Darby Translation NotesDeuteronomy 32

1:1 plain, (e-21) The Arabah. so ver. 7; chs. 2.8; 3.17; 4.49; 11.30; Josh.3.16; 18.18; Zech.14.10.

32:1 (a-0) Ch. 32.1-43 is considered to be poetical in Hebrew.

32:2 speech (b-8) Imrah, 'a word,' 'speech,' see Note to Ps. 119.11. Occurs also in ch. 33.9.

32:4 work (c-6) As Isa. 45.9. righteousness; (d-14) Lit. 'what is right,' 'just;' elsewhere often 'judgment.' Heb. mishpat.

32:5 spot. (e-12) Or 'blemish,' as Cant. 4.7; Dan. 1.4.

32:8 children (f-31) Or 'sons.'

32:10 about, (g-17) Or 'led him about.'

32:14 lambs, (a-12) Lambs fed in rich pastures. so 1Sam. 15.9.

32:15 Jeshurun (b-2) The upright [people], ch. 33.5; Isa. 44.2. +God (c-26) Heb. Eloah. first occurrence, see Note, Gen. 1.1.

32:18 forth. (d-18) Ps. 90.2.

32:20 Children (e-25) Or 'sons'.

32:21 *God; (f-12) Which is Not-El.

32:22 Sheol, (g-16) See Ps. 6.5.

32:36 of (a-12) Or 'shall have compassion upon.' power (b-19) Lit. 'hand.' left. (c-29) Or 'at liberty.' The phrase seems to be a proverbial expression, in itself a paronomasia, to express forcibly 'the totality.' cf. 1Kings 14.10; 2Kings 14.26.

32:39 HE, (d-7) 'The Same,' 'the self-existent one.' This expression becomes virtually a name of God. see 2Sam. 7.28; 2Kings 19.15; 1Chron. 17.26; 2Chron. 20.6; Neh. 9.6,7; Ps. 44.4; 102.27; Isa. 37.16; 41.4; 43.10,13; 46.4; 48.12; 51.9,10; 52.6; Jer. 5.12; 14.22; Heb. 1.12; 13.8.

32:42 captives, (a-29) Lit. 'captivity.'

32:43 for (b-26) Or. 'forgiveth.' as ch. 21.8.

32:49 children (c-31) Or 'sons.'

32:51 children (c-8) children (c-31) Or 'sons.'

32:52 children (c-22) Or 'sons.'