There is no one like you among the gods, Lord, nor any deeds like your deeds.
Parallel translations
- KJV Among the gods there is none like unto thee, O Lord; neither are there any works like unto thy works.
- BSB O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- NKJV Among the gods there is none like You, O Lord; Nor are there any works like Your works.
- NASB There is no one like You among the gods, Lord, Nor are there any works like Yours.
- NLT No pagan god is like you, O Lord. None can do what you do!
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Quick answer
No god is like the LORD, and no deeds compare to His. God's incomparable greatness sets Him apart from all rivals.
Overview
David affirms the LORD's uniqueness over the so-called gods of the nations, whether idols or spiritual powers. This monotheistic confession grounds worship and trust in the one true God. It anticipates the New Testament's insistence that there is one God, fully revealed in Jesus Christ, before whom every other claimant falls.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 11
- Exod 15:11Who is like you, Yahweh, among the gods? Who is like you, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?
- Deut 3:24“Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?
- Ps 89:6For who in the skies can be compared to Yahweh? Who among the sons of the heavenly beings is like Yahweh,
- Dan 3:29Therefore I make a decree, that every people, nation, and language, which speak anything evil against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill; because there is no other god who is able to deliver after this sort.
- Isa 40:25“To whom then will you liken me? Who is my equal?” says the Holy One.
- Ps 89:8Yahweh, God of Armies, who is a mighty one, like you? Yah, your faithfulness is around you.
- Jer 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
- Isa 40:18To whom then will you liken God? Or what likeness will you compare to him?
- Deut 4:34Or has God tried to go and take a nation for himself from among another nation, by trials, by signs, by wonders, by war, by a mighty hand, by an outstretched arm, and by great terrors, according to all that Yahweh your God did for you in Egypt before your eyes?
- Ps 136:4To him who alone does great wonders; for his loving kindness endures forever:
- Jer 10:6–7There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
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