Deuteronomy 10:14

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הֵ֚ן לַיהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וּשְׁמֵ֣י הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם הָאָ֖רֶץ וְכָל־אֲשֶׁר־בָּֽהּ׃

Transliteration

Behold to YHWH ʾĕlōhêkā the šāmayim and šəmê the šāmāyim the ʾāreṣ and all ʾăšer in it

Grammar Details

*YHWH*: divine name with prefixed preposition lamed - to Yahweh/LORD
*ʾĕlōhêkā*: masculine plural with 2nd masculine singular suffix - your God
*šāmayim*: masculine dual with definite article - the heavens
*šəmê*: masculine dual construct - heavens of
*šāmāyim*: masculine dual with definite article - the heavens
*ʾāreṣ*: feminine singular with definite article - the earth
*ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - which/that
*bāh*: preposition with 3rd feminine singular suffix - in it

Word Meanings

*šāmayim*: heavens/sky
*ʾāreṣ*: earth/land/ground

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Kgs 8:27 : 27 But will God in very deed dwell on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded!
Neh 9:6 : 6 Thou art Jehovah, even thou alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth and all things that are thereon, the seas and all that is in them, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.
Ps 24:1 : 1 A Psalm of David. The earth is Jehovah's, and the fulness thereof; The world, and they that dwell therein.
Ps 115:16 : 16 The heavens are the heavens of Jehovah; But the earth hath he given to the children of men.
Exod 19:5 : 5 Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be mine own possession from among all peoples: for all the earth is mine:
Isa 66:1 : 1 Thus saith Jehovah, Heaven is my throne, and the earth is my footstool: what manner of house will ye build unto me? and what place shall be my rest?
2 Chr 6:18 : 18 But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have builded!
Gen 14:19 : 19 And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of God Most High, possessor of heaven and earth:
Exod 9:29 : 29 And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto Jehovah; the thunders shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know that the earth is Jehovah's.
Ps 148:4 : 4 Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, And ye waters that are above the heavens.
Ps 50:12 : 12 If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; For the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.
Jer 27:5-6 : 5 I have made the earth, the men and the beasts that are upon the face of the earth, by my great power and by my outstretched arm; and I give it unto whom it seemeth right unto me. 6 And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field also have I given him to serve him.
1 Cor 10:26 : 26 for the earth is the Lord's, and the fulness thereof.
1 Cor 10:28 : 28 But if any man say unto you, This hath been offered in sacrifice, {G1494} eat not, for his sake that showed it, and for conscience sake:

Similar Verses (AI)

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Ps 115:15-16
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38to drive out nations from before thee greater and mightier than thou, to bring thee in, to give thee their land for an inheritance, as at this day.
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Ps 24:1
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Neh 9:6
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1 Chr 16:14
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Deut 4:19
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1 Cor 10:26
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1 Chr 16:26
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Ps 8:1
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1 Kgs 8:60
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Isa 66:1
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Jer 23:24
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Deut 4:35
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Ps 22:28
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