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Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

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ASV

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

KJV

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.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
יִמְצָאֵ֙הוּ֙yim.tza.'E.huhe found itH4672 →
בְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzin a land ofH776 →
מִדְבָּ֔רmid.BarwildernessH4057 →
וּבְתֹ֖הוּu.ve.To.huand in a wasteland ofH8414 →
יְלֵ֣לye.Lelhowling ofH3214 →
יְשִׁמֹ֑ןye.shi.Mona desolate placeH3452 →
יְסֹֽבְבֶ֙נְהוּ֙ye.soe.Ven.huhe surrounded itH5437 →
יְב֣וֹנְנֵ֔הוּye.Vo.Ne.huhe took care of itH995 →
יִצְּרֶ֖נְהוּyi.tze.Ren.huhe guarded itH5341 →
כְּאִישׁ֥וֹןke.'i.Shonlike [the] pupil ofH380 →
עֵינֽוֹ׃ei.Noeye hisH5869 →

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Zechariah 2:8For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—Hosea 13:5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.Deuteronomy 8:15–16He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.Psalms 17:8Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wingsPsalms 107:4Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.Philippians 4:12I know how to live humbly, and I know how to abound. I am accustomed to any and every situation—to being filled and being hungry, to having plenty and having need.Psalms 32:7–10You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. SelahJeremiah 2:6They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’Nehemiah 9:19–21You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.Proverbs 7:2Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.Song of Solomon 8:5Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.Ezekiel 16:5No one cared enough for you to do even one of these things out of compassion for you. Instead, you were thrown out into the open field, because you were despised on the day of your birth.Psalms 147:19–20He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.Romans 2:18if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;Deuteronomy 4:36He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.Deuteronomy 1:19And just as the LORD our God had commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites, through all the vast and terrifying wilderness you have seen. When we reached Kadesh-barnea,Psalms 107:4–5Some wandered in desert wastelands, finding no path to a city in which to dwell.Romans 3:2Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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