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Deuteronomy 32:7
7“Remember the days of antiquity, understand the years across generations. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will say to 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
5Did it corrupt Him? No! The blemish is His children’s— a generation crooked and twisted. 6Is this how you pay back Adonai, O foolish, unwise people? Isn’t He your Father who ransomed you? He made you and established you. “Remember the days of antiquity, understand the years across generations. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders and they will say to you. 8When Elyon gave nations their heritage, when He separated the sons of man, He set boundaries for the people by the number of Bnei-Yisrael. 9But Adonai’s portion is His people— Jacob is the share of His inheritance.
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 44:1For the music director, a psalm of the sons of Korah, a contemplative song.
- Psalms 77:5You hold my eyelids open— I am so troubled—I cannot speak.
- Psalms 119:52I remember Your judgments from of old, Adonai, and comfort myself.
- Isaiah 63:11Then His people remembered the days of old, the days of Moses: “Where is He who brought them through the sea with the shepherd of His flock? Where is He who put among them His Ruach ha-Kodesh?
- Psalms 10:6He says in his heart: “I’ll never be shaken! From generation to generation nothing bad will happen.”
- Psalms 77:8“Will the Lord reject forever and never again show favor?
- Deuteronomy 4:32“Indeed, ask now about the former days that were before you, from the day that God created man on the earth, and ask from one end of the sky to the other. Has there ever been such a great thing as this, or has anything like it been heard?
- Exodus 13:14“So when your son asks you in times to come, ‘What is this?’ say to him, ‘By a strong hand Adonai brought us out from Egypt, the house of bondage,
- Judges 6:13But Gideon said to him, “O my lord, if Adonai is with us, then why has all this befallen us? So where are all His wonders that our fathers told us about saying ‘Didn’t Adonai bring us up from Egypt?’ But now Adonai has abandoned us and given us into the hand of Midian.”
- Job 8:8Now ask the previous generation; consider the findings of 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—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
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