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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.

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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 .

Young’s Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 32 (YLT)

[1] ‘Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
[2] Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
[3] For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!
[4] The Rock!-perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He.
[5] It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His son?’, A generation perverse and crooked!
[6] To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father-thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.
[7] Remember days of old- Understand the years of many generations- Ask thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:
[8] In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam- He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
[9] For Jehovah’s portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance.
[10] He findeth him in a land-a desert, And in a void-a howling wilderness, He turneth him round- He causeth him to understand- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
[11] As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings-taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions;-
[12] Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.
[13] He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
[14] Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!
[15] And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fat-thou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
[16] They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.
[17] They sacrifice to demons-no god! Gods they have not known- New ones-from the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!
[18] The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.
[19] And Jehovah seeth and despiseth- For the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
[20] And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what is their latter end; For a froward generation are they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.
[21] They have made Me zealous by ‘no-god,’ They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by ‘no-people,’ By a foolish nation I make them angry.
[22] For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol-the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.
[23] I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.
[24] Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
[25] Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambers-fear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.
[26] I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
[27] If not-the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
[28] For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them.
[29] If they were wise- They deal wisely with this; They attend to their latter end:
[30] How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not-that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?
[31] For not as our Rock is their rock, (And our enemies are judges!)
[32] For of the vine of Sodom their vine is, And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gall- They have bitter clusters;
[33] The poison of dragons is their wine And the fierce venom of asps.
[34] Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?
[35] Mine are vengeance and recompense, At the due time-doth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.
[36] For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeth-the going away of power, And none is restrained and left.
[37] And He hath said, Where are their gods- The rock in which they trusted;
[38] Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!
[39] See ye, now, that I-I am He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,
[40] For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I live-to the age!
[41] If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating Me-I repay!
[42] I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.
[43] Sing ye nations-with his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land-His people.’
[44] And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;
[45] and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,
[46] and saith unto them, ‘Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
[47] for it is not a vain thing for you, for it is your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.’
[48] And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,
[49] ‘Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;
[50] and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:
[51] ‘Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zin-because ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;
[52] but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.’