Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version In a desert land he found him, in a barren and howling waste. He shielded him and cared for him; he guarded him as the apple of his eye, New Living Translation He found them in a desert land, in an empty, howling wasteland. He surrounded them and watched over them; he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes. English Standard Version “He found him in a desert land, and in the howling waste of the wilderness; he encircled him, he cared for him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Berean Standard Bible He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. King James Bible He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. New King James Version “He found him in a desert land And in the wasteland, a howling wilderness; He encircled him, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. New American Standard Bible “He found him in a desert land, And in the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. NASB 1995 “He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. NASB 1977 “He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him, He cared for him, He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. Legacy Standard Bible He found him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness; He encircled him; He cared for him; He guarded him as the pupil of His eye. Amplified Bible “He found him in a desert land, In the howling wasteland of a wilderness; He kept circling him, He took care of him, He protected him as the apple of His eye. Christian Standard Bible He found him in a desolate land, in a barren, howling wilderness; he surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the pupil of his eye. Holman Christian Standard Bible He found him in a desolate land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, cared for him, and protected him as the pupil of His eye. American Standard Version He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye. Contemporary English Version Israel, the LORD discovered you in a barren desert filled with howling winds. God became your fortress, protecting you as though you were his own eyes. English Revised Version He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye: GOD'S WORD® Translation He found his people in a desert land, in a barren place where animals howl. He guarded them, took care of them, and protected them because they were helpless. Good News Translation "He found them wandering through the desert, a desolate, wind-swept wilderness. He protected them and cared for them, as he would protect himself. International Standard Version The LORD found him in a desert land, in a barren, eerie wilderness. He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him as the pupil of his eye. Majority Standard Bible He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. NET Bible The LORD found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye. New Heart English Bible He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye. Webster's Bible Translation He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. World English Bible He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe finds him in a land—a desert, "" And in a void—a howling wilderness, "" He turns him around—He causes him to understand—He keeps him as the apple of His eye. Young's Literal Translation He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye. Smith's Literal Translation He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe found him in a desert land, in a place of horror, and of vast wilderness: he led him about, and taught him: and he kept him as the apple of his eye. Catholic Public Domain Version He discovered him in a desert land, in a place of horror and a vast wilderness. He led him around and taught him, and he guarded him like the pupil of his eye, New American Bible He found them in a wilderness, a wasteland of howling desert. He shielded them, cared for them, guarded them as the apple of his eye. New Revised Standard Version He sustained him in a desert land, in a howling wilderness waste; he shielded him, cared for him, guarded him as the apple of his eye. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe found him in a desert land, and in the waste and howling wilderness; he made him to settle down, he loved him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated He found him in the land of wilderness and in the wilderness of the deserts He brought him out, and he cherished him and he protected him as the pupil of the eye. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, a howling wilderness; He compassed him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the apple of His eye. Brenton Septuagint Translation He maintained him in the wilderness, in burning thirst and a dry land: he led him about and instructed him, and kept him as the apple of an eye. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Song of Moses…9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. 10He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye. 11As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.… Cross References Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings Psalm 32:7 You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah Psalm 91:4 He will cover you with His feathers; under His wings you will find refuge; His faithfulness is a shield and rampart. Isaiah 63:9 In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old. Zechariah 2:8 For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye— Exodus 19:4 ‘You have seen for yourselves what I did to Egypt, and how I carried you on eagles’ wings and brought you to Myself. Hosea 11:1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. Jeremiah 31:3 The LORD appeared to us in the past, saying: “I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore I have drawn you with loving devotion. Isaiah 46:3-4 “Listen to Me, O house of Jacob, all the remnant of the house of Israel, who have been sustained from the womb, carried along since birth. / Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you. Psalm 36:7 How precious is Your loving devotion, O God, that the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings! Psalm 121:4-8 Behold, the Protector of Israel will neither slumber nor sleep. / The LORD is your keeper; the LORD is the shade on your right hand. / The sun will not strike you by day, nor the moon by night. ... Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! Luke 13:34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! John 10:28-29 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish. No one can snatch them out of My hand. / My Father who has given them to Me is greater than all. No one can snatch them out of My Father’s hand. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Treasury of Scripture He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye. found Deuteronomy 8:15,16 Who led thee through that great and terrible wilderness, wherein were fiery serpents, and scorpions, and drought, where there was no water; who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint; … Nehemiah 9:19-21 Yet thou in thy manifold mercies forsookest them not in the wilderness: the pillar of the cloud departed not from them by day, to lead them in the way; neither the pillar of fire by night, to shew them light, and the way wherein they should go… Psalm 107:4,5 They wandered in the wilderness in a solitary way; they found no city to dwell in… led him. Deuteronomy 4:36 Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee: and upon earth he shewed thee his great fire; and thou heardest his words out of the midst of the fire. Nehemiah 9:20 Thou gavest also thy good spirit to instruct them, and withheldest not thy manna from their mouth, and gavest them water for their thirst. Psalm 32:7-10 Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah… he kept Psalm 17:8 Keep me as the apple of the eye, hide me under the shadow of thy wings, Proverbs 7:2 Keep my commandments, and live; and my law as the apple of thine eye. Zechariah 2:8 For thus saith the LORD of hosts; After the glory hath he sent me unto the nations which spoiled you: for he that toucheth you toucheth the apple of his eye. Jump to Previous Apple Arms Barren Cared Caring Causeth Compassed Desert Encircled Eye Howling Instructed Keepeth Kept Led Preserved Pupil Putting Round Sand Shielded Surrounded Turneth Understand Unpeopled Void Waste Watched WildernessJump to Next Apple Arms Barren Cared Caring Causeth Compassed Desert Encircled Eye Howling Instructed Keepeth Kept Led Preserved Pupil Putting Round Sand Shielded Surrounded Turneth Understand Unpeopled Void Waste Watched WildernessDeuteronomy 32 1. Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance46. He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it 48. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die He found him The phrase "He found him" signifies God's initiative in seeking out Israel. The Hebrew root for "found" is "מָצָא" (matsa), which implies discovery and selection. This reflects God's sovereign choice and grace in choosing Israel as His people, not because of their merit, but because of His love and purpose. Historically, this can be seen in God's call to Abraham and the formation of a covenant relationship with his descendants. in a desert land in a barren, howling wilderness He surrounded him He instructed him He guarded him as the apple of His eye "He findeth him in a desert land, In a waste howling wilderness; He compasseth him about, He instructeth him, He guardeth him as the apple of his eye." He found him.--This beautiful expression is common to the Old and New Testaments as a description of God's first revelation of Himself to man. In the case of Hagar it is written (Genesis 16:7), "the angel of Jehovah found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness." Concerning Jacob, that "He found him in Bethel," when Jacob said "Surely the Lord is in this place, and I knew it not" (Hosea 12:4; Genesis 28:16). A series of similar passages is closed by the three examples of the lost sheep, the lost money, and the son that had been lost, and was found (Luke 15). . . . Verse 10. - God's fatherly care of Israel. In the desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; literally, in the land of the desert, in the waste (the formless waste; the word used is that rendered, Genesis 1:2, "without form"), the howling of the wilderness. "Israel is figuratively represented as a man without food or water, and surrounded by howling, ferocious beasts, and who must needs have perished had not God found him and rescued him" (Herxheimer). The apple of his eye; literally, the mannikin (אִישׁון) of his eye, the pupil; so called because in it, as in a mirror, a person sees his own image reflected in miniature (Gesenius), or because, being the tenderest part of the eye, it is guarded as one would a babe (cf. Psalm 17:8; Proverbs 7:2; Zechariah 2:12). By Delitzsch and others this explanation of the word is rejected as not philologically justified, there being no evidence that the termination ון had a diminutive force; and as not in keeping with the earnestness of the passages in which this word occurs. They prefer the explanation man image to mannikin. Anyhow, the use of the word here must be taken as indicating that Israel is ever in the eye of the Lord, the object of his constant and tenderest care.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew He found himיִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙ (yim·ṣā·’ê·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present in a desolate מִדְבָּ֔ר (miḏ·bār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 4057: A pasture, a desert, speech land, בְּאֶ֣רֶץ (bə·’e·reṣ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land in a barren, וּבְתֹ֖הוּ (ū·ḇə·ṯō·hū) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8414: A desolation, desert, a worthless thing, in vain howling יְלֵ֣ל (yə·lêl) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3214: A howling wilderness; יְשִׁמֹ֑ן (yə·ši·mōn) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3452: Waste, wilderness He surrounded him, יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ (yə·sō·ḇə·ḇen·hū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround He instructed him, יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּ (yə·ḇō·wn·nê·hū) Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 995: To separate mentally, understand He guarded him יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּ (yiṣ·ṣə·ren·hū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person masculine singular Strong's 5341: To watch, guard, keep as the apple כְּאִישׁ֥וֹן (kə·’î·šō·wn) Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 380: The little man of the eye, the pupil, ball, the middle of His eye. עֵינֽוֹ׃ (‘ê·nōw) Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 5869: An eye, a fountain Links Deuteronomy 32:10 NIVDeuteronomy 32:10 NLT Deuteronomy 32:10 ESV Deuteronomy 32:10 NASB Deuteronomy 32:10 KJV Deuteronomy 32:10 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 32:10 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 32:10 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 32:10 French Bible Deuteronomy 32:10 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 32:10 He found him in a desert land (Deut. 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