Deuteronomy 3:24

“O Lord GOD, You have begun to show Your greatness and power to Your servant. For what god in heaven or on earth can perform such works and mighty acts as Yours?

Berean Standard Bible

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Study note

Setting — Moses addresses God directly during his final plea to enter the land beyond the Jordan, following the defeat of Sihon and Og.

The words — הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ (ha.chiLo.ta) = you have begun, and עַבְדְּ/ךָ֔ ('av.de./Kha) = your servant, marking the transition from divine initiative to human dependence.

The thread — The verse’s challenge to identify a rival deity echoes the rhetorical question in Exodus 15:11 and Psalms 71:19, while Deuteronomy 11:2 recalls the same witnessed greatness without repeating the question.

Why it lands — The text demands recognition of God’s exclusive capacity for mighty acts and forces the reader to confront their own position as a servant before that power.

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The Hebrew words

King James Version

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?

Cross-references

Exodus 15:11 Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Deuteronomy 11:2 Know this day that it is not your children who have known and seen the discipline of the LORD your God: His greatness, His mighty hand, and His outstretched arm;
Psalms 71:19 Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
2 Samuel 7:22 How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
Psalms 86:8 O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
Jeremiah 32:18 You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
Nehemiah 9:32 So now, our God, the great and mighty and awesome God who keeps His gracious covenant, do not view lightly all the hardship that has come upon us, and upon our kings and leaders, our priests and prophets, our ancestors and all Your people, from the days of the kings of Assyria until today.
Psalms 35:10 All my bones will exclaim, “Who is like You, O LORD, who delivers the afflicted from the aggressor, the poor and needy from the robber?”
Psalms 89:6 For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
Psalms 89:8 O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.