Deuteronomy 32:37
in Deuteronomy 32He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
KJV
And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
For the LORD will vindicate His people
on Deuteronomy 32:36-38
The turn comes here, when God sees “that their strength is gone”. Verses 37 and 38 then put the question to the gods that had been fed: “Let them rise up and help you”.
This site's exposition
Where are their gods
The idols are called a rock, the refuge Israel ran to in place of the Rock of verse 4. Judges 10:14 puts the same challenge to Israel, telling them to cry out to the gods they had chosen. Jeremiah 2:28 asks where those gods are.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And he shall say, where are their gods?....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
He shall say - He shall begin to expostulate with them, to awaken them to a due sense of their ingratitude and rebellion. This may refer to the preaching of the Gospel to them in the latter days.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְאָמַ֖ר | veamar | and he will say | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֵ֣י | ʾei | where? | H335 → | |
| אֱלֹהֵ֑ימוֹ | ʾeloheimov | [are] gods their | H430 → | 2601 times |
| צ֖וּר | tzur | [the] rock | H6697 → | 78 times |
| חָסָ֥יוּ | chasayu | [which] they sought refuge | H2620 → | |
| בֽוֹ׃ | vo | in <the> it |
וְאָמַ֖רand he will say
veamarH559 →5305 times
אֵ֣יwhere?
ʾeiH335 →
אֱלֹהֵ֑ימוֹ[are] gods their
ʾeloheimovH430 →2601 times
צ֖וּר[the] rock
tzurH6697 →78 times
חָסָ֥יוּ[which] they sought refuge
chasayuH2620 →
בֽוֹ׃in <the> it
vo
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
Jeremiah 2:28But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 11:13
Your gods are indeed as numerous as your cities, O Judah; the altars of shame you have set up—the altars to burn incense to Baal—are as many as the streets of Jerusalem.’
- Judges 10:14
Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
- Isaiah 45:20
Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.
- Jeremiah 11:13
Through
Judges 10:14Go and cry out to the gods you have chosen. Let them save you in your time of trouble.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 2:28
But where are the gods you made for yourselves? Let them rise up in your time of trouble and save you if they can; for your gods are as numerous as your cities, O…
- Deuteronomy 32:37–38
He will say: “Where are their gods, the rock in which they took refuge,
- Proverbs 1:25–27
because you neglected all my counsel, and wanted none of my correction,
- Jeremiah 2:28
Through
2 Kings 3:13Elisha, however, said to the king of Israel, “What have we to do with each other? Go to the prophets of your father and of your mother!” “No,” replied the king of Israel, “for…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:19
Now summon all Israel to meet me on Mount Carmel, along with the four hundred and fifty prophets of Baal and the four hundred prophets of Asherah who eat at Jezebel’s table.”
- 1 Kings 22:6
So the king of Israel assembled the prophets, about four hundred men, and asked them, “Should I go to war against Ramoth-gilead, or should I refrain?” “Go up,” they replied, “and the Lord will…
- 1 Kings 18:19
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 (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.