Deuteronomy 32 NKJV ISV Parallel

◄ Deuteronomy 32 ►

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1“Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

1Hear, heavens, and I will speak! Listen, earth, to the words of my mouth!

2Let my teaching drop as the rain, My speech distill as the dew, As raindrops on the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

2May my instructions descend like rain and may my words flow like dew, as light rain upon the grass, and as showers upon new plants.

3For I proclaim the name of the LORD: Ascribe greatness to our God.

3For I'll proclaim the name of our LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!

4He 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.

4Flawless is the work of the Rock, because all his ways are just. A faithful God—never unjust— righteous and upright is he.

5“They have corrupted themselves; They are not His children, Because of their blemish: A perverse and crooked generation.

5But those who are not his children acted corruptly against him; they are a defective and perverted generation.

6Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?

6This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you?

7“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:

7Remember the days of old, reflect on the years of previous generations. Ask your father, and he'll tell you; your elders will inform you.

8When the Most High divided their inheritance to the nations, When He separated the sons of Adam, He set the boundaries of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.

8When the Most High gave nations as their inheritance, when he separated the human race, he set boundaries for the people according to the number of the children of God.

9For the LORD’s portion is His people; Jacob is the place of His inheritance.

9For the LORD's portion is his people; Jacob is his allotted portion.

10“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.

10The 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.

11As an eagle stirs up its nest, Hovers over its young, Spreading out its wings, taking them up, Carrying them on its wings,

11Like an eagle stirs its nest, hovering near its young, spreading out his wings to take him and carry him on his pinions,

12So the LORD alone led him, And there was no foreign god with him.

12the LORD alone guided him. There was no foreign god with him.

13“He made him ride in the heights of the earth, That he might eat the produce of the fields; He made him draw honey from the rock, And oil from the flinty rock;

13He mounted him on a high place above the earth, feeding him from the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and with oil from the flint rock,

14Curds from the cattle, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs; And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the choicest wheat; And you drank wine, the blood of the grapes.

14with curds from cattle and with milk from sheep, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, with the fat of goats, with the finest of wheat— and from the juice of grapes you drank wine.

15“But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; You grew fat, you grew thick, You are obese! Then he forsook God who made him, And scornfully esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

15Jacob dined until satisfied; Jeshurun grew fat and kicked. He grew fat, coarse, and gross, so that he abandoned the God who made him and spurned the Rock that was his salvation.

16They provoked Him to jealousy with foreign gods; With abominations they provoked Him to anger.

16They provoked him to jealousy over foreigners and to anger over detestable things.

17They sacrificed to demons, not to God, To gods they did not know, To new gods, new arrivals That your fathers did not fear.

17They sacrificed to demons— not to the real God— gods whom they didn't know, new neighbors who had recently appeared, whom your ancestors never feared.

18Of the Rock who begot you, you are unmindful, And have forgotten the God who fathered you.

18You neglected the Rock that fathered you; you abandoned God, who was awaiting your birth.

19“And when the LORD saw it, He spurned them, Because of the provocation of His sons and His daughters.

19The LORD saw it and became jealous, provoked by his sons and daughters.

20And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faith.

20So he said: "Let me hide my face from them. I will observe what their end will be, because they are a perverted generation, children within whom there is no loyalty.

21They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God; They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols. But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation; I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

21They provoked me to jealousy over non-gods, and to be angry over their vanity. Now I'll provoke them to jealousy over a non-people; and over a foolish nation I'll provoke them to anger.

22For a fire is kindled in My anger, And shall burn to the lowest hell; It shall consume the earth with her increase, And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

22For a fire breaks out in my anger— burning to the deepest part of the afterlife, consuming the earth and its produce and igniting the foundations of the mountains.

23‘I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them.

23I'll bury them in misfortunes and bring them to an end with my arrows.

24They shall be wasted with hunger, Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, With the poison of serpents of the dust.

24Emaciated from famine, feverish from plague, and destroyed by bitterness, I'll send fanged beasts against them, along with poisonous snakes that glide through the dust.

25The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

25Outside, the sword will cause bereavement; within, there will be terror for the young man and virgin alike, also for the nursing infant and the aged man."

26I would have said, “I will dash them in pieces, I will make the memory of them to cease from among men,”

26"I said, 'I will scatter them, erasing their memory from the human race,

27Had I not feared the wrath of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand, Lest they should say, “Our hand is high; And it is not the LORD who has done all this.” ’

27if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies— otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'"

28“For they are a nation void of counsel, Nor is there any understanding in them.

28They are a nation devoid of purpose and without insight.

29Oh, that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

29O, that they were wise to understand this and consider their future!

30How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, And the LORD had surrendered them?

30How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up?

31For their rock is not like our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.

31For their rock isn't like our Rock, as even our enemies admit.

32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter.

32Instead, their vine is from the vines of Sodom and the vineyards of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous, their clusters bitter.

33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of cobras.

33Their wine is the venom of serpents, a poisonous cobra.

34‘Is this not laid up in store with Me, Sealed up among My treasures?

34"Is this not kept in reserve, sealed up with me in my treasury?

35Vengeance is Mine, and recompense; Their foot shall slip in due time; For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things to come hasten upon them.’

35To me belong vengeance and recompense. In due time their feet will slip, because their time of calamity is near and the things prepared for them draw near.

36“For the LORD will judge His people And have compassion on His servants, When He sees that their power is gone, And there is no one remaining, bond or free.

36For the LORD will vindicate his people and bring comfort to his servants, because he will observe that their power has waned, when neither prisoner nor free person remain.

37He will say: ‘Where are their gods, The rock in which they sought refuge?

37"He will say, 'Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge?

38Who ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise and help you, And be your refuge.

38Who ate the fat of their offerings and drank the wine that was their drink offering? Let them rise and help you and be your hiding place!'

39‘Now see that I, even I, am He, And there is no God besides Me; I kill and I make alive; I wound and I heal; Nor is there any who can deliver from My hand.

39"Look now! I AM, and there is no other god besides me. I myself cause death and I sustain life; I wound severely and I also heal; from my power no one can deliver.

40For I raise My hand to heaven, And say, “As I live forever,

40"I solemnly swear to heaven— I say 'As certainly as I'm alive and living forever,

41If I whet My glittering sword, And My hand takes hold on judgment, I will render vengeance to My enemies, And repay those who hate Me.

41I'll whet my shining sword, with my hands in firm grasp of judgment. I'll show vengeance on my adversary and repay those who keep on hating me.

42I will make My arrows drunk with blood, And My sword shall devour flesh, With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the heads of the leaders of the enemy.” ’

42I'll make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword will devour flesh, along with the blood of the slain, and I'll take their enemy leaders captive.'

43“Rejoice, O Gentiles, with His people; For He will avenge the blood of His servants, And render vengeance to His adversaries; He will provide atonement for His land and His people.”

43"Sing for joy, nations! Sing for joy, people who belong to him! For he'll avenge the blood of his servants, turn on his adversary, and cleanse both his land and his people."

44So Moses came with Joshua the son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.

44So Moses and Nun's son Joshua came and recited all the words of this song while the people were assembled.

45Moses finished speaking all these words to all Israel,

45When Moses had finished addressing all of these words to all Israel,

46and he said to them: “Set your hearts on all the words which I testify among you today, which you shall command your children to be careful to observe—all the words of this law.

46he told them, "Take to heart my entire testimony against you today. Command your children to observe carefully every word of this Law,

47For it is not a futile thing for you, because it is your life, and by this word you shall prolong your days in the land which you cross over the Jordan to possess.”

47because they're not just empty words for you—they are your very life. Through these instructions you will live long in the land that you are about to cross over the Jordan River to possess."

48Then the LORD spoke to Moses that very same day, saying:

48Later that day, the LORD told Moses,

49“Go up this mountain of the Abarim, Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, across from Jericho; view the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel as a possession;

49"Ascend this Abarim mountain range toward Mount Nebo in the land of Moab across from Jericho, and look out over the land of Canaan that I'm about to give to the Israelis as a possession.

50and die on the mountain which you ascend, and be gathered to your people, just as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor and was gathered to his people;

50You will die on the mountain that you are about to ascend and be taken to be with your ancestors, just as your brother Aaron died on Mount Hor and was taken to be with his ancestors.

51because you trespassed against Me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah Kadesh, in the Wilderness of Zin, because you did not hallow Me in the midst of the children of Israel.

51Both of you acted unfaithfully against me among the Israelis at Meribah-kadesh in the desert of Zin, when you failed to uphold my holiness among the Israelis.

52Yet you shall see the land before you, though you shall not go there, into the land which I am giving to the children of Israel.”

52You'll see the land from a distance, but you won't be able to enter the land that I am about to give to the Israelis."

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