Deuteronomy 32:7

Deuteronomy 32:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you:
• New Living Translation (NLT)Remember the days of long ago; think about the generations past. Ask your father, and he will inform you. Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.

Context of Deuteronomy 32:7

5They are corrupt and not his children; to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation. 6Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you? Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you. 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.

Deuteronomy 32:7 word by word

זְכֹר֙ יְמ֣וֹת עוֹלָ֔ם בִּ֖ינוּ שְׁנ֣וֹת דּוֹר־וָד֑וֹר שְׁאַ֤ל אָבִ֙יךָ֙ וְיַגֵּ֔דְךָ זְקֵנֶ֖יךָ וְיֹ֥אמְרוּ לָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Rememberזָכַרzâkar · to rememberH2142
• the daysיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• of oldעוֹלָם‛ôlâm ‛ôlâm · forever: antiquityH5769
• considerבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
• the yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141
• of manyדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• askשָׁאַלshâ'al shâ'êl · to askH7592
• thy fatherאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and he will shewנָגַדnâgad · to tellH5046
• thee; thy eldersזָקֵןzâqên · old: elderH2205
• and they will tellאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:7

• Psalms 44:1We have heard it with our ears, O God; our ancestors have told us what you did in their days, in days long ago.
• Psalms 77:5I thought about the former days, the years of long ago;
• Psalms 119:52I remember, Lord, your ancient laws, and I find comfort in them.
• Isaiah 63:11Then his people recalled the days of old, the days of Moses and his people— where is he who brought them through the sea, with the shepherd of his flock? Where is he who set his Holy Spirit among them,
• Psalms 10:6He says to himself, “Nothing will ever shake me.” He swears, “No one will ever do me harm.”
• Psalms 77:8Has his unfailing love vanished forever? Has his promise failed for all time?
• Deuteronomy 4:32Ask now about the former days, long before your time, from the day God created human beings on the earth; ask from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything so great as this ever happened, or has anything like it ever been heard of?
• Exodus 13:14“In days to come, when your son asks you, ‘What does this mean?’ say to him, ‘With a mighty hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the land of slavery.
• Judges 6:13“Pardon me, my lord,” Gideon replied, “but if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? Where are all his wonders that our ancestors told us about when they said, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up out of Egypt?’ But now the Lord has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
• Job 8:8“Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,
• Psalms 78:3things we have heard and known, things our ancestors have told us.
• Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:7

• 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. 7Ask your father: History teaches those who are willing to listen and learn. God wanted his people to remember what he had done in the past. In the wisdom tradition of the Old Testament, fathers had the responsibility to teach their children. They passed on the lessons that they themselves had received (see, for example, Proverbs 1:8; 2:1; 3:1).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