jericho: and the men of Jericho fought against you, the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Canaanites, and the Hittites, and the Girgashites, the Hivites, and the Jebusites; and I delivered them into your hand. And I sent the hornet before you, which drave them out from before you, even the two kings of the Amorites; but not with thy sword, nor with thy bow.

  • Psalms 147:20

    He hath not dealt so with any nation: and as for his judgments, they have not known them. Praise ye the Lord.

  • Psalms 77:15

    Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.

  • Deuteronomy 7:1-2

    When the Lord thy God shall bring thee into the land whither thou goest to possess it, and hath cast out many nations before thee, the Hittites, and the Girgashites, and the Amorites, and the Canaanites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than thou; And when the Lord thy God shall deliver them before thee; thou shalt smite them, and utterly destroy them; thou shalt make no covenant with them, nor shew mercy unto them:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
what one.
De 4:7,32-34; 33:26-29; Ps 147:20
redeem.
Ex 3:7,8; 19:4-6; De 15:15; Ps 77:15; 107:2; 111:9; Isa 63:9
Tit 2:14
make thee.
Ne 9:10; Isa 48:9; 63:12; Eze 20:9,10
greatness.
De 4:34; Ps 65:5; 66:3-7; 114:3-8; Isa 64:3
by driving.
De 7:1,2; Jos 10:42; 21:43-45; 24:11,12; Ps 44:2,3

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 17:20

    O Lord, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

  • 1 Chronicles 17:21

    And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make thee a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou hast redeemed out of Egypt?

  • 1 Chronicles 17:22

    For thy people Israel didst thou make thine own people for ever; and thou, Lord, becamest their God.

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1 Chronicles 17:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
¿Y qué gente hay en la tierra como tu pueblo Israel, cuyo Dios fuese y se redimiera un pueblo, para hacerte nombre con grandezas y maravillas, echando las gentes de delante de tu pueblo, que tú rescataste de Egipto?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et qui est comme ton peuple Israël, seule nation sur la terre que Dieu soit allé racheter, afin qu’elle lui soit un peuple,… pour te faire un nom, par de grands et terribles actes, en chassant les nations de devant ton peuple, que tu as racheté d’Égypte?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und wer ist wie dein Volk Israel, die einzige Nation auf Erden, welche Gott hingegangen ist, sich zum Volke zu erlösen, um dir einen Namen zu machen, große und furchtbare Dinge zu tun, indem du vor deinem Volke, das du aus Ägypten erlöst hast, Nationen vertriebst?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Quis enim est alius, ut populus tuus Israël, gens una in terra, ad quam perrexit Deus ut liberaret et faceret populum sibi, et magnitudine sua atque terroribus ejiceret nationes a facie ejus, quem de Ægypto liberarat?