Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 4:35
35You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
Deuteronomy 4:35 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the Lord he is God; there is none else beside him.
- New International Version (NIV)You were shown these things so that you might know that the Lord is God; besides him there is no other.
- English Standard Version (ESV)To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him.
- New King James Version (NKJV)To you it was shown, that you might know that the Lord Himself is God; there is none other besides Him.
Context of Deuteronomy 4:35
33Has a people heard God’s voice speaking from the fire as you have, and lived? 34Or has a god attempted to go and take a nation as his own out of another nation, by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, by great terrors, as the Lord your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes? You were shown these things so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides him. 36He let you hear his voice from heaven to instruct you. He showed you his great fire on earth, and you heard his words from the fire. 37Because he loved your ancestors, he chose their descendants after them and brought you out of Egypt by his presence and great power,
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אַתָּה֙ הָרְאֵ֣תָ לָדַ֔עַת כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ין ע֖וֹד מִלְבַדּֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 4:35
- 1 Samuel 17:45David said to the Philistine, “You come against me with a sword, spear, and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord of Armies, the God of the ranks of Israel — you have defied him.
- 1 Kings 18:36At the time for offering the evening sacrifice, the prophet Elijah approached the altar and said, “Lord, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, today let it be known that you are God in Israel and I am your servant, and that at your word I have done all these things.
- 2 Kings 19:19Now, Lord our God, please save us from his power so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that you, Lord, are God — you alone.
- Psalms 58:11Then people will say, “Yes, there is a reward for the righteous! There is a God who judges on earth!”
- Psalms 83:18May they know that you alone — whose name is the Lord — are the Most High over the whole earth.
- Deuteronomy 32:23“I will pile disasters on them; I will use up my arrows against them.
- Exodus 15:11Lord, who is like you among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- 1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the Lord. There is no one besides you! And there is no rock like our God.
- Isaiah 44:6This is what the Lord, the King of Israel and its Redeemer, the Lord of Armies, says: I am the first and I am the last. There is no God but me.
- Isaiah 45:5I am the Lord, and there is no other; there is no God but me. I will strengthen you, though you do not know me,
- Mark 12:29Jesus answered, “The most important is Listen, Israel! The Lord our God, the Lord is one.
- 1 John 5:20And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding so that we may know the true one. We are in the true one — that is, in his Son, Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4:35
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 29-40Verses 29-40 Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain. Deuteronomy 4:34 Temptations - Compare Deuteronomy 7:18-19; Deuteronomy 29:2-3; not, “i. e.” the tribulations and persecutions undergone by the Israelites, out the plagues miraculously inflicted on the Egyptians. Deuteronomy 4:37 He chose their seed after them - literally, “his seed after him.”…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 24-40Verses 24-40 Moses urged the greatness, glory, and goodness of God. Did we consider what a God he is with whom we have to do, we should surely make conscience of our duty to him, and not dare to sin against him. Shall we forsake a merciful God, who will never forsake us, if we are faithful unto him? Whither can we go? Let us be held to our duty by the bonds of love, and prevailed with by the mercies of God to cleave to him. Moses urged God's authority…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-40Moses gave a long speech to the Israelites because of their recent failures and what he thought would happen in Canaan.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-4015. Take ... good heed ... for ye saw no manner of similitude--The extreme proneness of the Israelites to idolatry, from their position in the midst of surrounding nations already abandoned to its seductions, accounts for their attention being repeatedly drawn to the fact that God did not appear on Sinai in any visible form; and an earnest caution, founded on that remarkable circumstance, is given to beware, not only of making representations of false…Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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