Deuteronomy 4:39 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Bible Comments

Know therefore this day, and consider [it] in thine heart, that the LORD he [is] God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: [there is] none else.

Ver. 39. That the Lord he is God in heaven.] A philosopher a could say, that God is a circle, whose centre is everywhere, whose circumference is nowhere; ubi est Deus? quid dixi miser? sed ubi non est? Where is God? or rather, where is not God? He is higher than heaven, lower than hell, broader than the sea, longer than the earth. Nusquam est et ubique est, quia nec abest ulli, nec ullo capitur loco. b He is nowhere, and yet everywhere; far from no place, and yet not contained in any place.

a Empedocles.

b Bernard.

Deuteronomy 4:39

39 Know therefore this day, and consider it in thine heart, that the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.