Deuteronomy 32:31
in Deuteronomy 32For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
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ASV
For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
KJV
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
2 notes on this verseFor their rock - The gods and pretended protectors of the Romans. Is not as our Rock - Have neither power nor influence like our God. Our enemies themselves being judges - For they often acknowledged the irresistible power of that God who fought for Israel. See Exo 14:25; Num 23:8-12, Num 23:19-21; 1Sa 4:
This site's exposition
For their rock is not as our Rock
on Deuteronomy 32:31-33
Verse 31 makes the enemies the judges of the comparison between the two rocks, which is a court the song does not have to convene for itself. The vine of Sodom sends a reader back to Genesis 19, and Isaiah 5:1-7 works the vineyard image the same way against Judah. Commentators divide over whose vine verses 32 and 33 describe, since verse 31 has been speaking of the adversaries while the surrounding song is charging Israel, and Gill and Keil take opposite sides of it.
The words behind it
6 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֛י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כְצוּרֵ֖נוּ | khetzurenu | [is] like rock our | H6697 → | 78 times |
| צוּרָ֑ם | tzuram | rock their | H6697 → | 78 times |
| וְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּ | veoyeveinu | and enemies our | H341 → | 282 times |
| פְּלִילִֽים׃ | pelilim | assessments | H6414 → |
כִּ֛יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כְצוּרֵ֖נוּ[is] like rock our
khetzurenuH6697 →78 times
צוּרָ֑םrock their
tzuramH6697 →78 times
וְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּand enemies our
veoyeveinuH341 →282 times
פְּלִילִֽים׃assessments
pelilimH6414 →
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Samuel 2:2There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
it leads to
- 2 Samuel 22:32
For who is God besides the LORD? And who is the Rock except our God?
- Isaiah 44:6
Thus says the LORD, the King and Redeemer of Israel, the LORD of Hosts: “I am the first and I am the last, and there is no God but Me.
- Psalms 86:8
O Lord, there is none like You among the gods, nor any works like Yours.
- Exodus 15:11
Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
- Psalms 89:8
O LORD God of Hosts, who is like You? O mighty LORD, Your faithfulness surrounds You.
- 2 Samuel 22:32
Through
Daniel 2:47The king said to Daniel, “Your God is truly the God of gods and Lord of kings, the Revealer of Mysteries, since you were able to reveal this mystery.”
it leads to
- Daniel 2:22
He reveals the deep and hidden things; He knows what lies in darkness, and light dwells with Him.
- Daniel 2:28
But there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries, and He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions that came into your…
- Daniel 2:22
Through
Exodus 14:25He caused their chariot wheels to wobble, so that they had difficulty driving. “Let us flee from the Israelites,” said the Egyptians, “for the LORD is fighting for them against Egypt!”
it leads to
- Exodus 14:14
The LORD will fight for you; you need only to be still.”
- Exodus 14:14
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.