Bible Strands
Deuteronomy 4:39
Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Moses addresses Israel regarding the imminent conquest of Canaan and the distribution of the land as their inheritance. He positions the declaration as a present-tense reality tied to the immediate transition into the promised territory.
The words — יָדַעְתָּ (ya.da'.Ta) means "you will know," and לְבָבֶךָ (le.va.ve.Kha) translates literally to "your heart." The syntax commands cognitive recognition followed by deliberate internalization.
The thread — The assertion of Yahweh's exclusive sovereignty runs through Deuteronomy 4:35, Joshua 2:11, and 1 Chronicles 29:11. These passages consistently link divine supremacy with historical intervention and covenant loyalty.
Why it lands — The text states that Yahweh alone rules heaven and earth and commands the reader to internalize this fact. It requires practical obedience to His statutes and commandments to secure the promised inheritance.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Joshua 2:11 When we heard this, our hearts melted and everyone’s courage failed because of you, for the LORD your God is God in the heavens above and on the earth below.
- Deuteronomy 4:35 You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11 Yours, O LORD, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in heaven and on earth belongs to You. Yours, O LORD, is the kingdom, and You are exalted as head over all.
- Hosea 7:2 But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- Psalms 135:6 The LORD does all that pleases Him in the heavens and on the earth, in the seas and in all their depths.
- 2 Chronicles 20:6 and said, “O LORD, God of our fathers, are You not the God who is in heaven, and do You not rule over all the kingdoms of the nations? Power and might are in Your hand, and no one can stand against You.
- Deuteronomy 32:29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- Psalms 115:3 Our God is in heaven; He does as He pleases.
- Daniel 4:35 All the peoples of the earth are counted as nothing, and He does as He pleases with the army of heaven and the peoples of the earth. There is no one who can restrain His hand or say to Him, ‘What have You done?’”