Deuteronomy 32:4

Deuteronomy 32:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• New International Version (NIV)He is the Rock, his works are perfect, and all his ways are just. A faithful God who does no wrong, upright and just is he.
• English Standard Version (ESV)"The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are justice. A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and upright is he.
• New King James Version (NKJV)He is the Rock, His work is perfect; For all His ways are justice, A God of truth and without injustice; Righteous and upright is He.

Context of Deuteronomy 32:4

2My 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: 3Because I will publish the name of Yhwh: ascribe ye greatness unto our God. He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he. 5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. 6Do ye thus requite Yhwh, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Deuteronomy 32:4 word by word

הַצּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳל֔וֹ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּרָכָ֖יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אֵ֤ל אֱמוּנָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין עָ֔וֶל צַדִּ֥יק וְיָשָׁ֖ר הֽוּא׃Read the interlinear

• the Rockצוּרtsûr tsûr · rockH6697
• his workפֹּ֫עַלpô‛al · workH6467
• perfectתָּמִיםtâmîym · unblemishedH8549
• for all his waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• judgmentמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• a Godאֵל'êl · GodH410
• of truthאֱמוּנָה'ĕmûnâh 'ĕmûnâh · faithfulnessH530
• and without iniquityעָ֫וֶל‛evel ‛âvel ‛avlâh ‛ôlâh ‛ôlâh · injusticeH5766
• justצַדִּיקtsaddîyq · righteousH6662
• and rightיָשָׁרyâshâr · uprightH3477

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:4

• Deuteronomy 32:18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
• 1 Samuel 2:2There is none holy as Yhwh: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• 2 Samuel 22:2And he said, Yhwh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;
• 2 Samuel 23:3The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
• Psalms 18:2Yhwh is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Psalms 61:2From the end of the earth will I cry unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: lead me to the rock that is higher than I.
• Psalms 92:15To shew that Yhwh is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Isaiah 26:4Trust ye in Yhwh for ever: for in Yah Yhwh is everlasting strength:
• Isaiah 28:16Therefore thus saith the Lord Yhwh, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• Isaiah 32:2And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Matthew 16:16And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.
• 1 Corinthians 10:4And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
• 1 Peter 2:6Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
• Genesis 1:31And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• 2 Samuel 22:31As for God, his way is perfect; the word of Yhwh is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him.
• Psalms 18:30As for God, his way is perfect: the word of Yhwh is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4He is the Rock - The word צור tsur is rendered Creator by some eminent critics; and khalyk is the reading in the Arabic Version. Rab. Moses ben Maimon, in his valuable work, Moreh Nebochim, observes that the word צור tsur, which is ordinarily translated rock, signifies origin, fountain, first cause, etc., and in this way it should be translated here: "He is the first principle, his work is perfect." As he is the cause of all things, he must be infinitely…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. 3-6Verses 3-6 "He is a Rock." This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in Christ and the gospel, form a foundation which cannot be changed or moved, on which we may build our hopes of happiness. And under his protection we may find refuge from all our enemies, and in all our troubles; as the rocks in those countries sheltered from the burning rays of the sun, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 4the Rock: This metaphor represents the Lord as strong, stable, and reliable. God is more than capable of providing righteousness and justice (see 32:15, 18, 30; Habakkuk 1:12).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. He is the Rock--a word expressive of power and stability. The application of it in this passage is to declare that God had been true to His covenant with their fathers and them. Nothing that He had promised had failed; so that if their national experience had been painfully checkered by severe and protracted trials, notwithstanding the brightest promises, that result was traceable to their own undutiful and perverse conduct; not to any vacillation or…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