Shēnméngjì 4:6

6 Suǒyǐ nǐmen yào jǐn shǒu zūnxíng . zhè jiù shì nǐmen zaì wàn mín yǎnqián de zhìhuì , cōngming . tāmen tīngjian zhè yīqiè lù lì , bì shuō , zhè dà guó de rén zhēn shì yǒu zhìhuì , yǒu cōngming .

Shēnméngjì 4:6 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:6

Keep therefore and do them
. Observe them, take notice of what is expressed by them, and perform them, both as to matter and manner, as they require:

for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the
nations;
that is, their wisdom and understanding would appear to other nations by their observance of the commands of God:

which hear all these statutes;
which they had a report, got knowledge of by some of the philosophers who travelled into those parts, and by the translation of the Bible into the Greek language:

and say, surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people;
that had such a body of laws, in which they were instructed, and according to which they were governed, and in which they walked; that were so agreeable to reason, truth, justice, and equity; insomuch that so far as they became known they were admired and copied after, both by Greeks and Romans; and hence it was that the oracle ^F6 declared, that only the Chaldeans and Hebrews were a wise people; the Hebrews came from Chaldea, as Abraham the father of them.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Apud Porphyr. in Euseb Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 10. p. 413.

Shēnméngjì 4:6 In-Context

4 Wéiyǒu nǐmen zhuān kào Yēhéhuá nǐmen shén de rén , jīnrì quándōu cún huó .

5 Wǒ zhào zhe Yēhéhuá wǒ shén suǒ fēnfu de jiāng lù lì diǎnzhāng jiàoxun nǐmen , shǐ nǐmen zaì suǒ yào jìn qù de wéi yè de dì shàng zūnxíng .

6 Suǒyǐ nǐmen yào jǐn shǒu zūnxíng . zhè jiù shì nǐmen zaì wàn mín yǎnqián de zhìhuì , cōngming . tāmen tīngjian zhè yīqiè lù lì , bì shuō , zhè dà guó de rén zhēn shì yǒu zhìhuì , yǒu cōngming .

7 Nǎ yī dà guó de rén yǒu shén yǔ tāmen xiāng jìn , xiàng Yēhéhuá wǒmen de shén , zaì wǒmen qiúgào tāde shíhou yǔ wǒmen xiāng jìn ne ,

8 Yòu nǎ yī dà guó yǒu zhèyàng gōngyì de lù lì diǎnzhāng , xiàng wǒ jīnrì zaì nǐmen miànqián suǒ chén míng de zhè yīqiè lǜfǎ ne ,