Deuteronomy 32:7

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

Remember the ancient days; bear in mind the years of past generations. Ask your father and he will inform you, your elders, and they will tell you.

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Referenced Verses

  • Ps 44:1 : 1 For the music director; by the Korahites, a well-written song. O God, we have clearly heard; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in ancient times.
  • Ps 78:3-4 : 3 What we have heard and learned– that which our ancestors have told us– 4 we will not hide from their descendants. We will tell the next generation about the LORD’s praiseworthy acts, about his strength and the amazing things he has done.
  • Ps 119:52 : 52 I remember your ancient regulations, O LORD, and console myself.
  • Isa 46:9 : 9 Remember what I accomplished in antiquity! Truly I am God, I have no peer; I am God, and there is none like me,
  • Isa 63:11 : 11 His people remembered the ancient times. Where is the one who brought them up out of the sea, along with the shepherd of his flock? Where is the one who placed his holy Spirit among them,
  • Exod 13:14 : 14 In the future, when your son asks you‘What is this?’ you are to tell him,‘With a mighty hand the LORD brought us out from Egypt, from the land of slavery.
  • Deut 4:32 : 32 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.
  • Job 8:8-9 : 8 “For inquire now of the former generation, and pay attention to the findings of their ancestors; 9 For we were born yesterday and do not have knowledge, since our days on earth are but a shadow. 10 Will they not instruct you and speak to you, and bring forth words from their understanding?
  • Ps 77:5-6 : 5 I thought about the days of old, about ancient times. 6 I said,“During the night I will remember the song I once sang; I will think very carefully.” I tried to make sense of what was happening.
  • Ps 77:11-12 : 11 I will remember the works of the LORD. Yes, I will remember the amazing things you did long ago! 12 I will think about all you have done; I will reflect upon your deeds!”
  • Ps 77:8 : 8 Has his loyal love disappeared forever? Has his promise failed forever?
  • Ps 10:6 : 6 He says to himself,“I will never be shaken, because I experience no calamity.”
  • Judg 6:13 : 13 Gideon said to him,“Pardon me, but if the LORD is with us, why has such disaster overtaken us? Where are all his miraculous deeds our ancestors told us about? They said,‘Did the LORD not bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the LORD has abandoned us and handed us over to Midian.”

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    32The 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.

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  • Deut 4:9-10
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  • Ps 71:17-18
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    17O God, you have taught me since I was young, and I am still declaring your amazing deeds.

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