Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 32:1
1Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth.
Deuteronomy 32:1 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- New International Version (NIV)Listen, you heavens, and I will speak; hear, you earth, the words of my mouth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
Context of Deuteronomy 32:1
Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak; listen, earth, to the words from my mouth. 2Let my teaching fall like rain and my word settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass and showers on tender plants. 3For I will proclaim the Lord’s name. Declare the greatness of our God!
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 32:1 word by word
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:1
- Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that you will quickly perish from the land you are about to cross the Jordan to possess. You will not live long there, but you will certainly be destroyed.
- Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse. Choose life so that you and your descendants may live,
- Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble all your tribal elders and officers before me so that I may speak these words directly to them and call heaven and earth as witnesses against them.
- Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all who inhabit the world,
- Isaiah 1:2Listen, heavens, and pay attention, earth, for the Lord has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against me.
- Jeremiah 2:12Be appalled at this, heavens; be shocked and utterly desolated! This is the Lord’s declaration.
- Jeremiah 6:19Listen, earth! I am about to bring disaster on these people, the fruit of their own plotting, for they have paid no attention to my words. They have rejected my instruction.
- Jeremiah 22:29Earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord!
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:1
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 1On the inimitable excellence of this ode much has been written by commentators, critics, and poets - and it is allowed by the best judges to contain a specimen of almost every species of excellence in composition. It is so thoroughly poetic that even the dull Jews themselves found they could not write it in the prose form; and hence it is distinguished as poetry in every Hebrew Bible by being written in its own hemistichs or short half lines, which is the…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-42Verses 1-42 Song of Moses If Deuteronomy 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deuteronomy 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deuteronomy 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deuteronomy 32:34-42, God‘s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people. The Song…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 1The song of Moses. (1-2) The character of God, The character of Israel. (3-6) The great things God had done for Israel. (7-14) The wickedness of Israel. (19-25) The judgments which would come upon them for their sins. (15-18) Deserved vengeance withheld. (26-38) God's deliverance for his people. (39-43) The exhortation with which the song was delivered. (44-47) Moses to go up mount Nebo to die. (48-52) Verses 1-2 Moses begins with a solemn appeal to…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1Give ear, O heavens … hear, O earth: Moses called on the witnesses of the covenant to observe Israel's confession and commitment, as well as its expected disobedience and disloyalty (see 30:19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-431. Give ear, O ye heavens; ... hear, O earth--The magnificence of the exordium, the grandeur of the theme, the frequent and sudden transitions, the elevated strain of the sentiments and language, entitle this song to be ranked amongst the noblest specimens of poetry to be found in the Scriptures.Read the comment
Topics related to Deuteronomy 32:1
In the dictionaries
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
Christian Standard Bible — © 2017 Holman Bible Publishers
Commentaries