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Deuteronomy 32:2
2Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like rain on tender grass, like gentle showers on young plants.
Deuteronomy 32:2 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
- New International Version (NIV)Let my teaching fall like rain and my words descend like dew, like showers on new grass, like abundant rain on tender plants.
- English Standard Version (ESV)May my teaching drop as the rain, my speech distill as the dew, like gentle rain upon the tender grass, and like showers upon the herb.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
Context of Deuteronomy 32:2
1“Listen, O heavens, and I will speak! Hear, O earth, the words that I say! Let my teaching fall on you like rain; let my speech settle like dew. Let my words fall like rain on tender grass, like gentle showers on young plants. 3I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God! 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!
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 32:2 word by word
יַעֲרֹ֤ף כַּמָּטָר֙ לִקְחִ֔י תִּזַּ֥ל כַּטַּ֖ל אִמְרָתִ֑י כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם עֲלֵי־דֶ֔שֶׁא וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים עֲלֵי־עֵֽשֶׂב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- My doctrineלֶ֫קַחleqach · teachingH3948
- shall dropעָרַף‛âraph · to dropH6201
- as the rainמָטַרmâţâr · rainH4306
- my speechאִמְרָה'imrâh 'emrâh · wordH565
- shall distilנָזַלnâzal · to flowH5140
- as the dewטַלţal · dewH2919
- as the small rainשְׂעִירִיםώâ‛îyr · rainH8164
- upon the tender herbדֶּ֫שֶׁאdeshe' · grassH1877
- and as the showersרְבִיבִיםrâbîyb · showerH7241
- upon the grassעֵ֫שֶׂב‛eώeb · vegetationH6212
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:2
- 2 Samuel 23:4is like the light of morning at sunrise, like a morning without clouds, like the gleaming of the sun on new grass after rain.’
- Job 29:22And after I spoke, they had nothing to add, for my counsel satisfied them.
- Psalms 72:6May the king’s rule be refreshing like spring rain on freshly cut grass, like the showers that water the earth.
- Isaiah 55:10“The rain and snow come down from the heavens and stay on the ground to water the earth. They cause the grain to grow, producing seed for the farmer and bread for the hungry.
- Hosea 6:4“O Israel and Judah, what should I do with you?” asks the Lord. “For your love vanishes like the morning mist and disappears like dew in the sunlight.
- Hosea 14:5I will be to Israel like a refreshing dew from heaven. Israel will blossom like the lily; it will send roots deep into the soil like the cedars in Lebanon.
- 1 Corinthians 3:6I planted the seed in your hearts, and Apollos watered it, but it was God who made it grow.
- Hebrews 6:7When the ground soaks up the falling rain and bears a good crop for the farmer, it has God’s blessing.
- Micah 5:7Then the remnant left in Israel will take their place among the nations. They will be like dew sent by the Lord or like rain falling on the grass, which no one can hold back and no one can restrain.
- Zechariah 10:1Ask the Lord for rain in the spring, for he makes the storm clouds. And he will send showers of rain so every field becomes a lush pasture.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:2
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2My doctrine - לקחי likchi, from לקח lakach, to take, carry away; to attract or gain over the heart by eloquence or persuasive speech. Hence the Septuagint translate the word , an apophthegm, a sententious and weighty saying, for the regulation of the moral conduct such, properly, are the sayings in this inimitable ode. Shall drop as the rain - It shall come drop by drop as the shower, beginning slowly and distinctly, but increasing more and more till the…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
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2like rain … like dew: This comparison shows how gentle and life-giving the teaching of Moses should be. Rain and dew softly water the ground and help plants grow. In the same way, the words of Moses should refresh God’s people. His teaching should help obedience grow in their hearts.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2-32-3. My doctrine shall drop, &c.--The language may justly be taken as uttered in the form of a wish or prayer, and the comparison of wholesome instruction to the pure, gentle, and insinuating influence of rain or dew, is frequently made by the sacred writers (Is 5:6; 55:10, 11).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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