so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the LORD is God. There is no other!
Parallel translations
- WEB that all the peoples of the earth may know that Yahweh himself is God. There is no one else.
- KJV That all the people of the earth may know that the LORD is God, and that there is none else.
- NKJV that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no other.
- NASB so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the Lord is God; there is no one else.
- NLT Then people all over the earth will know that the Lord alone is God and there is no other.
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Quick answer
Solomon's aim is that all peoples may know that Yahweh alone is God. It reveals a missionary purpose behind Israel's blessing.
Overview
Solomon states the ultimate goal: that the whole earth would recognize that Yahweh is God and there is no other. Israel's blessing serves God's glory among the nations. This universal purpose finds its fulfillment in the gospel, as the knowledge of the one true God spreads through Christ to all peoples.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Deut 4:35You were shown these things so that you would know that the LORD is God; there is no other besides Him.
- 1 Kgs 18:39When all the people saw this, they fell facedown and said, “The LORD, He is God! The LORD, He is God!”
- 2 Kgs 19:19And now, O LORD our God, please save us from his hand, so that all the kingdoms of the earth may know that You alone, O LORD, are God.”
- Jer 10:10–12But the LORD is the true God; He is the living God and eternal King. The earth quakes at His wrath, and the nations cannot endure His indignation.
- Isa 44:8Do not tremble or fear. Have I not told you and declared it long ago? You are My witnesses! Is there any God but Me? There is no other Rock; I know not one.”
- Isa 45:22Turn to Me and be saved, all the ends of the earth; for I am God, and there is no other.
- Isa 45:5–6I am the LORD, and there is no other; there is no God but Me. I will equip you for battle, though you have not known Me,
- Isa 44:6Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- 1 Sam 17:46This day the LORD will deliver you into my hand. This day I will strike you down, cut off your head, and give the carcasses of the Philistines to the birds of the air and the creatures of the earth. Then the whole world will know that there is a God in Israel.
- Isa 44:24Thus says the LORD, your Redeemer who formed you from the womb: “I am the LORD, who has made all things, who alone stretched out the heavens, who by Myself spread out the earth,
- Deut 4:39Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
- 1 Kgs 8:43then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, and do according to all for which the foreigner calls to You. Then all the peoples of the earth will know Your name and fear You, as do Your people Israel, and they will know that this house I have built is called by Your Name.
- Joel 2:27Then you will know that I am present in Israel and that I am the LORD your God, and there is no other. My people will never again be put to shame.
- Josh 4:24He did this so that all the peoples of the earth may know that the hand of the LORD is mighty, and so that you may always fear the LORD your God.”
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