Deuteronomy 4:32

Creation

³⁰ When thou art in tribulation, and all these things are come upon thee, even in the latter days, if thou turn to the LORD thy God, and shalt be obedient unto his voice;

³¹ (For the LORD thy God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake thee, neither destroy thee, nor forget the covenant of thy fathers which he sware unto them.

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?

³³ Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as thou hast heard, and live?

³⁴ Or hath God assayed to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by temptations, by signs, and by wonders, and by war, and by a mighty hand, and by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

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.

Compare

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,

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
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We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
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Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
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And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
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Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
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So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.
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Deuteronomy 30:4
If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:
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Mark 13:27
And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.
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