Deuteronomy 4:39

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³⁷ And because he loved thy fathers, therefore he chose their seed after them, and brought thee out in his sight with his mighty power out of Egypt;

³⁸ To drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou art, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as it is this day.

Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.

⁴⁰ Thou shalt keep therefore his statutes, and his commandments, which I command thee this day, that it may go well with thee, and with thy children after thee, and that thou mayest prolong thy days upon the earth, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, for ever.

⁴¹ Then Moses severed three cities on this side Jordan toward the sunrising;

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
KJV: Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.
WEB: Know therefore today, and take it to heart, that the LORD himself is God in heaven above and on the earth beneath. There is no one else.
ASV: Know therefore this day, and lay it to thy heart, that Jehovah he is God in heaven above and upon the earth beneath; there is none else.
DARBY: Thou shalt know therefore this day, and consider it in thy heart, that Jehovah, he is God in the heavens above, and on the earth beneath: [there is] none else.
BLB: Therefore know this day and return it to your heart that YHWH, He [is] God in the heavens above and on the earth beneath; [there is] no other.

ÅB: Så skal du da idag vite og ta deg det til hjerte at Herren han er Gud både i himmelen der oppe og på jorden her nede, han og ingen annen.
OTB: Erkjenn og ta til hjertet i dag at Herren er Gud i himmelen ovenfor og på jorden nedenfor. Det er ingen annen.
B1930: Så skal du da idag vite og ta dig det til hjerte at Herren han er Gud både i himmelen der oppe og på jorden her nede, han og ingen annen.

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Original text and word study

Cross references

Joshua 2:11
And as soon as we had heard these things, our hearts did melt, neither did there remain any more courage in any man, because of you: for the LORD your God, he is God in heaven above, and in earth beneath.
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Deuteronomy 4:35
Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
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1 Chronicles 29:11
Thine, O LORD, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O LORD, and thou art exalted as head above all.
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Hosea 7:2
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face.
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Psalms 135:6
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places.
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1 Chronicles 28:9
And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek him, he will be found of thee; but if thou forsake him, he will cast thee off for ever.
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2 Chronicles 20:6
And said, O LORD God of our fathers, art not thou God in heaven? and rulest not thou over all the kingdoms of the heathen? and in thine hand is there not power and might, so that none is able to withstand thee?
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Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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