The Meaning of Deuteronomy 4:35 Explained

Deuteronomy 4:35

KJV: Unto thee it was shewed, that thou mightest know that the LORD he is God; there is none else beside him.

YLT: Thou, thou hast been shewn it, to know that Jehovah He is God; there is none else besides Him.

Darby: Unto thee it was shewn, that thou mightest know that Jehovah, he is God there is none other besides him.

ASV: Unto thee it was showed, that thou mightest know that Jehovah he is God; there is none else besides him.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Unto thee it was shewed,  that thou mightest know  that the LORD  he [is] God;  [there is] none else  beside him. 

What does Deuteronomy 4:35 Mean?

Context Summary

Deuteronomy 4:32-49 - Israel's Peculiar Privileges
Every argument that love and wisdom, the great past and the miracles of the Exodus could suggest, was brought to bear on the hearts of the chosen people, fortifying them against the temptations to backsliding. They were bidden to ask from ancient history and from one end of heaven to another, if any such wonders had ever been known in the history of the nations. But it must be sorrowfully confessed that memory and wonder are not enough to permanently fortify the heart against the insidious entrance of evil. Only the Holy Spirit can do that, Romans 8:1-4; Galatians 5:16.
So eager is the divine heart that none should perish but that all should come to repentance, that guide-posts to refuge are carefully multiplied. Here again their names and locations are specified, lest any should not have met with former notifications, Numbers 35:6; Numbers 35:14; 2 Peter 3:9. [source]

Chapter Summary: Deuteronomy 4

1  An exhortation to obedience
41  Moses appoints the three cities of refuge on that side of Jordan
44  Recapitulation

What do the individual words in Deuteronomy 4:35 mean?

to you it was shown that you might know that Yahweh He [is] God [there is] none other besides Him
אַתָּה֙ הָרְאֵ֣תָ לָדַ֔עַת כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה ה֣וּא הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים אֵ֥ין ע֖וֹד מִלְבַדּֽוֹ‪‬

אַתָּה֙  to  you 
Parse: Pronoun, second person masculine singular
Root: אַתְּ 
Sense: you (second pers.
הָרְאֵ֣תָ  it  was  shown 
Parse: Verb, Hofal, Perfect, second person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
לָדַ֔עַת  that  you  might  know 
Parse: Preposition-l, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct
Root: דָּעָה 
Sense: to know.
כִּ֥י  that 
Parse: Conjunction
Root: כִּי 
Sense: that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים  [is]  God 
Parse: Article, Noun, masculine plural
Root: אֱלֹהִים  
Sense: (plural).
אֵ֥ין  [there  is]  none 
Parse: Adverb
Root: אַיִן 
Sense: nothing, not, nought n.
ע֖וֹד  other 
Parse: Adverb
Root: עֹוד  
Sense: a going round, continuance adv.
מִלְבַדּֽוֹ‪‬  besides  Him 
Parse: Preposition-m, Preposition-l, Noun, masculine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: בַּד 
Sense: alone, by itself, besides, a part, separation, being alone.