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Deuteronomy 4:32

Creation

30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you, then in later days you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.

31 For the LORD your God is a merciful God; He will not abandon you or destroy you or forget the covenant with your fathers, which He swore to them by oath.

Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?

33 Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?

34 Or has any god tried to take as his own a nation out of another nation—by trials, signs, wonders, and war, by a strong hand and an outstretched arm, and by great terrors—as the LORD your God did for you in Egypt, before your eyes?

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported?
KJV
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
WEB
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it?
ASV
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the one end of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?
DARBY
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other end of the heavens, whether there hath been anything as this great thing is, or if anything hath been heard like it?
BLB
For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you since the day that God created man on the earth, and from one end of the heavens and to the other of the heavens, whether there has been [as] this great thing, or has there been heard like it?
ÅB
For spør bare om de fremfarne dager, som var før din tid, like fra den dag da Gud skapte menneskene på jorden, og spør fra den ene ende av himmelen til den andre om det er hendt eller hørt noe som er så stort som dette,
OTB
Spør nå om de tidligere dager, lenge før deres tid, fra den dag Gud skapte mennesket på jorden; spør fra den ene enden av himmelen til den andre. Har noe så stort som dette noen gang skjedd, eller har noe lignende noen gang blitt hørt om?
B1930
For spør bare om de fremfarne dager, som var før din tid, like fra den dag da Gud skapte menneskene på jorden, og spør fra den ene ende av himmelen til den andre om det er hendt eller hørt noget som er så stort som dette,

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Cross references

  • Job 8:8

    Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.

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  • Psalms 44:1

    We have heard with our ears, O God; our fathers have told us the work You did in their days, in the days of old.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:7

    Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.

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  • Matthew 24:31

    And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.

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  • Joel 1:2

    Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?

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  • Genesis 1:27

    So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

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  • Deuteronomy 30:4

    Even if you have been banished to the farthest horizon, He will gather you and return you from there.

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  • Mark 13:27

    And He will send out the angels to gather His elect from the four winds, from the ends of the earth to the ends of heaven.

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