Deuteronomy 32:10

Deuteronomy 32:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye.
• New Living Translation (NLT)He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Context of Deuteronomy 32:10

8When 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. 9For the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob his allotted inheritance. 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, 11like an eagle that stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, that spreads its wings to catch them and carries them aloft. 12The Lord alone led him; no foreign god was with him.

Deuteronomy 32:10 word by word

יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ בְּאֶ֣רֶץ מִדְבָּ֔ר וּבְתֹ֖הוּ יְלֵ֣ל יְשִׁמֹ֑ן יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן עֵינֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• He foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• him in a desertמִדְבָּרmidbâr · wildernessH4057
• landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• and in the wasteתֹּ֫הוּtôhû · formlessnessH8414
• howlingיְלֵלyelêl · howlingH3214
• wildernessיְשִׁימוֹןyeshîymôn · wildernessH3452
• he led him aboutסָבַבsâbab · to turn: surroundH5437
• he instructedבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• him, he keptנָצַרnâtsar · to watchH5341
• him as the appleאִישׁוֹן'îyshôn · pupilH380
• of his eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:10

• Deuteronomy 8:15He led you through the vast and dreadful wilderness, that thirsty and waterless land, with its venomous snakes and scorpions. He brought you water out of hard rock.
• Nehemiah 9:19“Because of your great compassion you did not abandon them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud did not fail to guide them on their path, nor the pillar of fire by night to shine on the way they were to take.
• Psalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no way to a city where they could settle.
• Jeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’
• Hosea 13:5I cared for you in the wilderness, in the land of burning heat.
• Deuteronomy 4:36From heaven he made you hear his voice to discipline you. On earth he showed you his great fire, and you heard his words from out of the fire.
• Nehemiah 9:20You gave your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold your manna from their mouths, and you gave them water for their thirst.
• Psalms 32:7You are my hiding place; you will protect me from trouble and surround me with songs of deliverance.
• Psalms 147:19He has revealed his word to Jacob, his laws and decrees to Israel.
• Romans 2:18if you know his will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;
• Romans 3:2Much in every way! First of all, the Jews have been entrusted with the very words of God.
• Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of your eye; hide me in the shadow of your wings
• Proverbs 7:2Keep my commands and you will live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.
• Zechariah 2:8For this is what the Lord Almighty says: “After the Glorious One has sent me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of his eye—

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10He - the Lord, found him - Jacob, in his descendants, in a desert land - the wilderness. He led him about forty years in this wilderness, Deuteronomy 8:2, or יסבבנהו yesobebenhu, he compassed him about, i. e., God defended them on all hands, and in all places. He instructed him - taught them that astonishing law through which we have now almost passed, giving them statutes and judgments which, for depth of wisdom, and correct political adaptation to…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. 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. 1010. found him in a desert land--took him into a covenant relation at Sinai, or rather "sustained," "provided for him" in a desert land. a waste howling wilderness--a common Oriental expression for a desert infested by wild beasts.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