Behold, to the LORD your God belong the heavens, even the highest heavens, and the earth and everything in it.
Parallel translations
- WEB Behold, to Yahweh your God belongs heaven and the heaven of heavens, the earth, with all that is therein.
- KJV Behold, the heaven and the heaven of heavens is the LORD’s thy God, the earth also, with all that therein is.
- NKJV Indeed heaven and the highest heavens belong to the Lord your God, also the earth with all that is in it.
- NASB Behold, to the Lord your God belong heaven and the highest heavens, the earth and all that is in it.
- NLT “Look, the highest heavens and the earth and everything in it all belong to the Lord your God.
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Quick answer
All heaven and earth belong to the Lord, the Creator and owner of everything. His universal ownership grounds His right to command and His grace in choosing Israel.
Overview
Moses lifts Israel's eyes to God's cosmic sovereignty over the highest heavens and the earth with all it contains. Because everything is His, God owed Israel nothing, making His covenant love pure grace. This sovereign Creator is the same God who, in Christ, reconciles all things to Himself.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 14
- Exod 19:5Now 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.
- Ps 24:1A Psalm of David. The earth is the LORD’s, and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein.
- Neh 9:6You 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 You.
- Ps 115:16The highest heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth He has given to mankind.
- 1 Kgs 8:27But will God indeed dwell upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- Ps 148:4Praise Him, O highest heavens, and you waters above the skies.
- Jer 27:5–6By My great power and outstretched arm, I made the earth and the men and beasts on the face of it, and I give it to whom I please.
- Exod 9:29Moses 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.
- Ps 50:12If I were hungry, I would not tell you, for the world is Mine, and the fullness thereof.
- 2 Chr 6:18But will God indeed dwell with man upon the earth? Even heaven, the highest heaven, cannot contain You, much less this temple I have built.
- 1 Cor 10:26for, “The earth is the Lord’s, and the fullness thereof.”
- 1 Cor 10:28But if someone tells you, “This food was offered to idols,” then do not eat it, for the sake of the one who told you and for the sake of conscience—
- Gen 14:19and he blessed Abram and said: “Blessed be Abram by God Most High, Creator of heaven and earth,
- Isa 66:1This 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?
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Christ at the center
Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).
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