Deuteronomy 33:26
in Deuteronomy 33“There is none like the God of Jeshurun, who rides the heavens to your aid, and the clouds in His majesty.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
There is none like unto God, O Jeshurun, Who rideth upon the heavens for thy help, And in his excellency on the skies.
KJV
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 33
Commentary
3 notes on this verseThere is none like unto the God of Jeshurun - We have already seen the literal meaning of Jeshurun, Deu 32:15; but besides its literal meaning, it seems to be used as an expression of particular affection: hence Calmet understands it as a diminutive of the word Israel. We know that τεκνοι, sons, in the mouth of St. John, signifies much less than τεκνια, which, properly translated, would be beloved children, a term which at once shows the helplessness of the offspring, and the tender affection of the parent.
This site's exposition
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun
on Deuteronomy 33:26-27
The tribes are finished and the last four verses turn back to God, picking up the name Jeshurun that verse 5 used at the start. The word rendered refuge in verse 27 is a word for a dwelling place, and Psalm 90:1, the one psalm the titles give to Moses, opens with the same thought when it says Lord, thou hast been our dwelling place in all generations. Underneath are the everlasting arms sets a floor under a people about to lose the man who has led them, and the same verse ends with an order to destroy, so the comfort and the war stand together in one sentence.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
on Deuteronomy 33:26-29
There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun--The chapter concludes with a congratulatory address to Israel on their peculiar happiness and privilege in having Jehovah for their God and protector. who rideth upon the heaven in thy help--an evident allusion to the pillar of cloud and fire, which was both the guide and shelter of Israel.
The words behind it
8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אֵ֥ין | ʾein | there not | H369 → | 789 times |
| כָּאֵ֖ל | kael | [is] like <the> God | H410 → | 241 times |
| יְשֻׁר֑וּן | yeshurun | O Jeshurun | H3484 → | 4 times |
| רֹכֵ֤ב | rokhev | [who] rides | H7392 → | |
| שָׁמַ֙יִם֙ | shamayim | heaven | H8064 → | 421 times |
| בְעֶזְרֶ֔ךָ | veezrekha | for help your | H5828 → | 21 times |
| וּבְגַאֲוָת֖וֹ | uvegaavato | and in majesty his | H1346 → | |
| שְׁחָקִֽים׃ | shechakim | clouds | H7834 → |
אֵ֥יןthere not
ʾeinH369 →789 times
כָּאֵ֖ל[is] like <the> God
kaelH410 →241 times
יְשֻׁר֑וּןO Jeshurun
yeshurunH3484 →4 times
רֹכֵ֤ב[who] rides
rokhevH7392 →
שָׁמַ֙יִם֙heaven
shamayimH8064 →421 times
בְעֶזְרֶ֔ךָfor help your
veezrekhaH5828 →21 times
וּבְגַאֲוָת֖וֹand in majesty his
uvegaavatoH1346 →
שְׁחָקִֽים׃clouds
shechakimH7834 →
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
Exodus 15:11Who among the gods is like You, O LORD? Who is like You—majestic in holiness, revered with praises, performing wonders?
it leads to
- 1 Kings 8:23
and said: “O LORD, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven above or on earth below, keeping Your covenant of loving devotion with Your servants who walk before You with…
- Psalms 89:5–8
The heavens praise Your wonders, O LORD— Your faithfulness as well— in the assembly of the holy ones.
- 1 Samuel 2:2
There is no one holy like the LORD. Indeed, there is no one besides You! And there is no Rock like our God.
- 2 Samuel 7:22
How great You are, O Lord GOD! For there is none like You, and there is no God but You, according to everything we have heard with our own ears.
- Revelation 4:8
And each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around and within. Day and night they never stop saying: “Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord God Almighty,…
- 1 Kings 8:23
Through
Jeremiah 10:6There is none like You, O LORD. You are great, and Your name is mighty in power.
it leads to
- 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 96:4
For great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised; He is to be feared above all gods.
- Psalms 48:1
Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, His holy mountain.
- Exodus 15:11
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.