Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
3 For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- KJV
- Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- WEB
- Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- ASV
- Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
- DARBY
- Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!
- BLB
- Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
- ÅB
- Lytt, dere himler, og jeg vil tale, og jorden høre på min munns ord!
- OTB
- Hør, himler, og jeg vil tale; la jorden høre ordene fra min munn.
- B1930
- Lytt, I himler, og jeg vil tale, og jorden høre på min munns ord!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 1:2
Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:29
O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
Read in contextPsalms 49:1
Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
Read in contextJeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
Read in contextPsalms 50:4
He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:28
Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
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