1 Chronicles 17:20

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

O LORD, there is none like thee, neither is there any God beside 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 LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
Isa 44:6 : 6 Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and I am the last; and beside me there is no God.
Isa 45:5 : 5 I am the LORD, and there is none else, there is no God beside me: I girded 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 led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm, dividing the water before them, to make himself an everlasting name?
Jer 10:6-7 : 6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. 7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, 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 the LORD is greater than all gods: for in the thing wherein they dealt proudly he was above them.
Deut 3:24 : 24 O Lord GOD, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?
Deut 4:35 : 35 Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.
Deut 4:39 : 39 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.
Deut 33:26 : 26 There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Ps 44:1 : 1 To the chief Musician{H8764)} for the sons of Korah, Maschil{H8688)}. We have heard{H8804)} with our ears, O God, our fathers have told{H8765)} us, what work thou didst{H8804)} in their days, in the times of old.
Ps 78:3-4 : 3 Which we have heard{H8804)} and known{H8799)}, and our fathers have told{H8765)} us. 4 We will not hide{H8762)} them from their children, shewing{H8764)} to the generation to come the praises of the LORD, and his strength, and his wonderful works{H8737)} that he hath done{H8804)}.
Ps 86:8 : 8 Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
Ps 89:6 : 6 For who in the heaven can be compared{H8799)} unto the LORD? who among the sons of the mighty can be likened{H8799)} unto the LORD?
Ps 89:8 : 8 O LORD God of hosts, who is a strong LORD like unto thee? or to thy faithfulness 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, or shall I be equal? saith the Holy One.
Isa 43:10 : 10 Ye are my witnesses, saith the LORD, 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.

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