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Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of? <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Living Translation</a> “Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before? <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> “For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether such a great thing as this has ever happened or was ever heard of. <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported? <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">King James Bible</a> 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? <a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/4.htm">New King James Version</a> “For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard. <a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “Indeed, ask now about the earlier days that were before your time, since the day that God created mankind on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? <a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? <a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> “Indeed, ask now concerning the former days which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and inquire from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? <a href="/amp/deuteronomy/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “Indeed, ask now about the days that are past, [those days] which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything been done like this great thing, or has anything been heard like it? <a href="/csb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> “Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created mankind on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? <a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Indeed, ask about the earlier days that preceded you, from the day God created man on the earth and from one end of the heavens to the other: Has anything like this great event ever happened, or has anything like it been heard of? <a href="/asv/deuteronomy/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> 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? <a href="/erv/deuteronomy/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> 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? <a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> Search the distant past, long before your time. Start from the very day God created people on earth. Search from one end of heaven to the other. Has anything as great as this ever happened before, or has anything like it ever been heard of? <a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> "Search the past, the time before you were born, all the way back to the time when God created human beings on the earth. Search the entire earth. Has anything as great as this ever happened before? Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? <a href="/isv/deuteronomy/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> "Indeed, ask from one end of the heavens to the other about days of old, before your time, when God created mankind on the earth. Did we ever have anything as great as this, or ever hear of anything like it? <a href="/msb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other about the days that long preceded you, from the day that God created man on earth: Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported? <a href="/net/deuteronomy/4.htm">NET Bible</a> 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. <a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created humankind on the earth, and from the one end of the sky to the other, whether there has been anything as this great thing is, or has been heard like it? <a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> 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 to the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it? <a href="/web/deuteronomy/4.htm">World English Bible</a> 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 anything as great as this thing is, or has been heard like it? <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> For ask now of the former days which have been before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and from the [one] end of the heavens even to the [other] end of the heavens, whether there has been as this great thing, or [if anything] has been heard like it. <a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> 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? <a href="/slt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For ask now to the former days which were before thee from the day that God created man upon the earth, and from the end of the heavens to the end of the heavens, Has there been as this great word, or was heard like it?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Ask of the days of old, that have been before thy time from the day that God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to the other end thereof, if ever there was done the like thing, or it hath been known at any time, <a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Inquire concerning the days of antiquity, which were before you, from the day when God created man upon the earth, from one end of heaven to another, if anything similar has ever occurred, or whether any such thing has ever been known, <a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Ask now of the days of old, before your time, ever since God created humankind upon the earth; ask from one end of the sky to the other: Did anything so great ever happen before? Was it ever heard of? <a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> For ask now about former ages, long before your own, ever since the day that God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of heaven to the other: has anything so great as this ever happened or has its like ever been heard of?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> For ask now about the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other whether there has been any such thing as this great thing is, or has been heard like it. <a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> But ask about the first days that have been before you, from the day that God created man on the Earth, from the ends of Heaven and unto the ends of Heaven, if there was the likes of this great matter, or there was anything heard like it?<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> For ask now of the days 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? <a href="/sep/deuteronomy/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Ask of the former days which were before thee, from the day when God created man upon the earth, and beginning at the one end of heaven to the other end of heaven, if there has happened any thing like to this great event, if such a thing has been heard: <a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=1432" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/4.htm">The LORD Alone is God</a> 32<a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">Indeed,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7592.htm" title="7592: šə·’al- (V-Qal-Imp-ms) -- To ask, inquire. Or shael; a primitive root; to inquire; by implication, to request; by extension, to demand.">ask</a> <a href="/hebrew/4994.htm" title="4994: nā (Interjection) -- I (we) pray, now. ">now</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: ū·lə·miq·ṣêh (Conj-w, Prep-l, Prep-m:: N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">from one end</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·ma·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the heavens</a> <a href="/hebrew/5704.htm" title="5704: wə·‘aḏ- (Conj-w:: Prep) -- As far as, even to, up to, until, while. Properly, the same as ad; as far as, whether of space or time or degree.">to</a> <a href="/hebrew/7097.htm" title="7097: qə·ṣêh (N-msc) -- End, extremity. Or qetseh; from qatsah; an extremity.">the other</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: lə·yā·mîm (Prep-l:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">about the days</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer- (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/7223.htm" title="7223: ri·šō·nîm (Adj-mp) -- Former, first, chief. Or riishon; from ri'shah; first, in place, time or rank.">long</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hā·yū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">preceded</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā (Prep-l:: N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/4480.htm" title="4480: lə·min- (Prep-l) -- From. Or minniy; or minney; for men; properly, a part of; hence, from or out of in many senses.">from</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yō·wm (Art:: N-ms) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative.">the day</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">that</a> <a href="/hebrew/430.htm" title="430: ’ĕ·lō·hîm (N-mp) -- Plural of 'elowahh; gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used of the supreme God">God</a> <a href="/hebrew/1254.htm" title="1254: bā·rā (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To create, to cut down, select, feed. A primitive root; to create; to cut down, select, feed.">created</a> <a href="/hebrew/120.htm" title="120: ’ā·ḏām (N-ms) -- Man, mankind. From 'adam; ruddy i.e. A human being.">man</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">earth:</a> <a href="/hebrew/2088.htm" title="2088: haz·zeh (Art:: Pro-ms) -- This, here. A primitive word; the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or that.">Has anything as</a> <a href="/hebrew/1419.htm" title="1419: hag·gā·ḏō·wl (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Great. Or gadol; from gadal; great; hence, older; also insolent.">great</a> <a href="/hebrew/1697.htm" title="1697: kad·dā·ḇār (Prep-k, Art:: N-ms) -- Speech, word. From dabar; a word; by implication, a matter or thing; adverbially, a cause.">as this</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: hă·nih·yāh (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">ever happened</a> <a href="/hebrew/176.htm" title="176: ’ōw (Conj) -- Or. Presumed to be the constructive or genitival form of -av; short for 'avvah; desire; hence or, also if.">or</a> <a href="/hebrew/3644.htm" title="3644: kā·mō·hū (Prep:: 3ms) -- Like, as, when. Or kamow; a form of the prefix k-, but used separately; as, thus, so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/8085.htm" title="8085: hă·niš·ma‘ (V-Nifal-Perf-3ms) -- To hear. A primitive root; to hear intelligently.">been reported?</a> 33Has a people ever heard the voice of God speaking out of the fire, as you have, and lived?…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/genesis/1-1.htm">Genesis 1:1</a> In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. <a href="/isaiah/45-12.htm">Isaiah 45:12</a> It is I who made the earth and created man upon it. It was My hands that stretched out the heavens, and I ordained all their host. <a href="/jeremiah/32-17.htm">Jeremiah 32:17</a> “Oh, Lord GOD! You have made the heavens and the earth by Your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too difficult for You! <a href="/psalms/33-6.htm">Psalm 33:6-9</a> By the word of the LORD the heavens were made, and all the stars by the breath of His mouth. / He piles up the waters of the sea; He puts the depths into storehouses. / Let all the earth fear the LORD; let all the people of the world revere Him. ... <a href="/john/1-1.htm">John 1:1-3</a> In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. / He was with God in the beginning. / Through Him all things were made, and without Him nothing was made that has been made. <a href="/hebrews/11-3.htm">Hebrews 11:3</a> By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. <a href="/isaiah/40-21.htm">Isaiah 40:21-22</a> Do you not know? Have you not heard? Has it not been declared to you from the beginning? Have you not understood since the foundation of the earth? / He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth; its dwellers are like grasshoppers. He stretches out the heavens like a curtain, and spreads them out like a tent to dwell in. <a href="/job/38-4.htm">Job 38:4-7</a> Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell Me, if you have understanding. / Who fixed its measurements? Surely you know! Or who stretched a measuring line across it? / On what were its foundations set, or who laid its cornerstone, ... <a href="/nehemiah/9-6.htm">Nehemiah 9:6</a> You alone are the LORD. You created the heavens, the highest heavens with all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the seas and all that is in them. You give life to all things, and the host of heaven worships You. <a href="/acts/17-24.htm">Acts 17:24-26</a> The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples made by human hands. / Nor is He served by human hands, as if He needed anything, because He Himself gives everyone life and breath and everything else. / From one man He made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and He determined their appointed times and the boundaries of their lands. <a href="/romans/1-20.htm">Romans 1:20</a> For since the creation of the world God’s invisible qualities, His eternal power and divine nature, have been clearly seen, being understood from His workmanship, so that men are without excuse. <a href="/colossians/1-16.htm">Colossians 1:16-17</a> For in Him all things were created, things in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities. All things were created through Him and for Him. / He is before all things, and in Him all things hold together. <a href="/isaiah/44-24.htm">Isaiah 44:24</a> Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth, <a href="/psalms/89-11.htm">Psalm 89:11-12</a> The heavens are Yours, and also the earth. The earth and its fullness You founded. / North and south You created; Tabor and Hermon shout for joy at Your name. <a href="/revelation/4-11.htm">Revelation 4:11</a> “Worthy are You, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all things; by Your will they exist and were created.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>For ask now of the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from the 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?ask now<a href="/job/8-8.htm">Job 8:8</a> For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:<a href="/psalms/44-1.htm">Psalm 44:1</a> To the chief Musician for 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 times of old.<a href="/joel/1-2.htm">Joel 1:2</a> Hear this, ye old men, and give ear, all ye inhabitants of the land. Hath this been in your days, or even in the days of your fathers?from the one<a href="/deuteronomy/30-4.htm">Deuteronomy 30:4</a> If any of thine be driven out unto the outmost parts of heaven, from thence will the LORD thy God gather thee, and from thence will he fetch thee:<a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.<a href="/mark/13-27.htm">Mark 13:27</a> And then shall he send his angels, and shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from the uttermost part of the earth to the uttermost part of heaven.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/genesis/6-7.htm">Created</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-30.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-12.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-26.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/2-20.htm">Past</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-25.htm">Side</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-19.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-16.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/32-6.htm">Created</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-36.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-22.htm">End</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-33.htm">Heard</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-36.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-42.htm">Past</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Side</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/7-24.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/8-2.htm">Whether</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 4</div>1. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-1.htm">An exhortation to obedience</a> 41. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-41.htm">Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan</a> 44. <a href="/deuteronomy/4-44.htm">Recapitulation</a> </div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/deuteronomy/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/deuteronomy/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Indeed, ask now from one end of the heavens to the other This phrase emphasizes the vastness and universality of the inquiry. It suggests a comprehensive search across all creation, highlighting the uniqueness of the events being discussed. The heavens often symbolize the entirety of creation in biblical literature, indicating that the question posed is of cosmic significance. This reflects the biblical theme of God's sovereignty over all creation, as seen in passages like <a href="/psalms/19.htm">Psalm 19:1</a>, which declares the heavens as a testament to God's glory.about the days that long preceded you This refers to the ancient times before the current generation, inviting reflection on the history of God's interactions with humanity. It underscores the importance of remembering and learning from the past, a recurring theme in Deuteronomy. The historical context here is the Israelites' journey and covenant relationship with God, which is unparalleled in history. This call to remember aligns with passages like <a href="/psalms/77-11.htm">Psalm 77:11</a>, which encourages recalling God's deeds of old.from the day that God created man on earth This phrase points back to the creation narrative in Genesis, where God created humanity in His image (<a href="/genesis/1-26.htm">Genesis 1:26-27</a>). It establishes a timeline that begins with creation, emphasizing the continuity of God's plan and purpose for humanity. The creation of man is foundational to understanding humanity's role and relationship with God, as well as the unfolding of redemptive history. This also foreshadows the new creation in Christ, as mentioned in <a href="/2_corinthians/5-17.htm">2 Corinthians 5:17</a>.Has anything as great as this ever happened or been reported? This rhetorical question highlights the unparalleled nature of God's actions and covenant with Israel. It invites reflection on the miraculous events of the Exodus, the giving of the Law, and God's direct communication with His people. These events are unique in history, demonstrating God's power and faithfulness. The question also points to the future fulfillment in Christ, whose life, death, and resurrection are the ultimate acts of God's greatness, as seen in <a href="/philippians/2-9.htm">Philippians 2:9-11</a>.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a> The speaker of this passage, Moses is addressing the Israelites, reminding them of God's unique acts in their history. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a> The audience of Moses' speech, they are being reminded of their unique relationship with God and His mighty works on their behalf. 3. <a href="/topical/c/creation_of_man.htm">Creation of Man</a> Refers to the beginning of humanity, highlighting God's sovereignty and creative power. 4. <a href="/topical/h/heavens_and_earth.htm">Heavens and Earth</a> Symbolizes the vastness of God's creation, emphasizing the unparalleled nature of God's deeds. 5. <a href="/topical/h/historical_events.htm">Historical Events</a> The passage invites reflection on the historical acts of God, particularly the Exodus and the giving of the Law.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_uniqueness_of_god's_acts.htm">The Uniqueness of God's Acts</a> Reflect on the unparalleled nature of God's deeds in history, particularly in the creation and redemption of His people. <a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_remembering.htm">The Importance of Remembering</a> Regularly recall and meditate on God's past faithfulness to strengthen your faith and trust in His future promises. <a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_and_power.htm">God's Sovereignty and Power</a> Acknowledge God's supreme authority over creation and history, which should lead to worship and reverence. <a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_inquiry.htm">The Call to Inquiry</a> Engage in seeking and understanding God's works and His Word, fostering a deeper relationship with Him. <a href="/topical/l/living_in_awe_of_god.htm">Living in Awe of God</a> Cultivate a sense of awe and wonder at God's mighty acts, allowing it to transform your daily life and perspective.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 4</a> <a href="/q/what_is_the_wms_church_of_god.htm">What is the World Mission Society Church of God?</a> <a href="/q/is_god_in_complete_control.htm">Is God in complete control?</a> <a href="/q/is_everyone_genetically_connected.htm">What defines God's character?</a> <a href="/q/creation_duration_(gen_1_31_vs_2_4).htm">How long did creation take? (Genesis 1:31 vs. Genesis 2:4)</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(32) For ask now . . . whether there hath been any such thing.-The same argument is afterwards employed by St. Paul (<a href="/romans/11-29.htm" title="For the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.">Romans 11:29</a>) for the restoration of Israel: "for the gifts and calling of God are without repentance," i.e., irrevocable. He did not go and take Him a nation out of the midst of another nation in order to abandon them at last. He never did so much in the way of personal and visible interposition for any people; and He will not forsake the work of His own hands. Moses had proved the truth of what he says here in many scenes of sin and peril averted by his own intercession. (See especially <a href="/context/numbers/14-11.htm" title="And the LORD said to Moses, How long will this people provoke me? and how long will it be ere they believe me, for all the signs which I have showed among them?">Numbers 14:11-21</a>, and comp. <a href="/1_samuel/12-22.htm" title="For the LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake: because it has pleased the LORD to make you his people.">1Samuel 12:22</a>.)<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 32-40. - Still more to enforce his warning against apostasy, and urge to obedience and faithful adherence to the service of Jehovah, Moses appeals to what they had already experienced of God's grace in the choosing of them to be his people, in his speaking to them to instruct them, and in the miracles which he had wrought for their deliverance and guidance; grace such as had never been showed before to any nation, or heard of since the creation of the world, and by which those who had experienced it were laid under the deepest obligations of gratitude and duty, to love and serve him by whom it had been showed. With this appeal he closes his first address. Verse 32. - For. This connects the statement that fellows with that which precedes as its cause; it is because Jehovah is a merciful God, that the unparalleled grace showed to Israel had been displayed. The days that are past, etc., i.e. inquire from the earliest time of man's abode on the earth. From the one side of heaven unto the other; search the records of all times and places, whether any so great a thing has ever happened or been heard of. <a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Indeed, כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> A relative conjunction ask שְׁאַל־ (šə·’al-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7592.htm">Strong's 7592: </a> To inquire, to request, to demand now נָא֩ (nā) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4994.htm">Strong's 4994: </a> I pray', 'now', 'then' from one end וּלְמִקְצֵ֥ה (ū·lə·miq·ṣêh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> End, extremity of the heavens הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם (haš·šā·ma·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky to וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-) Conjunctive waw | Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5704.htm">Strong's 5704: </a> As far as, even to, up to, until, while [the other] קְצֵ֣ה (qə·ṣêh) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7097.htm">Strong's 7097: </a> End, extremity about the days לְיָמִ֨ים (lə·yā·mîm) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day that אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that long רִֽאשֹׁנִ֜ים (ri·šō·nîm) Adjective - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7223.htm">Strong's 7223: </a> First, in place, time, rank preceded הָי֣וּ (hā·yū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be you, לְפָנֶ֗יךָ (lə·p̄ā·ne·ḵā) Preposition-l | Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> The face from לְמִן־ (lə·min-) Preposition-l <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4480.htm">Strong's 4480: </a> A part of, from, out of the day הַיּוֹם֙ (hay·yō·wm) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3117.htm">Strong's 3117: </a> A day that אֲשֶׁר֩ (’ă·šer) Pronoun - relative <a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that God אֱלֹהִ֤ים ׀ (’ĕ·lō·hîm) Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_430.htm">Strong's 430: </a> gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative created בָּרָ֨א (bā·rā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1254.htm">Strong's 1254: </a> To create, to cut down, select, feed man אָדָם֙ (’ā·ḏām) Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_120.htm">Strong's 120: </a> Ruddy, a human being on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against earth: הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land Has anything as הַזֶּ֔ה (haz·zeh) Article | Pronoun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2088.htm">Strong's 2088: </a> This, that great הַגָּדוֹל֙ (hag·gā·ḏō·wl) Article | Adjective - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1419.htm">Strong's 1419: </a> Great, older, insolent as this כַּדָּבָ֤ר (kad·dā·ḇār) Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1697.htm">Strong's 1697: </a> A word, a matter, thing, a cause ever happened הֲנִֽהְיָ֗ה (hă·nih·yāh) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> To fall out, come to pass, become, be or א֖וֹ (’ōw) Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_176.htm">Strong's 176: </a> Desire, if been reported? הֲנִשְׁמַ֥ע (hă·niš·ma‘) Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8085.htm">Strong's 8085: </a> To hear intelligently <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">Deuteronomy 4:32 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/4-32.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 4:32 For ask now of the days that (Deut. 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