Deuteronomio 4:6

6 Síguelos al pie de la letra y darás a conocer tu sabiduría y tu inteligencia a las naciones vecinas. Cuando esas naciones se enteren de todos estos decretos, exclamarán: “¡Qué sabio y prudente es el pueblo de esa gran nación!”.

Deuteronomio 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.

Deuteronomio 4:6 In-Context

4 Sin embargo, ustedes, todos los que fueron fieles al Señor
su Dios, todavía siguen vivos; todos y cada uno de ustedes.

5 »Mira, ahora te enseño decretos y ordenanzas tal como me lo encargó el Señor
mi Dios, para que los obedezcas en la tierra donde estás a punto de entrar y que vas a poseer.

6 Síguelos al pie de la letra y darás a conocer tu sabiduría y tu inteligencia a las naciones vecinas. Cuando esas naciones se enteren de todos estos decretos, exclamarán: “¡Qué sabio y prudente es el pueblo de esa gran nación!”.

7 Pues, ¿qué gran nación tiene un dios que esté tan cerca de ellos de la manera que el Señor
nuestro Dios está cerca de nosotros cada vez que lo invocamos?

8 ¿Y qué gran nación tiene decretos y ordenanzas tan justas e imparciales como este conjunto de leyes que te entrego hoy?