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Contemporary English Version

Deuteronomy 10:14

Everything belongs to the Lord your God, not only the earth and everything on it, but also the sky and the highest heavens.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- The Topic Concordance - Belonging;   Earth;   Heaven/the Heavens;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Moses;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Providence of God;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Heaven;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Canticles;   ;   Heaven;   Pentateuch;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Heaven;   Loan;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Deuteronomy;   God;   Heaven;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   Gods;   Omnipresence;   Providence;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - God;   Heaven;   Judaism;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 2;  

Parallel Translations

Hebrew Names Version
Behold, to the LORD your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the eretz, with all that is therein.
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.
Lexham English Bible
Look! For to Yahweh your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
English Standard Version
Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it.
New Century Version
The Lord owns the world and everything in it—the heavens, even the highest heavens, are his.
New English Translation
The heavens—indeed the highest heavens—belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
Amplified Bible
"Behold, the heavens and the highest of heavens belong to the LORD your God, the earth and all that is in it.
New American Standard Bible
"Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Beholde, heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, and the earth, with all that therein is.
Legacy Standard Bible
Behold, to Yahweh your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
Complete Jewish Bible
See, the sky, the heaven beyond the sky, the earth and everything on it all belong to Adonai your God.
Darby Translation
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah thy God; the earth and all that is therein.
Easy-to-Read Version
"Everything belongs to the Lord your God. The heavens, even the highest heavens, belong to him. The earth and everything on it belong to him.
George Lamsa Translation
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belongs to the LORD your God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
Good News Translation
To the Lord belong even the highest heavens; the earth is his also, and everything on it.
Christian Standard Bible®
The heavens, indeed the highest heavens, belong to the Lord your God, as does the earth and everything in it.
Literal Translation
Behold, the heavens and the Heaven of the heavens, the earth and all in it, belong to Jehovah your God.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Beholde, the heauen & the heauen of all heaues and the earth, and all yt is therin, is ye LORDES yi God.
American Standard Version
Behold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Beholde, heauen and the heauen of heauens, is the Lordes thy God, and the earth with all that therin is.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is.
King James Version (1611)
Behold, the heauen, & the heauen of heauens is the Lords thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord thy God, the earth and all things that are in it.
English Revised Version
Behold, unto the LORD thy God belongeth the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that therein is.
Berean Standard Bible
Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Lo! heuene is of thi Lord God, and heuene of heuene; the erthe and alle thingis that ben ther ynne ben hise;
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;
Update Bible Version
Look, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
Webster's Bible Translation
Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belongeth to the LORD thy God, the earth [also], with all that it contains.
World English Bible
Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
New King James Version
Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the LORD your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
New Living Translation
"Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God.
New Life Bible
See, heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it belong to the Lord your God.
New Revised Standard
Although heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to the Lord your God, the earth with all that is in it,
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Lo! unto Yahweh thy God, belong the heavens even the highest heavens, - the earth, with all that is therein.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Behold heaven is the Lord’s thy God, and the heaven of heaven, the earth and all things that are therein.
Revised Standard Version
Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth with all that is in it;
THE MESSAGE
Look around you: Everything you see is God 's—the heavens above and beyond, the Earth, and everything on it. But it was your ancestors who God fell in love with; he picked their children—that's you!—out of all the other peoples. That's where we are right now. So cut away the thick calluses from your heart and stop being so willfully hardheaded. God , your God, is the God of all gods, he's the Master of all masters, a God immense and powerful and awesome. He doesn't play favorites, takes no bribes, makes sure orphans and widows are treated fairly, takes loving care of foreigners by seeing that they get food and clothing.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"Behold, to the LORD your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.

Contextual Overview

12 Moses said: People of Israel, what does the Lord your God want from you? The Lord wants you to respect and follow him, to love and serve him with all your heart and soul, 13 and to obey his laws and teachings that I am giving you today. Do this, and all will go well for you. 14 Everything belongs to the Lord your God, not only the earth and everything on it, but also the sky and the highest heavens. 15 Yet the Lord loved your ancestors and wanted them to belong to him. So he chose them and their descendants rather than any other nation, and today you are still his people. 16 Remember your agreement with the Lord and stop being so stubborn. 17 The Lord your God is more powerful than all other gods and lords, and his tremendous power is to be feared. His decisions are always fair, and you cannot bribe him to change his mind. 18 The Lord defends the rights of orphans and widows. He cares for foreigners and gives them food and clothing. 19 And you should also care for them, because you were foreigners in Egypt. 20 Respect the Lord your God, serve only him, and make promises in his name alone. 21 Offer your praises to him, because you have seen him work such terrifying miracles for you.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the heaven: 1 Kings 8:27, 2 Chronicles 6:18, Nehemiah 9:6, Psalms 115:16, Psalms 148:4, Isaiah 66:1

the earth: Genesis 14:19, Exodus 9:29, Exodus 19:5, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 50:12, Jeremiah 27:5, Jeremiah 27:6, 1 Corinthians 10:26, 1 Corinthians 10:28

Reciprocal: Job 41:11 - whatsoever Matthew 11:25 - Lord

Cross-References

Deuteronomy 2:23
A group called the Avvim used to live in villages as far south as Gaza, but the Philistines killed them and settled on their land.
1 Chronicles 1:12
Pathrusim, Casluhim, and Caphtorim, the ancestor of the Philistines.
Isaiah 11:11
When that day comes, the Lord will again reach out his mighty arm and bring home his people who have survived in Assyria, Egypt, Pathros, Ethiopia, Elam, Shinar, Hamath, and the land along the coast.
Jeremiah 44:1
The Lord told me to speak with the Jews who were living in the towns of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis in northern Egypt, and also to those living in southern Egypt. He told me to tell them:
Jeremiah 47:4
You refugees from Crete, your time has now come, and I will destroy you. None of you will be left to help the cities of Tyre and Sidon.
Amos 9:7
Israel, I am the Lord God, and the Ethiopians are no less important to me than you are. I brought you out of Egypt, but I also brought the Philistines from Crete and the Arameans from Kir.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Behold, the heaven, and the heaven of heavens, are the Lord's thy God,.... Made and possessed by him; the airy and starry heaven, the third heaven, which is the heaven of heavens, the seat of the divine Majesty, the habitation of angels and glorified saints:

the earth [also], with all that therein is; that is his property, and at his disposal, being made by him, and all that is upon it, or contained in it, even whatsoever is on or in the whole terraqueous globe; see Psalms 115:15.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 10:14. Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens — All these words in the original are in the plural number: הן השמים ושמי השמים hen hashshamayim, ushemey hashshamayim; behold the heavens and the heavens of heavens. But what do they mean? To say that the first means the atmosphere, the second the planetary system, and the third the region of the blessed, is saying but very little in the way of explanation. The words were probably intended to point out the immensity of God's creation, in which we may readily conceive one system of heavenly bodies, and others beyond them, and others still in endless progression through the whole vortex of space, every star in the vast abyss of nature being a sun, with its peculiar and numerous attendant worlds! Thus there may be systems of systems in endless gradation up to the throne of God!


 
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