God’s Word Translation
Deuteronomy 32:14
14They ate cheese from cows and drank milk from sheep and goats. He gave them fat from lambs, rams from the stock of Bashan, male goats, and the best wheat. They drank the blood-red wine of grapes.
Deuteronomy 32:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
- New International Version (NIV)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.
- English Standard Version (ESV)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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs; And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.
Context of Deuteronomy 32:14
12so the Lord alone led his people. No foreign god was with him. 13He made them ride on the heights of the earth and fed them with the produce of the fields. He gave them honey from rocks and olive oil from solid rock. They ate cheese from cows and drank milk from sheep and goats. He gave them fat from lambs, rams from the stock of Bashan, male goats, and the best wheat. They drank the blood-red wine of grapes. 15Jeshurun got fat and disrespectful. (You got fat! You were stuffed! You were gorged!) They abandoned the God who made them and treated the rock of their salvation like a fool. 16They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols.
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 32:14 word by word
חֶמְאַ֨ת בָּקָ֜ר וַחֲלֵ֣ב צֹ֗אן עִם־חֵ֨לֶב כָּרִ֜ים וְאֵילִ֤ים בְּנֵֽי־בָשָׁן֙ וְעַתּוּדִ֔ים עִם־חֵ֖לֶב כִּלְי֣וֹת חִטָּ֑ה וְדַם־עֵנָ֖ב תִּשְׁתֶּה־חָֽמֶר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Butterחֶמְאָהchem'âh chêmâh · curdH2529
- of kineבָּקָרbâqâr · cattleH1241
- and milkחָלָבchâlâb · milkH2461
- of sheepצֹאןtsô'n tse'ôn · flockH6629
- with fatחֵ֫לֶבcheleb chêleb · fatH2459
- of lambsכַּרkar · ramH3733
- and ramsאַ֫יִל'ayil · ramH352
- of the breedבֵּןbên · son: young animalH1121
- of Bashanבָּשָׁןbâshân · BashanH1316
- and goatsעַתּוּד‛attûd ‛attûd · goatH6260
- of kidneysכִּלְיָהkilyâh · kidneyH3629
- of wheatחִטָּהchiţţâh · wheatH2406
- and thou didst drinkשָׁתָהshâthâh · to drinkH8354
- the pureחֶ֫מֶרchemer · wineH2561
- bloodדָּםdâm · bloodH1818
- of the grapeעֵנָב‛ênâb · grapeH6025
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:14
- Genesis 18:8Abraham took cheese and milk, as well as the meat, and set these in front of them. Then he stood by them under the tree as they ate.
- Judges 5:25Sisera asked for water. She gave him milk. She offered him buttermilk in a royal bowl.
- 2 Samuel 17:29honey, buttermilk, sheep, and calves. They brought these things because they thought, “The troops in the desert are hungry, exhausted, and thirsty.”
- Job 20:17He won’t be able to drink from the streams or from the rivers of honey and buttermilk.
- Isaiah 7:15He will eat cheese and honey until he knows how to reject evil and choose good.
- Psalms 22:12Many bulls have surrounded me. Strong bulls from Bashan have encircled me.
- Ezekiel 39:18You can eat the meat of warriors and drink the blood of the princes of the earth. All of them will be killed like rams, lambs, goats, bulls and all the best animals of Bashan.
- Amos 4:1Listen to this message, you cows of Bashan who live on Mount Samaria. You women oppress the poor and abuse the needy. You say to your husbands, “Get some wine! Let’s drink!”
- Micah 7:14With your shepherd’s staff, take care of your people, the sheep that belong to you. They live alone in the woods, in fertile pastures. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead like before.
- Psalms 81:16But I would feed Israel with the finest wheat and satisfy them with honey from a rock.”
- Psalms 147:14He is the one who brings peace to your borders and satisfies your ⌞hunger⌟ with the finest wheat.
- Genesis 49:11He will tie his donkey to a grapevine, his colt to the best vine. He will wash his clothes in wine, his garments in the blood of grapes.
- Matthew 26:28This is my blood, the blood of the promise. It is poured out for many people so that sins are forgiven.
- John 6:55My flesh is true food, and my blood is true drink.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Fat of kidneys of wheat - Almost every person knows that the kidney is enveloped in a coat of the purest fat in the body of the animal, for which several anatomical reasons might be given. As the kidney itself is to the abundantly surrounding fat, so is the germ of the grain to the lobes or farinaceous parts. The expression here may be considered as a very strong and peculiarly happy figure to point out the finest wheat, containing the healthiest and most…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. 7-14Verses 7-14 Moses gives particular instances of God's kindness and concern for them. The eagle's care for her young is a beautiful emblem of Christ's love, who came between Divine justice and our guilty souls, and bare our sins in his own body on the tree. And by the preached gospel, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, He stirs up and prevails upon sinners to leave Satan's bondage. In ver. #(13-14), are emblems of the conquest believers have over their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14rams from Bashan, and goats: This high plateau east of the Sea of Galilee was famous for its livestock (see study note on 1:4; see also Psalm 22:12; Ezekiel 39:18; Amos 4:1).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 13-1413-14. He made him ride on the high places, &c.--All these expressions seem to have peculiar reference to their home in the trans-jordanic territory, that being the extent of Palestine that they had seen at the time when Moses is represented as uttering these words. "The high places" and "the fields" are specially applicable to the tablelands of Gilead as are the allusions to the herds and flocks, the honey of the wild bees which hive in the crevices of…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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