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Deuteronomy 32:18
18(You ignored the rock who fathered you and forgot the God who gave you life.)
Deuteronomy 32:18 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
- New International Version (NIV)You deserted the Rock, who fathered you; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- English Standard Version (ESV)You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God who fathered you.
Context of Deuteronomy 32:18
16They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. 17They sacrificed to demons that are not God, to gods they never heard of. These were new gods, who came from nearby, gods your ancestors never worshiped. (You ignored the rock who fathered you and forgot the God who gave you life.) 19The Lord saw this and rejected them, because his own sons and daughters had made him angry. 20He said, “I will turn away from them and find out what will happen to them. They are devious people, children who can’t be trusted.
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 32:18 word by word
צ֥וּר יְלָדְךָ֖ תֶּ֑שִׁי וַתִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֵ֥ל מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:18
- Deuteronomy 32:4He is a rock. What he does is perfect. All his ways are fair. He is a faithful God, who does no wrong. He is honorable and reliable.
- Isaiah 17:10You have forgotten the God of your salvation. You haven’t remembered the rock, your stronghold. Instead, you have planted the best plants and have set out the imported grapevines.
- Deuteronomy 6:12be careful that you don’t forget the Lord, who brought you out of slavery in Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 8:11Be careful that you don’t forget the Lord your God. Don’t fail to obey his commands, rules, and laws that I’m giving you today.
- Psalms 9:17Wicked people, all the nations who forget God, will return to the grave.
- Psalms 44:20If we forgot the name of our God or stretched out our hands to pray to another god,
- Psalms 106:21They forgot God, their savior, the one who did spectacular things in Egypt,
- Isaiah 22:10You will count the houses in Jerusalem. You will tear down those houses in order to fortify the walls.
- Jeremiah 2:32A young woman can’t forget her jewelry or a bride her veils. Yet, my people have forgotten me for countless days.
- Jeremiah 3:21The sound of crying is heard on the hills. It is the crying and the pleading of the people of Israel. They have become crooked and have forgotten the Lord their God.
- Hosea 8:14The people of Israel have built palaces, and they have forgotten their maker. The people of Judah have built many fortified cities. I will send a fire on their cities and burn down their palaces.”
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 18Of the Rock that begat thee - צור tsur, the first cause, the fountain of thy being. See the note on Deuteronomy 32:4.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. 15-18Verses 15-18 Here are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each was apostacy from God. These people were called Jeshurun, "an upright people," so some; "a seeing people," so others: but they soon lost the reputation both of their knowledge and of their righteousness. They indulged their appetites, as if they had nothing to do but to make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it. Those who make a god of themselves, and a god of their…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 18the Rock: This phrase emphasizes God's reliability as Father (see 32:4, 9).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
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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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