Deuteronomy 34:12

34:12 and he displayed great power ¹  and awesome might in view of all Israel. ² 

Deuteronomy 29:24

29:24 Then all the nations will ask, “Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger ³  all about?”

Deuteronomy 1:19

1:19 Then we left Horeb and passed through all that immense, forbidding wilderness that you saw on the way to the Amorite hill country as the Lord our God had commanded us to do, finally arriving at Kadesh Barnea.

Deuteronomy 4:6

4:6 So be sure to do them, because this will testify of your wise understanding ⁴  to the people who will learn of all these statutes and say, “Indeed, this great nation is a very wise ⁵  people.”

Deuteronomy 4:32

The Uniqueness of Israel’s God

4:32 Indeed, ask about the distant past, starting from the day God created humankind ⁶  on the earth, and ask ⁷  from one end of heaven to the other, whether there has ever been such a great thing as this, or even a rumor of it.

¹ tn Heb “strong hand.”

² tn The Hebrew text of v. 12 reads literally, “with respect to all the strong hand and with respect to all the awesome greatness which Moses did before the eyes of all Israel.”

³ tn Heb “this great burning of anger”; KJV “the heat of this great anger.”

⁵ tn Heb “it is wisdom and understanding.”

⁶ tn Heb “wise and understanding.”

⁷ tn The Hebrew term אָדָם (’adam) may refer either to Adam or, more likely, to “man” in the sense of the human race (“mankind,” “humankind”). The idea here seems more universal in scope than reference to Adam alone would suggest.

⁸ tn The verb is not present in the Hebrew text but has been supplied in the translation for clarification. The challenge has both temporal and geographical dimensions. The people are challenged to (1) inquire about the entire scope of past history and (2) conduct their investigation on a worldwide scale.