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Deuteronomy 3:24
24“Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do?
Deuteronomy 3:24 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
- English Standard Version (ESV)'O Lord God, you have only begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do such works and mighty acts as yours?
- New King James Version (NKJV)‘O Lord God, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand, for what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do anything like Your works and Your mighty deeds?
- New Living Translation (NLT)‘O Sovereign Lord, you have only begun to show your greatness and the strength of your hand to me, your servant. Is there any god in heaven or on earth who can perform such great and mighty deeds as you do?
Context of Deuteronomy 3:24
22Do not be afraid of them; the Lord your God himself will fight for you.” 23At that time I pleaded with the Lord: “Sovereign Lord, you have begun to show to your servant your greatness and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or on earth who can do the deeds and mighty works you do? 25Let me go over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that fine hill country and Lebanon.” 26But because of you the Lord was angry with me and would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the Lord said. “Do not speak to me anymore about this matter.
Read all of Deuteronomy 3Deuteronomy 3:24 word by word
אֲדֹנָ֣י יְהוִ֗ה אַתָּ֤ה הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ לְהַרְא֣וֹת אֶֽת־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶ֨ת־גָּדְלְךָ֔ וְאֶת־יָדְךָ֖ הַחֲזָקָ֑ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר מִי־אֵל֙ בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם וּבָאָ֔רֶץ אֲשֶׁר־יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- O Lordאֲדֹנָי'ădônây · LordH136
- Godיְהֹוִהyehôvih · YHWH/GodH3069
- thou hast begunחָלַלchâlal · to profane/begin: beginH2490
- to shewרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- thy servantעֶ֫בֶד‛ebed · servant/slaveH5650
- thy greatnessגֹּ֫דֶלgôdel · greatnessH1433
- and thy mightyחָזָקchâzâq · strongH2389
- handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
- for what Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
- in heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
- or in earthאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
- that can doעָשָׂה‛âώâh · to make: doH6213
- according to thy worksמַעֲשֶׂהma‛ăώeh · deed: workH4639
- and according to thy mightגְּבוּרָהgebûrâh · mightH1369
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 3:24
- Jeremiah 11:2“Listen to the terms of this covenant and tell them to the people of Judah and to those who live in Jerusalem.
- Nehemiah 9:32“Now therefore, our God, the great God, mighty and awesome, who keeps his covenant of love, do not let all this hardship seem trifling in your eyes—the hardship that has come on us, on our kings and leaders, on our priests and prophets, on our ancestors and all your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
- Psalms 106:2Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise?
- Psalms 145:3Great is the Lord and most worthy of praise; his greatness no one can fathom.
- Jeremiah 32:18You show love to thousands but bring the punishment for the parents’ sins into the laps of their children after them. Great and mighty God, whose name is the Lord Almighty,
- Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like you, Lord? Who is like you— majestic in holiness, awesome in glory, working wonders?
- 2 Samuel 7:22“How great you are, Sovereign Lord! There is no one like you, and there is no God but you, as we have heard with our own ears.
- Psalms 35:10My whole being will exclaim, “Who is like you, Lord? You rescue the poor from those too strong for them, the poor and needy from those who rob them.”
- Psalms 71:19Your righteousness, God, reaches to the heavens, you who have done great things. Who is like you, God?
- Psalms 86:8Among the gods there is none like you, Lord; no deeds can compare with yours.
- Psalms 89:6For who in the skies above can compare with the Lord? Who is like the Lord among the heavenly beings?
- Isaiah 40:18With whom, then, will you compare God? To what image will you liken him?
- Jeremiah 10:6No one is like you, Lord; you are great, and your name is mighty in power.
- Daniel 3:29Therefore I decree that the people of any nation or language who say anything against the God of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego be cut into pieces and their houses be turned into piles of rubble, for no other god can save in this way.”
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3:24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24The prayer of Moses recorded in these two verses, and his own reflections on it, Deuteronomy 3:26, are very affecting. He had suffered much both in body and mind in bringing the people to the borders of the promised land; and it was natural enough for him to wish to see them established in it, and to enjoy a portion of that inheritance himself, which he knew was a type of the heavenly country. But notwithstanding his very earnest prayer, and God's…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 21-29Verses 21-29 Moses encouraged Joshua, who was to succeed him. Thus the aged and experienced in the service of God, should do all they can to strengthen the hands of those who are young, and setting out in religion. Consider what God has done, what God has promised. If God be for us, who can be against us, so as to prevail? We reproach our Leader if we follow him trembling. Moses prayed, that, if it were God's will, he might go before Israel, over Jordan…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 24For what god: Moses was not suggesting that other gods truly exist. He was affirming that only the Lord is God. This question declares the uniqueness of the Lord. It states that no one and nothing else, whether real or imagined, can rival him. The statement emphasizes that the Lord alone has supreme power and authority.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 3
- 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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