God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 10:14
14Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God.
Deuteronomy 10:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- New International Version (NIV)To the Lord your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, the earth and everything in it.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
Context of Deuteronomy 10:14
12Israel, what does the Lord your God want you to do? He wants you to fear him, follow all his directions, love him, and worship him with all your heart and with all your soul. 13The Lord wants you to obey his commands and laws that I’m giving you today for your own good. Remember that the sky, the highest heaven, the earth and everything it contains belong to the Lord your God. 15The Lord set his heart on your ancestors and loved them. Because of this, today he chooses you, their descendants, out of all the people of the world. 16So circumcise your uncircumcised hearts, and don’t be impossible to deal with any longer.
Read all of Deuteronomy 10Deuteronomy 10:14 word by word
הֵ֚ן לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּשְׁמֵ֣י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 10:14
- 1 Kings 8:27“Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
- 2 Chronicles 6:18“Does God really live on earth with people? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
- Nehemiah 9:6You alone are the Lord. You made heaven, the highest heaven, with all its armies. You made the earth and everything on it, the seas and everything in them. You give life to them all, and the armies of heaven worship you.
- Psalms 115:16The highest heaven belongs to the Lord, but he has given the earth to the descendants of Adam.
- Psalms 148:4Praise him, you highest heaven and the water above the sky.
- Isaiah 66:1This is what the Lord says: Heaven is my throne. The earth is my footstool. Where can you build a house or resting place for me?
- Genesis 14:19He blessed Abram, and said, “Blessed is Abram by God Most High, maker of heaven and earth.
- Exodus 9:29Moses replied, “As soon as I’m out of the city, I’ll spread out my hands to the Lord in prayer. The thunder will stop, and there will be no more hail. This is how you will know that the earth belongs to the Lord.
- Exodus 19:5If you carefully obey me and are faithful to the terms of my promise, then out of all the nations you will be my own special possession, even though the whole world is mine.
- Psalms 24:1The earth and everything it contains are the Lord’s. The world and all who live in it are his.
- Jeremiah 27:5‘I used my great strength and my powerful arm to make the earth along with the people and the animals on it. I give it to anyone I please.
- 1 Corinthians 10:26Certainly, “The earth is the Lord’s and everything it contains is his.”
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens - All these words in the original are in the plural number: השמים ושמי השמים הן hen hashshamayim, ushemey hashshamayim ; behold the heavens and the heavens of heavens. But what do they mean? To say that the first means the atmosphere, the second the planetary system, and the third the region of the blessed, is saying but very little in the way of explanation. The words were probably intended to point out the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-22Verses 12-22 We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We must give honour to God; and…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 10-2210-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 10
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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