Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
3 Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto 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
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 4:26
I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
Read in contextJeremiah 22:29
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
Read in contextPsalms 49:1
Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
Read in contextJeremiah 6:19
Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 30:19
I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
Read in contextPsalms 50:4
He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 31:28
Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
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