New Living Translation
Deuteronomy 32:7
7Remember 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.
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 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:
Context of Deuteronomy 32:7
5“But they have acted corruptly toward him; when they act so perversely, are they really his children? They are a deceitful and twisted generation. 6Is this the way you repay the Lord, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you? 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. 8When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court. 9“For the people of Israel belong to the Lord; Jacob is his special possession.
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 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 44:1O God, we have heard it with our own ears— our ancestors have told us of all you did in their day, in days long ago:
- Psalms 77:5I think of the good old days, long since ended,
- Psalms 119:52I meditate on your age-old regulations; O Lord, they comfort me.
- Isaiah 63:11Then they remembered those days of old when Moses led his people out of Egypt. They cried out, “Where is the one who brought Israel through the sea, with Moses as their shepherd? Where is the one who sent his Holy Spirit to be among his people?
- Psalms 10:6They think, “Nothing bad will ever happen to us! We will be free of trouble forever!”
- Psalms 77:8Is his unfailing love gone forever? Have his promises permanently failed?
- Deuteronomy 4:32“Now search all of history, from the time God created people on the earth until now, and search from one end of the heavens to the other. Has anything as great as this ever been seen or heard before?
- Exodus 13:14“And in the future, your children will ask you, ‘What does all this mean?’ Then you will tell them, ‘With the power of his mighty hand, the Lord brought us out of Egypt, the place of our slavery.
- Judges 6:13“Sir,” Gideon replied, “if the Lord is with us, why has all this happened to us? And where are all the miracles our ancestors told us about? Didn’t they say, ‘The Lord brought us up out of Egypt’? But now the Lord has abandoned us and handed us over to the Midianites.”
- Job 8:8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
- Psalms 78:3stories we have heard and known, stories our ancestors handed down to us.
- Isaiah 46:9Remember the things I have done in the past. For I alone am God! 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
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