Deuteronomy 4:32

KJV1611 – Modern English

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one side of heaven to the other, whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

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Other Translations

  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Ask now about the days that are past, from the day that God created humanity on the earth, and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of?

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one si of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    For ask{H7592} now of the days{H3117} that are past,{H7223} which were{H1961} before{H6440} thee, since the day{H3117} that God{H430} created{H1254} man{H120} upon the earth,{H776} and from the one end{H7097} of heaven{H8064} unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great{H1419} thing{H1697} is, or hath been heard{H8085} like it?

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    For ask{H7592}{(H8798)} now of the days{H3117} that are past{H7223}, which were{H1961}{(H8738)} before{H6440} thee, since the day{H3117} that God{H430} created{H1254}{(H8804)} man{H120} upon the earth{H776}, and ask from the one side{H7097} of heaven{H8064} unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great{H1419} thing{H1697} is, or hath been heard{H8085}{(H8738)} like it?

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    For axe I praye the of the dayes that are past which were before the, sence the daye that God created man vppon the erth and from the one syde of heauen vnto the other whether any thinge hath bene lyke vnto this greate thinge or whether any soche thinge hath bene herde as it is,

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    For axe after the tymes past, which haue bene before the, sens the daie yt God created man vpon earth, from one ende of the heaue vnto the other, whether there was euer eny soch greate thinge done, or eny soch like herde,

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    For inquire now of the dayes that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man vpon the earth, and aske from the one ende of heauen vnto the other, if there came to passe such a great thing as this, or whether any such like thing hath bene heard.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    For aske of the dayes that are past, which were before & since the day that God created man vpon the earth, and aske from the one side of heauen vnto the other, if euer there came to passe such a great thyng, or whether any such lyke thyng hath ben hearde as this.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and [ask] from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been [any such thing] as this great thing [is], or hath been heard like it?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    `For, ask, I pray thee, at the former days which have been before thee, from the day that God prepared man on the earth, and from the `one' end of the heavens even unto the `other' end of the heavens, whether there hath been as this great thing -- or hath been heard like it?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For 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?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    For 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?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    Give thought now to the days which are past, before your time, from the day when God first gave life to man on the earth, and searching from one end of heaven to the other, see if such a great thing as this has ever been, or if anything like it has been talked of in story.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been [any such thing] as this great thing is, or has been heard like it?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The Uniqueness of Israel’s God Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

Referenced Verses

  • Job 8:8 : 8 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers:
  • Matt 24:31 : 31 And he will send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
  • Mark 13:27 : 27 And then he shall send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the farthest part of the earth to the farthest part of heaven.
  • Ps 44:1 : 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the times of old.
  • Joel 1:2 : 2 Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?
  • Gen 1:27 : 27 So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.
  • Deut 30:4 : 4 If any of yours are driven out to the farthest parts of heaven, from there will the LORD your God gather you, and from there will he bring you:
  • Deut 32:7 : 7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Deut 4:33-36
    4 verses
    83%

    33 Did ever people hear the voice of God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as you have heard, and live?

    34 Or has God attempted to go and take him a nation from the midst of another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by a stretched out arm, and by great terrors, according to all that the LORD your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?

    35 It was shown to you, that you might know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

    36 Out of heaven he made you to hear his voice, that he might instruct you: and upon earth he showed you his great fire; and you heard his words out of the midst of the fire.

  • Deut 32:6-7
    2 verses
    75%

    6 Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father who has bought you? Has he not made you, and established you?

    7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.

  • Deut 4:7-8
    2 verses
    73%

    7 For what nation is there so great, who has God so near to them, as the LORD our God is in all things that we call upon him for?

    8 And what nation is there so great, that has statutes and judgments so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?

  • 24 O Lord GOD, you have begun to show your servant your greatness and your mighty hand; for what God is there in heaven or on earth who can do according to your works and according to your might?

  • 26 For who is there of all flesh, that has heard the voice of the living God speaking out of the midst of the fire, as we have, and lived?

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    22 Therefore you are great, O LORD God: for there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

    23 And what nation in the earth is like your people, even like Israel, whom God went to redeem for a people to himself, to make him a name, and to do for you great and awesome things for your land, before your people, which you redeemed to yourself from Egypt, from the nations and their gods?

  • 10 Is there anything of which it may be said, See, this is new? It has already been in ancient times, which were before us.

  • 10 And he said, "Behold, I make a covenant: before all your people I will do wonders, such as have not been done in all the earth, nor in any nation; and all the people among whom you are shall see the work of the LORD, for it is an awesome thing that I will do with you."

  • 10 For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there has been such a thing.

  • 8 For inquire, I pray you, of the former age, and prepare yourself to the search of their fathers:

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    20 O LORD, there is none like you, neither is there any God beside you, according to all that we have heard with our ears.

    21 And what one nation in the earth is like your people Israel, whom God went to redeem to be his own people, to make you a name of greatness and terribleness, by driving out nations before your people, whom you have redeemed out of Egypt?

  • 2 And know this day: for I speak not with your children who have not known or seen the discipline of the LORD your God, His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm,

  • 20 Who has set signs and wonders in the land of Egypt, even to this day, and in Israel, and among other men; and have made for yourself a name, as at this day;

  • 1 We have heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work You did in their days, in the times of old.

  • Deut 4:30-31
    2 verses
    71%

    30 When you are in tribulation, and all these things come upon you, even in the latter days, if you turn to the LORD your God, and be obedient to his voice;

    31 (For the LORD your God is a merciful God;) he will not forsake you, neither destroy you, nor forget the covenant of your fathers which he swore to them.

  • 4 Do you not know this of old, since man was placed on earth,

  • 4 For since the beginning of the world men have not heard, nor perceived by the ear, neither has the eye seen, O God, besides you, what you have prepared for him who waits for you.

  • 10 Especially the day that you stood before the LORD your God in Horeb, when the LORD said to me, Gather the people together, and I will make them hear my words, that they may learn to fear me all the days that they shall live upon the earth, and that they may teach their children.

  • 3 The great trials which your eyes have seen, the signs, and those great miracles:

  • 21 He is your praise, and he is your God, who has done for you these great and awesome things which your eyes have seen.

  • 11 And as soon as we heard these things, our hearts melted, 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 on earth beneath.

  • 6 Neither did they say, Where is the LORD who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of drought, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no one passed through, and where no one lived?

  • 2 Hear this, you elders, and give ear, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this happened in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?

  • 4 Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Declare, if you have understanding.

  • 32 Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who keeps covenant and mercy, do not let all the hardship seem little before You that has come upon us, our kings, our princes, our priests, our prophets, our forefathers, and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until this day.

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

  • 11 Who is like you, O LORD, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?

  • 16 According to all that you desired of the LORD your God in Horeb on the day of the assembly, saying, Let me not hear again the voice of the LORD my God, nor let me see this great fire anymore, lest I die.

  • 12 And the LORD spoke to you out of the midst of the fire: you heard the voice of the words, but saw no form; only you heard a voice.

  • 24 And you said, Behold, the LORD our God has shown us His glory and His greatness, and we have heard His voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God does talk with man, and he lives.

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    12 It is not in heaven, that you should say, Who shall go up for us to heaven, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

    13 Neither is it beyond the sea, that you should say, Who shall go over the sea for us, and bring it unto us, that we may hear it, and do it?

  • 16 Now therefore stand and see this great thing, which the LORD will do before your eyes.

  • 17 Ah Lord GOD! behold, you have made the heaven and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm, and there is nothing too hard for you:

  • 23 And he said, LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you, in heaven above or on earth beneath, who keeps covenant and mercy with your servants that walk before you with all their heart:

  • 14 And said, O LORD God of Israel, there is no God like you in heaven or on earth, who keeps covenant and shows mercy unto your servants, that walk before you with all their hearts:

  • 19 The great trials which your eyes saw, and the signs, and the wonders, and the mighty hand, and the stretched out arm, whereby the LORD your God brought you out: so shall the LORD your God do to all the people of whom you are afraid.

  • 21 Have you not known? Have you not heard? Has it not been told you from the beginning? Have you not understood from the foundations of the earth?

  • 12 Behold, I have done according to your words: lo, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like you before you, nor shall any arise like unto you.

  • 22 Are there any among the idols of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the heavens give showers? Are You not He, O LORD our God? Therefore we will wait upon You, for You have made all these things.

  • 9 Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled: who among them can declare this, and show us former things? Let them bring forth their witnesses, that they may be justified: or let them hear, and say, It is truth.

  • 33 Who went in the way before you, to search out a place for you to pitch your tents, in fire by night to show you by what way you should go, and in a cloud by day.