Deuteronomy 32:2

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

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!

4 He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
KJV
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:
WEB
My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
ASV
My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
DARBY
My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.
BLB
Let my teaching drop like rain, my speech shall distill as the dew, as raindrops on the tender herb, and as showers on the grass.
ÅB
Som regnet risle min lære, som duggen dryppe mitt ord, som regnskur på grønne spirer, som byger på urter og gress!
OTB
Må min lære falle som regnet, mine ord dryppe som dugg, som lett regn på det spede gress, og regnskyll på urten.
B1930
Som regnet risle min lære, som duggen dryppe mitt ord, som regnskur på grønne spirer, som byger på urter og gress!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Isaiah 55:10–11

    For just as rain and snow fall from heaven and do not return without watering the earth, making it bud and sprout, and providing seed to sow and food to eat,

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  • Psalms 72:6

    May he be like rain that falls on freshly cut grass, like spring showers that water the earth.

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  • Micah 5:7

    Then the remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples like dew from the LORD, like showers on the grass, which do not wait for man or linger for mankind.

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  • Job 29:22–23

    After my words, they spoke no more; my speech settled on them like dew.

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  • Hosea 14:5

    I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

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  • 1 Corinthians 3:6–8

    I planted the seed and Apollos watered it, but God made it grow.

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  • Hosea 6:4

    What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.

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  • 2 Samuel 23:4

    is like the light of the morning at sunrise of a cloudless dawn, the glistening after the rain on the sprouting grass of the earth.’

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