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Deuteronomy 32 (WEBP)

[1] Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
[2] 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.
[3] For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!
[4] The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
[5] They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.
[6] Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
[7] Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; your elders, and they will tell you.
[8] When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the children of men, he set the bounds of the peoples according to the number of the children of Israel.
[9] For Yahweh’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
[10] He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
[11] 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.
[12] Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.
[13] He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
[14] butter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. From the blood of the grape, you drank wine.
[15] But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked. You have grown fat. You have grown thick. You have become sleek. Then he abandoned God who made him, and rejected the Rock of his salvation.
[16] They moved him to jealousy with strange gods. They provoked him to anger with abominations.
[17] They sacrificed to demons, not God, to gods that they didn’t know, to new gods that came up recently, which your fathers didn’t dread.
[18] Of the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
[19] Yahweh saw and abhorred, because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
[20] He said, “I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end will be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
[21] They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
[22] For a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
[23] “I will heap evils on them. I will spend my arrows on them.
[24] They shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat and bitter destruction. I will send the teeth of animals on them, with the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.
[25] Outside the sword will bereave, and in the rooms, terror on both young man and virgin, the nursing infant with the gray-haired man.
[26] I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men;
[27] were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted; Yahweh has not done all this.’ ”
[28] For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
[29] Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
[30] How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
[31] For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
[32] For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, of the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poison grapes. Their clusters are bitter.
[33] Their wine is the poison of serpents, the cruel venom of asps.
[34] “Isn’t this laid up in store with me, sealed up among my treasures?
[35] Vengeance is mine, and recompense, at the time when their foot slides, for the day of their calamity is at hand. Their doom rushes at them.”
[36] For Yahweh will judge his people, and have compassion on his servants, when he sees that their power is gone, that there is no one remaining, shut up or left at large.
[37] He will say, “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
[38] which ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection.
[39] “See now that I myself am he. There is no god with me. I kill and I make alive. I wound and I heal. There is no one who can deliver out of my hand.
[40] For I lift up my hand to heaven and declare, as I live forever,
[41] if I sharpen my glittering sword, my hand grasps it in judgment; I will take vengeance on my adversaries, and will repay those who hate me.
[42] I will make my arrows drunk with blood. My sword shall devour flesh with the blood of the slain and the captives, from the head of the leaders of the enemy.”
[43] Rejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
[44] Moses came and spoke all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Joshua the son of Nun.
[45] Moses finished reciting all these words to all Israel.
[46] He said to them, “Set your heart to all the words which I testify to you today, which you shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
[47] For it is no vain thing for you, because it is your life, and through this thing you shall prolong your days in the land, where you go over the Jordan to possess it.”
[48] Yahweh spoke to Moses that same day, saying,
[49] “Go up into this mountain of Abarim, to Mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is across from Jericho; and see the land of Canaan, which I give to the children of Israel for a possession.
[50] Die on the mountain where you go up, and be gathered to your people, as Aaron your brother died on Mount Hor, and was gathered to his people;
[51] because you trespassed against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because you didn’t uphold my holiness among the children of Israel.
[52] For you shall see the land from a distance; but you shall not go there into the land which I give the children of Israel.”

Deuteronomy 32:22 Sheol is the place of the dead.
Deuteronomy 32:43 For this verse, LXX reads: Rejoice, you heavens, with him, and let all the angels of God worship him; rejoice you Gentiles, with his people, and let all the sons of God strengthen themselves in him; for he will avenge the blood of his sons, and he will render vengeance, and recompense justice to his enemies, and will reward them that hate him; and the Lord shall purge the land of his people.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Deuteronomy 32 (KJVS)

[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.
[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.
[5] They have corrupted () themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
[6] Do ye thus requite () the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought () thee? hath he not made () thee, and established () thee?
[7] Remember () the days of old, consider () the years of many generations: ask () thy father, and he will shew () thee; thy elders, and they will tell () thee.
[8] When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, () when he separated () the sons of Adam, he set () the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
[9] For the Lord’s portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.
[10] He found () him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, () he instructed () him, he kept () him as the apple of his eye.
[11] As an eagle stirreth up () her nest, fluttereth () over her young, spreadeth abroad () her wings, taketh () them, beareth () them on her wings:
[12] [So] the Lord alone did lead () him, and [there was] no strange god with him.
[13] He made him ride () on the high places of the earth, that he might eat () the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck () honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
[14] Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink () the pure blood of the grape.
[15] But Jeshurun waxed fat, () and kicked: () thou art waxen fat, () thou art grown thick, () thou art covered () [with fatness]; then he forsook () God [which] made () him, and lightly esteemed () the Rock of his salvation.
[16] They provoked him to jealousy () with strange () [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger. ()
[17] They sacrificed () unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew () not, to new [gods that] came newly up, () whom your fathers feared () not.
[18] Of the Rock [that] begat () thee thou art unmindful, () and hast forgotten () God that formed () thee.
[19] And when the Lord saw () [it], he abhorred () [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
[20] And he said, () I will hide () my face from them, I will see () what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
[21] They have moved me to jealousy () with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger () with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy () with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger () with a foolish nation.
[22] For a fire is kindled () in mine anger, and shall burn () unto the lowest hell, and shall consume () the earth with her increase, and set on fire () the foundations of the mountains.
[23] I will heap () mischiefs upon them; I will spend () mine arrows upon them.
[24] [They shall be] burnt with hunger, and devoured () with burning heat, and with bitter destruction: I will also send () the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents () of the dust.
[25] The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy () both the young man and the virgin, the suckling () [also] with the man of gray hairs.
[26] I said, () I would scatter them into corners, () I would make the remembrance of them to cease () from among men:
[27] Were it not that I feared () the wrath of the enemy, () lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, () [and] lest they should say, () Our hand [is] high, () and the Lord hath not done () all this.
[28] For they [are] a nation void () of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
[29] O that they were wise, () [that] they understood () this, [that] they would consider () their latter end!
[30] How should one chase () a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, () except their Rock had sold () them, and the Lord had shut them up? ()
[31] For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies () themselves [being] judges.
[32] For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
[33] Their wine [is] the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
[34] [Is] not this laid up in store () with me, [and] sealed up () among my treasures?
[35] To me [belongeth] vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide () in [due] time: for the day of their calamity [is] at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste. ()
[36] For the Lord shall judge () his people, and repent () himself for his servants, when he seeth () that [their] power is gone, () and [there is] none shut up, () or left. ()
[37] And he shall say, () Where [are] their gods, [their] rock in whom they trusted, ()
[38] Which did eat () the fat of their sacrifices, [and] drank () the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up () and help () you, [and] be your protection.
[39] See () now that I, [even] I, [am] he, and [there is] no god with me: I kill, () and I make alive; () I wound, () and I heal: () neither [is there any] that can deliver () out of my hand.
[40] For I lift up () my hand to heaven, and say, () I live for ever.
[41] If I whet () my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold () on judgment; I will render () vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward () them that hate () me.
[42] I will make mine arrows drunk () with blood, and my sword shall devour () flesh; [and that] with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy. ()
[43] Rejoice, () O ye nations, [with] his people: for he will avenge () the blood of his servants, and will render () vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful () unto his land, [and] to his people.
[44] And Moses came () and spake () all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
[45] And Moses made an end () of speaking () all these words to all Israel:
[46] And he said () unto them, Set () your hearts unto all the words which I testify () among you this day, which ye shall command () your children to observe () to do, () all the words of this law.
[47] For it [is] not a vain thing for you; because it [is] your life: and through this thing ye shall prolong () [your] days in the land, whither ye go over () Jordan to possess () it.
[48] And the Lord spake () unto Moses that selfsame day, saying, ()
[49] Get thee up () into this mountain Abarim, [unto] mount Nebo, which [is] in the land of Moab, that [is] over against Jericho; and behold () the land of Canaan, which I give () unto the children of Israel for a possession:
[50] And die () in the mount whither thou goest up, () and be gathered () unto thy people; as Aaron thy brother died () in mount Hor, and was gathered () unto his people:
[51] Because ye trespassed () against me among the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah-Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified () me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
[52] Yet thou shalt see () the land before [thee]; but thou shalt not go () thither unto the land which I give () the children of Israel.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Deuteronomy 32 (BYZ)

[1] προσεχε ουρανε και λαλησω και ακουετω γη ρηματα εκ στοματος μου
[2] προσδοκασθω ως υετος το αποφθεγμα μου και καταβητω ως δροσος τα ρηματα μου ωσει ομβρος επ αγρωστιν και ωσει νιφετος επι χορτον
[3] οτι ονομα κυριου εκαλεσα δοτε μεγαλωσυνην τω θεω ημων
[4] θεος αληθινα τα εργα αυτου και πασαι αι οδοι αυτου κρισεις θεος πιστος και ουκ εστιν αδικια δικαιος και οσιος κυριος
[5] ημαρτοσαν ουκ αυτω τεκνα μωμητα γενεα σκολια και διεστραμμενη
[6] ταυτα κυριω ανταποδιδοτε ουτω λαος μωρος και ουχι σοφος ουκ αυτος ουτος σου πατηρ εκτησατο σε και εποιησεν σε και εκτισεν σε
[7] μνησθητε ημερας αιωνος συνετε ετη γενεας γενεων επερωτησον τον πατερα σου και αναγγελει σοι τους πρεσβυτερους σου και ερουσιν σοι
[8] οτε διεμεριζεν ο υψιστος εθνη ως διεσπειρεν υιους αδαμ εστησεν ορια εθνων κατα αριθμον αγγελων θεου
[9] και εγενηθη μερις κυριου λαος αυτου ιακωβ σχοινισμα κληρονομιας αυτου ισραηλ
[10] αυταρκησεν αυτον εν γη ερημω εν διψει καυματος εν ανυδρω εκυκλωσεν αυτον και επαιδευσεν αυτον και διεφυλαξεν αυτον ως κοραν οφθαλμου
[11] ως αετος σκεπασαι νοσσιαν αυτου και επι τοις νεοσσοις αυτου επεποθησεν διεις τας πτερυγας αυτου εδεξατο αυτους και ανελαβεν αυτους επι των μεταφρενων αυτου
[12] κυριος μονος ηγεν αυτους και ουκ ην μετ αυτων θεος αλλοτριος
[13] ανεβιβασεν αυτους επι την ισχυν της γης εψωμισεν αυτους γενηματα αγρων εθηλασαν μελι εκ πετρας και ελαιον εκ στερεας πετρας
[14] βουτυρον βοων και γαλα προβατων μετα στεατος αρνων και κριων υιων ταυρων και τραγων μετα στεατος νεφρων πυρου και αιμα σταφυλης επιον οινον
[15] και εφαγεν ιακωβ και ενεπλησθη και απελακτισεν ο ηγαπημενος ελιπανθη επαχυνθη επλατυνθη και εγκατελιπεν θεον τον ποιησαντα αυτον και απεστη απο θεου σωτηρος αυτου
[16] παρωξυναν με επ αλλοτριοις εν βδελυγμασιν αυτων εξεπικραναν με
[17] εθυσαν δαιμονιοις και ου θεω θεοις οις ουκ ηδεισαν καινοι προσφατοι ηκασιν ους ουκ ηδεισαν οι πατερες αυτων
[18] θεον τον γεννησαντα σε εγκατελιπες και επελαθου θεου του τρεφοντος σε
[19] και ειδεν κυριος και εζηλωσεν και παρωξυνθη δι οργην υιων αυτου και θυγατερων
[20] και ειπεν αποστρεψω το προσωπον μου απ αυτων και δειξω τι εσται αυτοις επ εσχατων οτι γενεα εξεστραμμενη εστιν υιοι οις ουκ εστιν πιστις εν αυτοις
[21] αυτοι παρεζηλωσαν με επ ου θεω παρωργισαν με εν τοις ειδωλοις αυτων καγω παραζηλωσω αυτους επ ουκ εθνει επ εθνει ασυνετω παροργιω αυτους
[22] οτι πυρ εκκεκαυται εκ του θυμου μου καυθησεται εως αδου κατω καταφαγεται γην και τα γενηματα αυτης φλεξει θεμελια ορεων
[23] συναξω εις αυτους κακα και τα βελη μου συντελεσω εις αυτους
[24] τηκομενοι λιμω και βρωσει ορνεων και οπισθοτονος ανιατος οδοντας θηριων αποστελω εις αυτους μετα θυμου συροντων επι γης
[25] εξωθεν ατεκνωσει αυτους μαχαιρα και εκ των ταμιειων φοβος νεανισκος συν παρθενω θηλαζων μετα καθεστηκοτος πρεσβυτου
[26] ειπα διασπερω αυτους παυσω δη εξ ανθρωπων το μνημοσυνον αυτων
[27] ει μη δι οργην εχθρων ινα μη μακροχρονισωσιν και ινα μη συνεπιθωνται οι υπεναντιοι μη ειπωσιν η χειρ ημων η υψηλη και ουχι κυριος εποιησεν ταυτα παντα
[28] οτι εθνος απολωλεκος βουλην εστιν και ουκ εστιν εν αυτοις επιστημη
[29] ουκ εφρονησαν συνιεναι ταυτα καταδεξασθωσαν εις τον επιοντα χρονον
[30] πως διωξεται εις χιλιους και δυο μετακινησουσιν μυριαδας ει μη ο θεος απεδοτο αυτους και κυριος παρεδωκεν αυτους
[31] οτι ουκ εστιν ως ο θεος ημων οι θεοι αυτων οι δε εχθροι ημων ανοητοι
[32] εκ γαρ αμπελου σοδομων η αμπελος αυτων και η κληματις αυτων εκ γομορρας η σταφυλη αυτων σταφυλη χολης βοτρυς πικριας αυτοις
[33] θυμος δρακοντων ο οινος αυτων και θυμος ασπιδων ανιατος
[34] ουκ ιδου ταυτα συνηκται παρ εμοι και εσφραγισται εν τοις θησαυροις μου
[35] εν ημερα εκδικησεως ανταποδωσω εν καιρω οταν σφαλη ο πους αυτων οτι εγγυς ημερα απωλειας αυτων και παρεστιν ετοιμα υμιν
[36] οτι κρινει κυριος τον λαον αυτου και επι τοις δουλοις αυτου παρακληθησεται ειδεν γαρ παραλελυμενους αυτους και εκλελοιποτας εν επαγωγη και παρειμενους
[37] και ειπεν κυριος που εισιν οι θεοι αυτων εφ οις επεποιθεισαν επ αυτοις
[38] ων το στεαρ των θυσιων αυτων ησθιετε και επινετε τον οινον των σπονδων αυτων αναστητωσαν και βοηθησατωσαν υμιν και γενηθητωσαν υμιν σκεπασται
[39] ιδετε ιδετε οτι εγω ειμι και ουκ εστιν θεος πλην εμου εγω αποκτενω και ζην ποιησω παταξω καγω ιασομαι και ουκ εστιν ος εξελειται εκ των χειρων μου
[40] οτι αρω εις τον ουρανον την χειρα μου και ομουμαι τη δεξια μου και ερω ζω εγω εις τον αιωνα
[41] οτι παροξυνω ως αστραπην την μαχαιραν μου και ανθεξεται κριματος η χειρ μου και ανταποδωσω δικην τοις εχθροις και τοις μισουσιν με ανταποδωσω
[42] μεθυσω τα βελη μου αφ αιματος και η μαχαιρα μου καταφαγεται κρεα αφ αιματος τραυματιων και αιχμαλωσιας απο κεφαλης αρχοντων εχθρων
[43] ευφρανθητε ουρανοι αμα αυτω και προσκυνησατωσαν αυτω παντες υιοι θεου ευφρανθητε εθνη μετα του λαου αυτου και ενισχυσατωσαν αυτω παντες αγγελοι θεου οτι το αιμα των υιων αυτου εκδικαται και εκδικησει και ανταποδωσει δικην τοις εχθροις και τοις μισουσιν ανταποδωσει και εκκαθαριει κυριος την γην του λαου αυτου
[44] και εγραψεν μωυσης την ωδην ταυτην εν εκεινη τη ημερα και εδιδαξεν αυτην τους υιους ισραηλ και εισηλθεν μωυσης και ελαλησεν παντας τους λογους του νομου τουτου εις τα ωτα του λαου αυτος και ιησους ο του ναυη
[45] και συνετελεσεν μωυσης λαλων παντι ισραηλ
[46] και ειπεν προς αυτους προσεχετε τη καρδια επι παντας τους λογους τουτους ους εγω διαμαρτυρομαι υμιν σημερον α εντελεισθε τοις υιοις υμων φυλασσειν και ποιειν παντας τους λογους του νομου τουτου
[47] οτι ουχι λογος κενος ουτος υμιν οτι αυτη η ζωη υμων και ενεκεν του λογου τουτου μακροημερευσετε επι της γης εις ην υμεις διαβαινετε τον ιορδανην εκει κληρονομησαι αυτην
[48] και ελαλησεν κυριος προς μωυσην εν τη ημερα ταυτη λεγων
[49] αναβηθι εις το ορος το αβαριν τουτο ορος ναβαυ ο εστιν εν γη μωαβ κατα προσωπον ιεριχω και ιδε την γην χανααν ην εγω διδωμι τοις υιοις ισραηλ εις κατασχεσιν
[50] και τελευτα εν τω ορει εις ο αναβαινεις εκει και προστεθητι προς τον λαον σου ον τροπον απεθανεν ααρων ο αδελφος σου εν ωρ τω ορει και προσετεθη προς τον λαον αυτου
[51] διοτι ηπειθησατε τω ρηματι μου εν τοις υιοις ισραηλ επι του υδατος αντιλογιας καδης εν τη ερημω σιν διοτι ουχ ηγιασατε με εν τοις υιοις ισραηλ
[52] οτι απεναντι οψη την γην και εκει ουκ εισελευση