Verse
KJV
King James Version
ASV
American Standard Version
Give ear, O
ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear,
O
earth ,
the words of my mouth.
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let
the
earth hear
the words of my mouth.
My doctrine shall drop as the rain ,
my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb
, and as the showers upon the grass:
My doctrine shall drop as the rain ;
My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass
, And as the showers upon the herb.
Because
I will publish
the name of the
LORD
: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
For
I will proclaim
the name of Jehovah
: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
He
is
the Rock, his work is perfect :
for all his ways are judgment
: a God of truth
and without iniquity, just and right is he.
The Rock, his work is perfect ;
For all his ways are justice
: A God of faithfulness
and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
They have corrupted
themselves
, their
spot
is
not the
spot
of
his children :
they are a perverse and crooked generation.
They have dealt
corruptly
with
him
, `they
are'
not his children ,
`it
is'
their
blemish;
`
They are '
a perverse and crooked generation.
Do ye thus requite the
LORD
, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath
he not
made thee, and established thee ?
Do ye thus requite Jehovah
, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath
made thee, and established thee .
Remember the days of old, consider the years of many generations: ask thy father, and he will show thee; thy
elders, and they will tell thee.
Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine
elders, and they will tell thee.
When the Most High divided
to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons
of Adam
, he set the bounds of the people
according to the number of the children of Israel.
When the Most High gave
to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children
of men
, He set the bounds of the peoples
According to the number of the children of Israel.
For the
LORD's
portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
For Jehovah's
portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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.
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.
As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth
abroad her
wings, taketh
them, beareth
them on her
wings:
As 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.
So
the
LORD
alone did lead him, and there was no strange
god with him.
Jehovah
alone did lead him, And there was no foreign
god with him.
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that
he might
eat the increase of the fields
; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
He 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;
Butter of kine
, and milk of sheep
, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat
of
kidneys
of wheat; and thou
didst
drink
the pure
blood of the grape.
Butter of the
herd
, and milk of the
flock
, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest
of the
wheat; And of
the blood of the grape thou
drankest
wine
.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen
fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered
with
fatness
; then he forsook God which
made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed
fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become
sleek
; Then he forsook God who
made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
They provoked
him to jealousy with strange gods ,
with abominations provoked they him to anger.
They moved
him to jealousy with strange `
gods ';
With abominations provoked they him to anger.
They sacrificed unto devils
, not
to
God ;
to gods whom
they knew not, to new gods that came newly
up, whom
your fathers feared
not.
They sacrificed unto demons
, `which
were'
no
God ,
To gods that
they knew not, To new `
gods '
that came up of
late
, Which
your fathers dreaded
not.
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed
thee.
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave
thee birth
.
And when
the
LORD
saw it, he
abhorred them, because of the provoking
of his sons ,
and of
his daughters.
And Jehovah
saw `
it '
, and
abhorred `
them '
, Because of the provocation
of his sons and his daughters.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward
generation, children in whom is no faith
.
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse
generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness
.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which
are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that
are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall
burn
unto the lowest hell
, and shall
consume
the earth with her
increase, and set
on fire the foundations of the mountains.
For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth
unto the lowest Sheol
, And devoureth
the earth with its
increase, And setteth
on fire the foundations of the mountains.
I will heap mischiefs
upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them .
I will heap evils
upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them :
They shall be burnt
with hunger, and devoured with burning heat ,
and with
bitter destruction :
I
will
also
send
the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents
of the dust.
`
They shall be '
wasted
with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction ;
And
the teeth of beasts will
I
send
upon them, With the poison of crawling
things
of the dust.
The sword without
, and terror within,
shall destroy both the
young man and the
virgin, the suckling also
with the man of gray hairs.
Without
shall
the sword bereave
, And in
the
chambers
terror ;
`It
shall destroy '
both young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
I said, I would scatter them into
corners
, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men :
I said, I would scatter them afar
, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men ;
Were it not that I feared the wrath
of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave
themselves
strangely
, and
lest they should say, Our hand is high
, and the
LORD
hath not done all this.
Were it not that I feared the provocation
of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge
amiss
, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted
, And Jehovah
hath not done all this.
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither
is
there any
understanding in them.
For they are a nation void of counsel, And
there is
no
understanding in them.
O
that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Oh
that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the
LORD
had shut
them up?
How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah
had delivered
them up?
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
Their wine is the poison of dragons
, and the cruel venom of asps.
Their wine is the poison of serpents
, And the cruel venom of asps.
Is not this laid up in store with me, and
sealed up among my treasures?
Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
To
me
belongeth
vengeance and recompence;
their foot shall slide in
due
time
: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall
come upon them make haste.
Vengeance is
mine,
and recompense,
At
the
time
when
their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are
to
come upon them shall
make haste.
For the
LORD
shall
judge his people, and repent himself for his servants ,
when he seeth that their power is gone, and there is none shut up ,
or left.
For Jehovah
will
judge his people, And repent himself for his servants ;
When he seeth that `
their '
power is gone, And there is none `remaining',
shut up or left at
large
.
And he shall
say, Where are their gods, their
rock in whom
they trusted,
And he will
say, Where are their gods, The
rock in which
they took
refuge;
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings
? let them rise up and help you, and
be your protection.
Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, `
And '
drank the wine of their drink -offering
? Let them rise up and help you, Let
them
be your protection.
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 :
neither
is
there any
that can deliver out of my hand.
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.
For I lift up my hand to heaven, and say, I live for ever .
For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As
I live for ever ,
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine
hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies
, and will reward
them that hate me.
If I whet my glittering sword, And my
hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries
, And will recompense
them that hate me.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and
that
with the blood of the slain and of
the captives, from the beginning
of revenges
upon
the enemy.
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head
of the leaders
of
the
enemy.
Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be
merciful
unto
his land, and
to
his people.
Rejoice, O ye nations, `
with '
his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make
expiation
for
his land, for
his people.
And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel :
And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel ;
And he said unto them, Set your hearts
unto all the words which I testify among
you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, all the words of this law.
And he said unto them, Set your heart
unto all the words which I testify unto
you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, `even'
all the words of this law.
For it is not
a
vain thing for you; because it is your life :
and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over Jordan to possess it.
For it is no
vain thing for you; because it is your life ,
and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the
Jordan to possess it.
And the
LORD
spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
And Jehovah
spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
Get thee up into this mountain Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession :
Get thee up into this mountain of
Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession ;
And die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people ;
as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people ,
as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
Because ye trespassed against me among
the children of Israel at the waters of MeribahKadesh
, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
because ye trespassed against me in
the midst
of
the
children of Israel at the waters of Meribah
of
Kadesh
, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
Yet
thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither unto
the land which I give the children of Israel.
For
thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into
the land which I give the children of Israel.
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