Deuteronomy 4:35

35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.

Deuteronomy 4:35 in Other Translations

KJV
35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
ESV
35 To you it was shown, that you might know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides him.
NLT
35 “He showed you these things so you would know that the LORD is God and there is no other.
MSG
35 You were shown all this so that you would know that God is, well, God. He's the only God there is. He's it.
CSB
35 You were shown [these things] so that you would know that the Lord is God; there is no other besides Him.

Deuteronomy 4:35 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:35

Unto thee it was showed
What the Lord did in Egypt:

that thou mightest know that the Lord he [is] God, [there is] none else
besides him;
that he is the one only living and true God, and there is no other: this phrase is often used by the Prophet Isaiah, to express the same great article of faith.

Deuteronomy 4:35 In-Context

33 Has any other people heard the voice of God speaking out of fire, as you have, and lived?
34 Has any god ever tried to take for himself one nation out of another nation, by testings, by signs and wonders, by war, by a mighty hand and an outstretched arm, or by great and awesome deeds, like all the things the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your very eyes?
35 You were shown these things so that you might know that the LORD is God; besides him there is no other.
36 From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.
37 Because he loved your ancestors and chose their descendants after them, he brought you out of Egypt by his Presence and his great strength,

Cross References 1

  • 1. ver 39; Exodus 8:10; Deuteronomy 7:9; Deuteronomy 32:4,12; Deuteronomy 32:39; 1 Samuel 2:2; 1 Kings 8:60; 2 Kings 19:19; Isaiah 43:10; Mark 12:32; Isaiah 45:5,18
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