The Lord Alone Is God

32 “For (A)ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. 33 (B)Did any people ever hear the voice of a god speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and still live? 34 Or has any god ever attempted to go and take a nation for himself from the midst of another nation, by trials, (C)by signs, by wonders, and (D)by war, (E)by a mighty hand and (F)an outstretched arm, and by great deeds of terror, all of which the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? 35 To you it was shown, (G)that you might know that the Lord is God; (H)there is no other besides him. 36 (I)Out of heaven he let you hear his voice, that he might discipline you. And on earth he let you see his great fire, and (J)you heard his words out of the midst of the fire. 37 And because (K)he loved your fathers and chose their offspring after them[a] and brought you out of Egypt (L)with his own presence, by his great power, 38 (M)driving out before you nations greater and mightier than you, to bring you in, to give you their land for an inheritance, as it is this day, 39 know therefore today, and lay it to your heart, that (N)the Lord is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath; (O)there is no other. 40 (P)Therefore you shall keep his statutes and his commandments, which I command you today, (Q)that it may go well with you and with your children after you, and that you may prolong your days in the land that the Lord your God is giving you for all time.”

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:37 Hebrew his offspring after him

Who is Like the Lord?

32 “Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it? 33 Has any people heard the voice of God speaking from the middle of a fire just as you did,[a] and survived it? 34 Or has any god ever taken for himself one nation out from another nation with testings, signs, wonders, wars, awesome power,[b] and magnificent, terrifying deeds[c] as the Lord your God did in Egypt before your eyes?

35 “You have been shown this in order to know that ‘the Lord is God’ and there is no one like him. 36 You have been made to hear his voice from heaven so you may be instructed.[d] And he showed you his great fire here on earth, and you heard his voice from the middle of that fire. 37 Moreover, he loved your ancestors, chose their descendants after them, and brought you out of Egypt, accompanied by his presence and great power, 38 in order to drive out nations that are stronger and more powerful than you, to bring you into this land,[e] and to give you their land as an inheritance, as it is today.

39 “May you acknowledge and take to heart this day that the Lord is God in the heavens above and over the earth below—there is no other God.[f] 40 May you observe his statutes and keep his commands that I’m giving you today, so that life may go well for you and for your descendants after you. That way, you’ll live a long life in the land that the Lord your God is about to give you permanently.”[g]

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 4:33 Lit. heard
  2. Deuteronomy 4:34 Lit. wars, a mighty hand and an outstretched arm,
  3. Deuteronomy 4:34 The Heb. lacks deeds
  4. Deuteronomy 4:36 Or disciplined
  5. Deuteronomy 4:38 The Heb. lacks this land
  6. Deuteronomy 4:39 The Heb. lacks God
  7. Deuteronomy 4:40 Lit. all the days