Deuteronomy 4:32

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 quite up to the creation of the world, and men in it:

and ask from the one side of heaven to the other ; traverse the whole globe, and examine the records of every nation in it in both hemispheres:

whether there hath been any such thing as this great thing is, or hath been heard like it ? whether they can give any account of anything seen, heard, or done like what follows; suggesting that they cannot furnish out an instance to be mentioned with it.