Deuteronomy 32:2
1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
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.
4 He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right 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 as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:
Read in contextPsalms 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers that water the earth.
Read in contextMicah 5:7
And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.
Read in contextJob 29:22–23
After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.
Read in contextHosea 14:5
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
Read in context1 Corinthians 3:6–8
I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.
Read in contextHosea 6:4
O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.
Read in context2 Samuel 23:4
And he shall be as the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, even a morning without clouds; as the tender grass springing out of the earth by clear shining after rain.
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