Deuteronomy 32:12
What does Deuteronomy 32:12 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 32:12 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.
KJV
King James Version · 1611So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So the Lord only was his guide, no other god was with him.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752The Lord alone was his leader: and there was no strange god with him.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strangegod [was] with him.
Context
v.11As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
v.12This passage
v.13He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Isaiah 43:11
I, even I, am Jehovah; and besides me there is no saviour.
- Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
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; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
- Psalms 78:14
In the day-time also he led them with a cloud, And all the night with a light of fire.
- Psalms 136:16
To him that led his people through the wilderness; For his lovingkindness endureth for ever:
- Isaiah 44:7
And who, as I, shall call, and shall declare it, and set it in order for me, since I established the ancient people? and the things that are coming, and that shall come to pass, let them declare.
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