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Deuteronomy 32:11

Protection and safetyGod's loveStrength and help in weaknessGod's presence

9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

10 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.

As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

12 The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.

13 He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

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BSB
As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.
KJV
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
WEB
As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers.
ASV
As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
DARBY
As the eagle stirreth up its nest, Hovereth over its young, Spreadeth out its wings, Taketh them, beareth them on its feathers,
BLB
As an eagle stirs up his nest, he hovers over his young, he spreads his wings, he takes him, he carries him upon his pinions,
ÅB
Som ørnen vekker sitt rede og svever over sine unger, slik bredte han ut sine vinger, tok ham opp og bar ham på sine slagfjær.
OTB
Som en ørn som vekker sitt rede, som svever over sine unger, brer ut sine vinger, fanger dem, bærer dem på sine fjær,
B1930
Som ørnen vekker sitt rede og svever over sine unger, således bredte han ut sine vinger, tok ham op og bar ham på sine slagfjær.

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Cross references

  • 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.

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  • Isaiah 46:4

    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.

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  • 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.

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  • Isaiah 40:31

    But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.

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  • Isaiah 31:5

    Like birds hovering overhead, so the LORD of Hosts will protect Jerusalem. He will shield it and deliver it; He will pass over it and preserve it.”

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  • Revelation 12:4

    His tail swept a third of the stars from the sky, tossing them to the earth. And the dragon stood before the woman who was about to give birth, ready to devour her child as soon as she gave birth.

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  • Hebrews 11:3

    By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible.

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