Deuteronomy 10:14 “Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heav…”

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.

World English Bible

Behold, to the LORD your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.

American Standard Version

Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.

Geneva Bible 1599

Beholde, heauen, and the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.

Darby Translation

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah thy God; the earth and all that is therein.

Young's Literal Translation

'Lo, to Jehovah thy God [are] the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that [is] in it;

Bible in Basic English

The Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.

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Cross references

“the heaven”

Psalm 115:16 Nehemiah 9:6 1 Kings 8:27 Psalm 148:4 2 Chronicles 6:18 Isaiah 66:1

Psalm 115:16 · BSB

The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.

Nehemiah 9:6 · BSB

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 Yo…

1 Kings 8:27 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Psalm 148:4 · BSB

Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.

2 Chronicles 6:18 · BSB

But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.

Isaiah 66:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Heaven is My throne, and earth is My footstool. What kind of house will you build for Me? Or where will My place of repose be?

“the earth”

Exodus 19:5 Psalm 24:1 Exodus 9:29 Psalm 50:12 Genesis 14:19 1 Corinthians 10:26

Exodus 19:5 · BSB

Now if you will indeed obey My voice and keep My covenant, you will be My treasured possession out of all the nations—for the whole earth is Mine.

Psalm 24:1 · BSB

The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.

Exodus 9:29 · BSB

Moses said to him, “When I have left the city, I will spread out my hands to the LORD. The thunder will cease, and there will be no more hail, so that you may know that the earth is the LORD’s.

Psalm 50:12 · BSB

If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.

Genesis 14:19 · BSB

and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,

1 Corinthians 10:26 · BSB

for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

13and to keep the commandments and statutes of the LORD that I am giving you this day for your own good?

15Yet the LORD has set His affection on your fathers and loved them. And He has chosen you, their descendants after them, above all the peoples, even to this day.

Read Deuteronomy 10