Deuteronomy 32 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 “Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And you hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth! “Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth. Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine drops as rain; My sayings flow as dew; As storms on the tender grass, || And as showers on the herb, May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb. Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
3 For I proclaim the Name of YHWH; Ascribe greatness to our God! For I will proclaim the name of the LORD; ascribe greatness to our God! I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
4 The Rock—His work [is] perfect, || For all His ways [are] just; God of steadfastness, and without iniquity; Righteous and upright [is] He. “The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he. He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
5 It has done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not of His sons, || A generation perverse and crooked! They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation. They are corrupt and not his children; to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.
6 Do you act thus to YHWH, || O people foolish and not wise? Is He not your Father—He who bought you? He made you, and establishes you. Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you? Is this the way you repay the LORD, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you?
7 Remember days of old—Understand the years of many generations—Ask your father, and he tells you; Your elderly, and they say to you: Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.
8 In the Most High causing nations to inherit, || In His separating sons of Adam—He sets up the borders of the peoples || By the number of the sons of God [[or sons of Israel]]. When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he divided mankind, he fixed the borders of the peoples according to the number of the sons of God. When the Most High gave the nations their inheritance, when he divided all mankind, he set up boundaries for the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
9 For YHWH’s portion [is] His people, || Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance. But the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage. For the LORD’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance.
10 He finds him in a land—a desert, || And in a void—a howling wilderness, || He turns him around—He causes him to understand—He keeps him as the apple of His eye. “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye,
11 As an eagle wakes up its nest, || Flutters over its young ones, || Spreads its wings [and] takes them, || Carries them on its pinions— Like an eagle that stirs up its nest, that flutters over its young, spreading out its wings, catching them, bearing them on its pinions, like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft.
12 YHWH alone leads him, || And there is no strange god with him. the LORD alone guided him, no foreign god was with him. The LORD alone led him; no foreign god was with him.
13 He makes him ride on high places of earth, || And he eats increase of the fields, || And He makes him suck honey from a rock, || And oil out of the flint of a rock; He made him ride on the high places of the land, and he ate the produce of the field, and he suckled him with honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock. He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him with the fruit of the fields. He nourished him with honey from the rock, and with oil from the flinty crag,
14 Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, || With fat of lambs, and rams of sons of Bashan, || And male goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape you drink wine! Curds from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of Bashan and goats, with the very finest of the wheat— and you drank foaming wine made from the blood of the grape. with curds and milk from herd and flock and with fattened lambs and goats, with choice rams of Bashan and the finest kernels of wheat. You drank the foaming blood of the grape.
15 And Yeshurun waxes fat, and kicks: You have been fat, you have been thick, || You have been covered. And he leaves God who made him, || And dishonors the Rock of his salvation. “But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation. Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; filled with food, they became heavy and sleek. They abandoned the God who made them and rejected the Rock their Savior.
16 They make Him zealous with strangers, || They make Him angry with abominations. They stirred him to jealousy with strange gods; with abominations they provoked him to anger. They made him jealous with their foreign gods and angered him with their detestable idols.
17 They sacrifice to the demons, not God, || To gods they have not known, || New ones—they came from the vicinity; Your fathers have not feared them! They sacrificed to demons that were no gods, to gods they had never known, to new gods that had come recently, whom your fathers had never dreaded. They sacrificed to false gods, which are not God— gods they had not known, gods that recently appeared, gods your ancestors did not fear.
18 You forget the Rock that begot you, || And neglect God who forms you. You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth. You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
19 And YHWH sees and despises—For the provocation of His sons and His daughters. “The LORD saw it and spurned them, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters. The LORD saw this and rejected them because he was angered by his sons and daughters.
20 And He says: I hide My face from them, || I see what their latter end [is]; For they [are] a contrary generation, || Sons in whom is no steadfastness. And he said, ‘I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. “I will hide my face from them,” he said, “and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful.
21 They have made Me jealous by [what is] not God, || They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them jealous by [what is] not a people, || I make them angry by a foolish nation. They have made me jealous with what is no god; they have provoked me to anger with their idols. So I will make them jealous with those who are no people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation. They made me jealous by what is no god and angered me with their worthless idols. I will make them envious by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.
22 For a fire has been kindled in My anger, || And it burns to the lowest [part] of Sheol, || And consumes earth and its increase, || And sets on fire [the] foundations of mountains. For a fire is kindled by my anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol, devours the earth and its increase, and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains. For a fire will be kindled by my wrath, one that burns down to the realm of the dead below. It will devour the earth and its harvests and set afire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I heap calamities on them, || I consume My arrows on them. “‘And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them; “I will heap calamities on them and spend my arrows against them.
24 Exhausted by famine, || And consumed by heat and bitter destruction—I also send the teeth of beasts on them, || With poison of fearful things of the dust. they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust. I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
25 The sword destroys from outside, || And out of the inner-chambers—terror, || Both youth and virgin, || Suckling with man of grey hair. Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs. In the street the sword will make them childless; in their homes terror will reign. The young men and young women will perish, the infants and those with gray hair.
26 I have said: I blow them away, || I cause their remembrance to cease from man; I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,” I said I would scatter them and erase their name from human memory,
27 If I do not fear the anger of an enemy, || Lest their adversaries know—Lest they say, Our hand is high, || And YHWH has not worked all this. had I not feared provocation by the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, lest they should say, “Our hand is triumphant, it was not the LORD who did all this.”’ but I dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest the adversary misunderstand and say, ‘Our hand has triumphed; the LORD has not done all this.’”
28 For they [are] a nation lost to counsels, || And there is no understanding in them. “For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them. They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.
29 If only they were wise, || They would deal wisely [with] this, || They would attend to their latter end! If they were wise, they would understand this; they would discern their latter end! If only they were wise and would understand this and discern what their end will be!
30 How does one pursue a thousand, || And two cause a myriad to flee, || If not that their Rock has sold them, || And YHWH has shut them up? How could one have chased a thousand, and two have put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up? How could one man chase a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
31 For their rock [is] not as our Rock || (And our enemies [are] judges!) For their rock is not as our Rock; our enemies are by themselves. For their rock is not like our Rock, as even our enemies concede.
32 For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, || And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes [are] grapes of gall—They have bitter clusters; For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of poison; their clusters are bitter; Their vine comes from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are filled with poison, and their clusters with bitterness.
33 The poison of dragons [is] their wine || And the fierce venom of cobras. their wine is the poison of serpents and the cruel venom of asps. Their wine is the venom of serpents, the deadly poison of cobras.
34 Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures? “‘Is not this laid up in store with me, sealed up in my treasuries? “Have I not kept this in reserve and sealed it in my vaults?
35 Vengeance and retribution [are] Mine, || At the due time—their foot slides; For near is a day of their calamity, || And things prepared for them have hastened. Vengeance is mine, and recompense, for the time when their foot shall slip; for the day of their calamity is at hand, and their doom comes swiftly.’ It is mine to avenge; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; their day of disaster is near and their doom rushes upon them.”
36 For YHWH judges His people, || And gives comfort over His servants. For He sees the going away of power, || And none is restrained and left. For the LORD will vindicate his people and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone and there is none remaining, bond or free. The LORD will vindicate his people and relent concerning his servants when he sees their strength is gone and no one is left, slave or free.
37 And He has said, Where [are] their gods—The rock in which they trusted? Then he will say, ‘Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge, He will say: “Now where are their gods, the rock they took refuge in,
38 Who eat the fat of their sacrifices, || [And] drink the wine of their drink-offering? Let them arise and help you, || Let it be a hiding place for you! who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you; let them be your protection! the gods who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up to help you! Let them give you shelter!
39 See, now, that I [am] He, || And there is no god besides Me; I put to death and I keep alive; I have struck and I heal; And there is not a deliverer from My hand, “‘See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god beside me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; and there is none that can deliver out of my hand. “See now that I myself am he! There is no god besides me. I put to death and I bring to life, I have wounded and I will heal, and no one can deliver out of my hand.
40 For I lift up My hand to the heavens, || And have said, I live for all time! For I lift up my hand to heaven and swear, As I live forever, I lift my hand to heaven and solemnly swear: As surely as I live forever,
41 If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, || And My hand lays hold on judgment, || I return vengeance to My adversaries, || And to those hating Me—I repay! if I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand takes hold on judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and will repay those who hate me. when I sharpen my flashing sword and my hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on my adversaries and repay those who hate me.
42 I make My arrows drunk with blood, || And My sword devours flesh, || From the blood of the pierced and captive, || From the head of the leaders of the enemy. I will make my arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh— with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the long-haired heads of the enemy.’ I will make my arrows drunk with blood, while my sword devours flesh: the blood of the slain and the captives, the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Sing, O nations, [with] His people, || For He avenges the blood of His servants, || And He turns back vengeance on His adversaries, || And has pardoned His land [and] His people.” “Rejoice with him, O heavens; bow down to him, all gods, for he avenges the blood of his children and takes vengeance on his adversaries. He repays those who hate him and cleanses his people’s land.” Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants; he will take vengeance on his enemies and make atonement for his land and people.
44 And Moses comes and speaks all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun; Moses came and recited all the words of this song in the hearing of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun. Moses came with Joshua son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
45 and Moses finishes to speak all these words to all Israel, And when Moses had finished speaking all these words to all Israel, When Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel,
46 and says to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you today, that you command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law, he said to them, “Take to heart all the words by which I am warning you today, that you may command them to your children, that they may be careful to do all the words of this law. he said to them, “Take to heart all the words I have solemnly declared to you this day, so that you may command your children to obey carefully all the words of this law.
47 for it [is] not a vain thing for you, for it [is] your life, and by this thing you prolong days on the ground to where you are passing over the Jordan to possess it.” For it is no empty word for you, but your very life, and by this word you shall live long in the land that you are going over the Jordan to possess.” They are not just idle words for you—they are your life. By them you will live long in the land you are crossing the Jordan to possess.”
48 And YHWH speaks to Moses on this very same day, saying, That very day the LORD spoke to Moses, On that same day the LORD told Moses,
49 “Go up to this Mount Abarim, Mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, which [is] on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession; “Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, opposite Jericho, and view the land of Canaan, which I am giving to the people of Israel for a possession. “Go up into the Abarim Range to Mount Nebo in Moab, across from Jericho, and view Canaan, the land I am giving the Israelites as their own possession.
50 and die on the mountain to where you are going up, and be gathered to your people, as your brother Aaron has died on Mount Hor and is gathered to his people; And die on the mountain which you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died in Mount Hor and was gathered to his people, There on the mountain that you have climbed you will die and be gathered to your people, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people.
51 because you trespassed against Me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin, because you did not sanctify Me in the midst of the sons of Israel. because you broke faith with me in the midst of the people of Israel at the waters of Meribah-kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin, and because you did not treat me as holy in the midst of the people of Israel. This is because both of you broke faith with me in the presence of the Israelites at the waters of Meribah Kadesh in the Desert of Zin and because you did not uphold my holiness among the Israelites.
52 Indeed, you see the land before [you], but you do not go in there to the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.” For you shall see the land before you, but you shall not go there, into the land that I am giving to the people of Israel.” Therefore, you will see the land only from a distance; you will not enter the land I am giving to the people of Israel.”
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