1 Chronicles 17:20

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

O Jehovah, there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

‫יְהוָה֙ אֵ֣ין כָּמ֔וֹךָ וְאֵ֥ין אֱלֹהִ֖ים זוּלָתֶ֑ךָ בְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ בְּאָזְנֵֽינוּ׃ ‬

Transliteration

YHWH, none like-kāmôḵā and-none ʾĕlōhîm besides-zûlāṯeḵā, in-all which-šāmaʿnû with-ʾāzənênû.

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: proper noun, divine name - LORD
*kāmôḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - like you
*ʾĕlōhîm*: noun, masculine plural (used as singular) - God
*zûlāṯeḵā*: preposition + 2nd masculine singular suffix - besides you
*šāmaʿnû*: qal perfect, 1st common plural - we have heard
*ʾāzənênû*: noun, feminine dual + 1st common plural suffix - our ears

Word Meanings

*ʾĕlōhîm*: God/gods (plural form used as singular divine reference)
*zûlāṯeḵā*: besides you/except you/other than you
*šāmaʿnû*: we have heard/listened/understood

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Referenced Verses

Exod 15:11 : 11 Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith Jehovah, the King of Israel, and his Redeemer, Jehovah of hosts: I am the first, and I am the last; and besides me there is no God.
Isa 45:5 : 5 I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
Isa 45:22 : 22 Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is none else.
Isa 63:12 : 12 that caused his glorious arm to go at the right hand of Moses? that divided the waters before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Jer 10:6-7 : 6 There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
Eph 3:20 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
Exod 18:11 : 11 Now I know that Jehovah is greater than all gods; yea, in the thing wherein they dealt proudly against them.
Deut 3:24 : 24 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?
Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
Deut 4:39 : 39 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.
Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
Ps 44:1 : 1 For the Chief Musician. [A Psalm] of the sons of Korah. Maschil. We have heard with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, What work thou didst in their days, In the days of old.
Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us. 4 We will not hide them from their children, Telling to the generation to come the praises of Jehovah, And his strength, and his wondrous works that he hath done.
Ps 86:8 : 8 There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the skies can be compared unto Jehovah? Who among the sons of the mighty is like unto Jehovah,
Ps 89:8 : 8 O Jehovah God of hosts, Who is a mighty one, like unto thee, O Jehovah? And thy faithfulness is round about thee.
Isa 40:18 : 18 To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
Isa 40:25 : 25 To whom then will ye liken me, that I should be equal [to him]? saith the Holy One.
Isa 43:10 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith Jehovah, and my servant whom I have chosen; that ye may know and believe me, and understand that I am he: before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me.

Similar Verses (AI)

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2 Sam 7:21-23
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94%
21For thy word's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make thy servant know it.
22Wherefore thou art great, O Jehovah God: for there is none like thee, neither is there any God besides thee, according to all that we have heard with our ears.
23And what one nation in the earth is like thy people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, and to make him a name, and to do great things for you, and terrible things for thy land, before thy people, whom thou redeemest to thee out of Egypt, [from] the nations and their gods?
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6There is none like unto thee, O Jehovah; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
7Who should not fear thee, O King of the nations? for to thee doth it appertain; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like unto thee.
2 Chr 6:14
82%
14and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven, or on earth; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;
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8There is none like unto thee among the gods, O Lord; Neither [are there any works] like unto thy works.
1 Sam 2:2
82%
2There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
1 Kgs 8:23
82%
23and he said, O Jehovah, the God of Israel, there is no God like thee, in heaven above, or on earth beneath; who keepest covenant and lovingkindness with thy servants, that walk before thee with all their heart;
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81%
21And what one nation in the earth is like thy people Israel, whom God went to redeem unto himself for a people, to make thee a name by great and terrible things, in driving out nations from before thy people, whom thou redeemest out of Egypt?
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Deut 4:35
78%
35Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.
1 Chr 17:19
78%
19O Jehovah, for thy servant's sake, and according to thine own heart, hast thou wrought all this greatness, to make known all [these] great things.
Exod 15:11
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11Who is like unto thee, O Jehovah, among the gods? Who is like thee, glorious in holiness, Fearful in praises, doing wonders?
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5Who is like unto Jehovah our God, That hath his seat on high,
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24O 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?
Deut 4:7
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7For what great nation is there, that hath a god so nigh unto them, as Jehovah our God is whensoever we call upon him?
1 Kgs 8:60
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60that all the peoples of the earth may know that Jehovah, he is God; there is none else.
Deut 33:26
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26There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
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20Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save us from his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou art Jehovah, even thou only.
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31For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
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5I am Jehovah, and there is none else; besides me there is no God. I will gird thee, though thou hast not known me;
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Deut 4:39
73%
39Know 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.
Ps 73:25
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25Whom have I in heaven [but thee]? And there is none upon earth that I desire besides thee.
Deut 10:17
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17For Jehovah your God, he is God of gods, and Lord of lords, the great God, the mighty, and the terrible, who regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward.
Ps 81:9
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9There shall no strange god be in thee; Neither shalt thou worship any foreign god.
2 Kgs 19:19
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19Now therefore, O Jehovah our God, save thou us, I beseech thee, out of his hand, that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that thou Jehovah art God alone.
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10For thou art great, and doest wondrous things: Thou art God alone.
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21Declare ye, and bring [it] forth; yea, let them take counsel together: who hath showed this from ancient time? who hath declared it of old? have not I, Jehovah? and there is no God else besides me, a just God and a Saviour; there is none besides me.
Exod 8:10
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10And he said, Against to-morrow. And he said, Be it according to thy word; that thou mayest know that there is none like unto Jehovah our God.
Deut 6:4
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4Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our God is one Jehovah:
Ps 77:13
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2 Chr 20:12
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12O our God, wilt thou not judge them? for we have no might against this great company that cometh against us; neither know we what to do: but our eyes are upon thee.
Ps 135:5
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Isa 37:16
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16O Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, that sittest [above] the cherubim, thou art the God, even thou alone, of all the kingdoms of the earth; thou hast made heaven and earth.
Deut 4:32
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32For 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?
1 Chr 29:11
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Jer 14:22
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22Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Jehovah our God? therefore we will wait for thee; for thou hast made all these things.
1 Chr 16:25
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25For great is Jehovah, and greatly to be praised: He also is to be feared above all gods.
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18To whom then will ye liken God? or what likeness will ye compare unto him?
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21He is thy praise, and he is thy God, that hath done for thee these great and terrible things, which thine eyes have seen.