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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• 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 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

5“They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation. 6Do you thus deal with the Lord, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? “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: 8When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel. 9For the Lord’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His 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 with our ears, O God, Our fathers have told us, The deeds You did in their days, In days of old:
• Psalms 77:5I have considered the days of old, The years of ancient times.
• Psalms 119:52I remembered Your judgments of old, O Lord, And have comforted myself.
• Isaiah 63:11Then he remembered the days of old, Moses and his people, saying: “Where is He who brought them up out of the sea With the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put His Holy Spirit within them,
• Psalms 10:6He has said in his heart, “I shall not be moved; I shall never be in adversity.”
• Psalms 77:8Has His mercy ceased forever? Has His promise failed forevermore?
• Deuteronomy 4:32“For ask now concerning the days that are past, which were before you, since the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of heaven to the other, whether any great thing like this has happened, or anything like it has been heard.
• Exodus 13:14So it shall be, when your son asks you in time to come, saying, ‘What is this?’ that you shall say to him, ‘By strength of hand the Lord brought us out of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
• Judges 6:13Gideon said to Him, “O my lord, if the Lord is with us, why then has all this happened to us? And where are all His miracles which our fathers told us about, saying, ‘Did not the Lord bring us up from Egypt?’ But now the Lord has forsaken us and delivered us into the hands of the Midianites.”
• Job 8:8“For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;
• Psalms 78:3Which we have heard and known, And our fathers have told us.
• Isaiah 46:9Remember the former things of old, For 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