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Deuteronomy 4:32

Deuteronomy 4:32
For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee, since the day that God created man upon the earth, and ask from the one side of heaven unto the other, whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it?

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

For ask now of the days that are past, which were before thee,.... Inquire into and consult the annals of former times, of ages past:

since the day that God created man upon the earth; trace them…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Deuteronomy 4:29-40

Unwilling, as it might seem, to close his discourse with words of terror, Moses makes a last appeal to them in these verses in a different strain. Deu 4:34 Temptations - Compare Deu 7:18-19; Deu…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Deuteronomy 4:1-40

This most lively and excellent discourse is so entire, and the particulars of it are so often repeated, that we must take it altogether in the exposition of it, and endeavour to digest it into proper…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

For The connection, as we have seen, is not with the immediately preceding Deu 4:29-31, but with either Deu 4:28 or Deu 4:24.

ask now, etc.] The challenge is bold and characteristic of D. From the…