Deuteronomy 3:24
in Deuteronomy 3“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?
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Lord Jehovah, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness, and thy strong hand: for what god is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy mighty acts?
KJV
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?
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This verse in Deuteronomy 3
Commentary
5 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
At that time I also pleaded with the LORD
on Deuteronomy 3:23-25
Moses asks once, resting the prayer on what he has been shown: "You have begun to show Your greatness". He asks to "see the good land", and Adam Clarke reads it as the wish of a man who carried the people forty years.
This site's exposition
You have begun to show Your greatness
Moses addresses God as Lord GOD, joining the title of a master to the covenant name, and calls himself Your servant. John Wesley reads the plea as asking God to finish what he had begun.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness - Lord, perfect what thou hast begun. The more we see of God's glory in his works, the more we desire to see. And the more we are affected with what we have seen of God, the better we are prepared for farther discoveries.
O Lord God, thou hast begun to show thy servant thy greatness and thy mighty hand,.... To give a specimen of the greatness of his power in subduing the two kings and their kingdoms, and delivering them up into the hands of the Israelites.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
The prayer of Moses recorded in these two verses, and his own reflections on it, Deu 3:26, are very affecting. He had suffered much both in body and mind in bringing the people to the borders of the promised land; and it was natural enough for him to wish to see them established in it, and to enjoy a portion of that inheritance himself, which he knew was a type of the heavenly country. But notwithstanding his very earnest prayer, and God’s especial favor towards him, he was not permitted to go over Jordan!
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֲדֹנָ֣י | ʾadonai | O Lord | H136 → | |
| יְהוִ֗ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3069 → | |
| אַתָּ֤ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙ | hachilota | you have begun | H2490 → | 143 times |
| לְהַרְא֣וֹת | leharot | to show | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עַבְדְּךָ֔ | ʾavdekha | servant your | H5650 → | 799 times |
| אֶ֨ת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| גָּדְלְךָ֔ | gadelekha | greatness your | H1433 → | 13 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יָדְךָ֖ | yadekha | hand your | H3027 → | 1618 times |
| הַחֲזָקָ֑ה | hachazakah | <the> strong | H2389 → | 56 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֤ר | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| מִי־ | mi- | who? | H4310 → | 423 times |
| אֵל֙ | ʾel | [is] God | H410 → | 241 times |
| בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִם | bashamayim | in the heavens | H8064 → | 421 times |
| וּבָאָ֔רֶץ | uvaaretz | and on the earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | who | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יַעֲשֶׂ֥ה | yaaseh | he will do | H6213 → | 2628 times |
| כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָ | khemaaseikha | like works your | H4639 → | 236 times |
| וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃ | vekhigvurotekha | and like mighty deeds your | H1369 → |
אֲדֹנָ֣יO Lord
ʾadonaiH136 →
יְהוִ֗הYahweh
yahwehH3069 →
אַתָּ֤הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
הַֽחִלּ֙וֹתָ֙you have begun
hachilotaH2490 →143 times
לְהַרְא֣וֹתto show
leharotH7200 →1300 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
עַבְדְּךָ֔servant your
ʾavdekhaH5650 →799 times
אֶ֨ת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
גָּדְלְךָ֔greatness your
gadelekhaH1433 →13 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
יָדְךָ֖hand your
yadekhaH3027 →1618 times
הַחֲזָקָ֑ה<the> strong
hachazakahH2389 →56 times
אֲשֶׁ֤רthat
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
מִי־who?
mi-H4310 →423 times
אֵל֙[is] God
ʾelH410 →241 times
בַּשָּׁמַ֣יִםin the heavens
bashamayimH8064 →421 times
וּבָאָ֔רֶץand on the earth
uvaaretzH776 →2504 times
אֲשֶׁר־who
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יַעֲשֶׂ֥הhe will do
yaasehH6213 →2628 times
כְמַעֲשֶׂ֖יךָlike works your
khemaaseikhaH4639 →236 times
וְכִגְבוּרֹתֶֽךָ׃and like mighty deeds your
vekhigvurotekhaH1369 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:23
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with…
- Psalms 89:5–8
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 1 Samuel 2:2
There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- 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.
- Revelation 4:8
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty,…
- 1 Kings 8:23
Through
Psalms 86:8O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 89:6
For who in the skies can compare with the LORD? Who among the heavenly beings is like the LORD?
- Exodus 15:11
Through
Psalms 71:19Your righteousness reaches to the heavens, O God, You who have done great things. Who, O God, is like You?
it leads to
- 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 35:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.