Christian Standard Bible
Deuteronomy 32:3
3For I will proclaim the Lord’s name. Declare the greatness of our God!
Deuteronomy 32:3 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
- New International Version (NIV)I will proclaim the name of the Lord. Oh, praise the greatness of our God!
- English Standard Version (ESV)For I will proclaim the name of the Lord; ascribe greatness to our God!
- New King James Version (NKJV)For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God.
Context of Deuteronomy 32:3
1Pay 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. For I will proclaim the Lord’s name. Declare the greatness of our God! 4The Rock — his work is perfect; all his ways are just. A faithful God, without bias, he is righteous and true. 5His people have acted corruptly toward him; this is their defect — they are not his children but a devious and crooked generation.
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כִּ֛י שֵׁ֥ם יְהוָ֖ה אֶקְרָ֑א הָב֥וּ גֹ֖דֶל לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:3
- Exodus 3:13Then Moses asked God, “If I go to the Israelites and say to them, ‘The God of your ancestors has sent me to you,’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ what should I tell them?”
- Exodus 6:3I appeared to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob as God Almighty, but I was not known to them by my name ‘the Lord.’
- Exodus 20:24“Make an earthen altar for me, and sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, your flocks and herds. I will come to you and bless you in every place where I cause my name to be remembered.
- Exodus 34:5The Lord came down in a cloud, stood with him there, and proclaimed his name, “the Lord.”
- Psalms 29:1Ascribe to the Lord, you heavenly beings, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
- Psalms 89:16They rejoice in your name all day long, and they are exalted by your righteousness.
- Psalms 105:1Give thanks to the Lord, call on his name; proclaim his deeds among the peoples.
- Psalms 145:1I exalt you, my God the King, and bless your name forever and ever.
- Jeremiah 10:6Lord, there is no one like you. You are great; your name is great in power.
- Jeremiah 23:6In his days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. This is the name he will be called: The Lord Is Our Righteousness.
- Matthew 1:23See, the virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel, which is translated “God is with us.”
- John 17:6“I have revealed your name to the people you gave me from the world. They were yours, you gave them to me, and they have kept your word.
- Deuteronomy 5:24You said, ‘Look, the Lord our God has shown us his glory and greatness, and we have heard his voice from the fire. Today we have seen that God speaks with a person, yet he still lives.
- 1 Chronicles 17:19Lord, you have done this whole great thing, making known all these great promises for the sake of your servant and according to your will.
- 1 Chronicles 29:11Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the splendor and the majesty, for everything in the heavens and on earth belongs to you. Yours, Lord, is the kingdom, and you are exalted as head over all.
- Psalms 145:3The Lord is great and is highly praised; his greatness is unsearchable.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:3
- 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. 3-6Verses 3-6 "He is a Rock." This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in Christ and the gospel, form a foundation which cannot be changed or moved, on which we may build our hopes of happiness. And under his protection we may find refuge from all our enemies, and in all our troubles; as the rocks in those countries sheltered from the burning rays of the sun, and…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-47In ancient times, vows from both parties secured a treaty between individuals or nations. Israel's promise was in a song of witness that Moses composed under divine inspiration (31:19–22). Israel probably sang the song during a regular covenant-renewal ceremony (31:21). They invoked upon themselves the covenant's judgments and reminded themselves of its promises.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. My doctrine shall drop, &c.--The language may justly be taken as uttered in the form of a wish or prayer, and the comparison of wholesome instruction to the pure, gentle, and insinuating influence of rain or dew, is frequently made by the sacred writers (Is 5:6; 55:10, 11).Read the comment
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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
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