Deuteronomy 3:24

²² Do not be afraid of them, for the LORD your God Himself will fight for you.”

²³ At that time I also pleaded with the LORD:

“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

²⁵ Please let me cross over and see the good land beyond the Jordan—that pleasant hill country as well as Lebanon!”

²⁶ But the LORD was angry with me on account of you, and He would not listen to me. “That is enough,” the LORD said to me. “Do not speak to Me again about this matter.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: “O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?
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?
WEB: “Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?
ASV: O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?
DARBY: Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy powerful hand; for what God is in the heavens or in the earth that can do like to thy works, and like to thy might?
BLB: “O Lord YHWH, You have begun to show Your servant Your greatness and Your mighty hand. For what god [is] in the heavens or on the earth who does works as Your works and as Your mighty deeds?

ÅB: Herre, Herre! Du har begynt å la din tjener se din storhet og din sterke hånd; for hvor er det en gud i himmelen og på jorden som kan gjøre sådanne gjerninger og storverk som du?
OTB: "Herre Gud, du har begynt å åpenbare for din tjener din storhet og din mektige hånd. For hvilken gud er det i himmelen eller på jorden som kan utføre de gjerninger og mektige verk som du gjør?
B1930: Herre, Herre! Du har begynt å la din tjener se din storhet og din sterke hånd; for hvor er det en gud i himmelen og på jorden som kan gjøre sådanne gjerninger og storverk som du?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
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Psalms 71:19
Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
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Deuteronomy 11:2
Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
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Psalms 86:8
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
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2 Samuel 7:22
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
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Jeremiah 32:18–21
You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
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Psalms 145:6
They will proclaim the power of Your awesome deeds, and I will declare Your greatness.
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Isaiah 40:25
“To whom will you liken Me, or who is My equal?” asks the Holy One.
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