Deuteronomy 4:8

8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

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Deuteronomy 4:8 in Other Translations

KJV

8 And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

ESV

8 And what great nation is there, that has statutes and rules so righteous as all this law that I set before you today?

NLT

8 And what great nation has decrees and regulations as righteous and fair as this body of instructions that I am giving you today?

MSG

8 And what other great nation has rules and regulations as good and fair as this Revelation that I'm setting before you today?

CSB

8 And what great nation has righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

Deuteronomy 4:8 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:8

And what nation is there so great, that hath statutes and
judgments so righteous
Founded in justice and equity, and so agreeable to right reason, and so well calculated and adapted to lead persons in the ways of righteousness and truth, and keep them from doing any injury to each other's persons and properties, and to maintain good order, peace, and concord among them:

as all this law which I set before you this day?
which he then repeated, afresh declared, explained and instructed them in; for otherwise it had been delivered to them near forty years ago. Now there was not any nation then in being, nor any since, to be compared with the nation of the Jews, for the wise and wholesome laws given unto them; no, not the more cultivated and civilized nations, as the Grecians and Romans, who had the advantage of such wise lawgivers as they were accounted, as Solon, Lycurgus, Numa, and others; and indeed the best laws that they had seem to be borrowed from the Jews.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:8 In-Context

6 Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding to the nations, who will hear about all these decrees and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”

7 What other nation is so great as to have their gods near them the way the LORD our God is near us whenever we pray to him?

8 And what other nation is so great as to have such righteous decrees and laws as this body of laws I am setting before you today?

9 Only be careful, and watch yourselves closely so that you do not forget the things your eyes have seen or let them fade from your heart as long as you live. Teach them to your children and to their children after them.

10 Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, “Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.”