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Deuteronomy 32:18
18You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth.
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 stirred up his jealousy by worshiping foreign gods; they provoked his fury with detestable deeds. 17They offered sacrifices to demons, which are not God, to gods they had not known before, to new gods only recently arrived, to gods their ancestors had never feared. You neglected the Rock who had fathered you; you forgot the God who had given you birth. 19“The Lord saw this and drew back, provoked to anger by his own sons and daughters. 20He said, ‘I will abandon them; then see what becomes of them. For they are a twisted generation, children without integrity.
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 32:18 word by word
צ֥וּר יְלָדְךָ֖ תֶּ֑שִׁי וַתִּשְׁכַּ֖ח אֵ֥ל מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:18
- Deuteronomy 32:4He is the Rock; his deeds are perfect. Everything he does is just and fair. He is a faithful God who does no wrong; how just and upright he is!
- Isaiah 17:10Why? Because you have turned from the God who can save you. You have forgotten the Rock who can hide you. So you may plant the finest grapevines and import the most expensive seedlings.
- Deuteronomy 6:12be careful not to forget the Lord, who rescued you from slavery in the land of Egypt.
- Deuteronomy 8:11“But that is the time to be careful! Beware that in your plenty you do not forget the Lord your God and disobey his commands, regulations, and decrees that I am giving you today.
- Psalms 9:17The wicked will go down to the grave. This is the fate of all the nations who ignore God.
- Psalms 44:20If we had forgotten the name of our God or spread our hands in prayer to foreign gods,
- Psalms 106:21They forgot God, their savior, who had done such great things in Egypt—
- Isaiah 22:10You survey the houses and tear some down for stone to strengthen the walls.
- Jeremiah 2:32Does a young woman forget her jewelry, or a bride her wedding dress? Yet for years on end my people have forgotten me.
- Jeremiah 3:21Voices are heard high on the windswept mountains, the weeping and pleading of Israel’s people. For they have chosen crooked paths and have forgotten the Lord their God.
- Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten its Maker and built great palaces, and Judah has fortified its cities. Therefore, I will send down fire on their cities and will burn up their fortresses.”
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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