Deuteronomy 10 · Verse 14

Deuteronomy 10:14

Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the Lord’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
Deuteronomy 10:14, King James Version

Deuteronomy 10:14 in other translations

BSBBehold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
WEBBehold, to the LORD your God belongs heaven, the heaven of heavens, and the earth, with all that is therein.
ASVBehold, unto Jehovah thy God belongeth heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
YLT‘Lo, to Jehovah thy God are the heavens and the heavens of the heavens, the earth and all that is in it;
DARBYBehold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belong to Jehovah thy God; the earth and all that is therein.
BBEThe Lord your God is ruler of heaven, of the heaven of heavens, and of the earth with everything in it.
WebsterBehold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens belongeth to the LORD thy God, the earth also, with all that it contains.

What does Deuteronomy 10:14 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 10:10-22

10-22. Moses here resumes his address, and having made a passing allusion to the principal events in their history, concludes by exhorting them to fear the Lord and serve Him faithfully.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 10:12-22

We are here taught our duty to God in our principles and our practices. We must fear the Lord our God. We must love him, and delight in communion with him. We must walk in the ways in which he has appointed us to walk. We must serve him with all our heart and soul. What we do in his service we must do cheerfully, and with good will. We must keep his commandments. There is true honour and pleasure in obedience. We…

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Deuteronomy 10:14 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

הֵ֚ןhenthere!H2005
לַיהוָ֣הla.Yah.weh[belong] to YahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430
הַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
וּשְׁמֵ֣יu.she.Meiand [the] heavens ofH8064
הַשָּׁמָ֑יִםha.sha.Ma.yimthe heavensH8064
הָאָ֖רֶץha.'A.retzthe earthH776
וְכָל\־ve.kholand allH3605
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-thatH834
בָּֽהּ\׃Bah[is] in <the> it

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 10:14

  • Exodus 19:5

    Now therefore, if ye will obey my voice indeed, and keep my covenant, then ye shall be a peculiar treasure unto me above all people: for all the earth is mine:

  • Psalms 24:1

    A Psalm of David. The earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof; the world, and they that dwell therein.

  • Psalms 115:16

    The heaven, even the heavens, are the Lord’s: but the earth hath he given to the children of men.

  • Nehemiah 9:6

    Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host, the earth, and all things that are therein, the seas, and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee.

  • 1 Kings 8:27

    But will God indeed dwell on the earth? behold, the heaven and heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house that I have builded?

  • Psalms 148:4

    Praise him, ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that be above the heavens.

  • Jeremiah 27:5-6

    I have made the earth, the man and the beast that are upon the ground, by my great power and by my outstretched arm, and have given it unto whom it seemed meet unto me. And now have I given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, my servant; and the beasts of the field have I given him also to serve him.

  • Exodus 9:29

    And Moses said unto him, As soon as I am gone out of the city, I will spread abroad my hands unto the Lord; and the thunder shall cease, neither shall there be any more hail; that thou mayest know how that the earth is the Lord’s.

  • Psalms 50:12

    If I were hungry, I would not tell thee: for the world is mine, and the fulness thereof.

  • 2 Chronicles 6:18

    But will God in very deed dwell with men on the earth? behold, heaven and the heaven of heavens cannot contain thee; how much less this house which I have built!

  • Genesis 14:19

    And he blessed him, and said, Blessed be Abram of the most high God, possessor of heaven and earth:

  • 1 Corinthians 10:28

    But if any man say unto you, This is offered in sacrifice unto idols, eat not for his sake that shewed it, and for conscience sake: for the earth is the Lord’s, and the fulness thereof:

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the heaven.
1Ki 8:27; 2Ch 6:18; Ne 9:6; Ps 115:16; 148:4; Isa 66:1
the earth.
Ge 14:19; Ex 9:29; 19:5; Ps 24:1; 50:12; Jer 27:5,6; 1Co 10:26,28

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 10:13

    To keep the commandments of the Lord, and his statutes, which I command thee this day for thy good?

  • Deuteronomy 10:14

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

  • Deuteronomy 10:15

    Only the Lord had a delight in thy fathers to love them, and he chose their seed after them, even you above all people, as it is this day.

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Deuteronomy 10:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		He aquí, de Jehová tu Dios son los cielos, y los cielos de los cielos: la tierra, y todas las cosas que hay en ella.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Voici, à l’ Éternel, ton Dieu, appartiennent les cieux, et les cieux des cieux, la terre et tout ce qui est en elle.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Siehe, Jehovas, deines Gottes, sind die Himmel und die Himmel der Himmel, die Erde und alles, was in ihr ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		En Domini Dei tui cælum est, et cælum cæli, terra, et omnia quæ in ea sunt: