Translation commentary on Deuteronomy 4:35

To you it was shown: “You saw [all these things] for yourselves,” or “God showed you [all these things].” Revised English Bible has “You have had sure proof.”

That you might know that the LORD is God: “to prove to you that…” (Good News Translation), “to convince you that….” New Revised Standard Version translates “so that you would acknowledge.”

There is no other god besides him: “there is no other god,” “Yahweh is the only god,” “he alone is God” (Good News Translation), or “he is the only true God” (Contemporary English Version) (see 5.7; 32.39).

Quoted with permission from Bratcher, Robert G. and Hatton, Howard A. A Handbook on Deuteronomy. (UBS Helps for Translators). New York: UBS, 2000. For this and other handbooks for translators see here .

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