What does Deuteronomy 32:4 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"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."
Verse Deuteronomy 32:4. _HE IS THE ROCK_] The word צור _tsur_ is rendered _Creator_ by some eminent critics; and [Arabic] _khalyk_ is the reading in the Arabic Version. Rab. Moses ben Maimon, in his...
SONG OF MOSES If Deuteronomy 32:1 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deuteronomy 32...
2. THE SONG OF MOSES CHAPTER 32:1-43 _ 1. The introduction and the theme (Deuteronomy 32:1)_ 2. The foolish people (Deuteronomy 32:5) 3. How Jehovah loved them (Deuteronomy 32:7) 4. Their apostas...
Moses'song is a didactic poem, a theodicy in which Yahweh's ways are vindicated. In its sentiments and artistic form it is unsurpassed in the poetry of the OT. Its dominant theme is Yahweh's justice a...
ROCK. Omit "He is", and read "The Rock, His work is perfect". Used of Jehovah in this song five times (the number of Grace. See App-10), verses: Deuteronomy 32:4; Deuteronomy 32:15; Deuteronomy 32:18;...
_The Rock_ Or _a Rock_. This name, _Ṣûr_, is applied in Deuteronomy 32:15_; Deuteronomy 32:18; Deuteronomy 32:30; Deuteronomy 32:37_, both to Israel's God and to others. It appears to have been a gene...
DISCOURSE: 231 THE CHARACTER OF JEHOVAH Deuteronomy 32:1. _Give ear, O ye heavens, and I trill speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. My doctrine shall drop at the rain, my speech shall dis...
_VER._ 4. _HE IS THE ROCK_— Houbigant translates thus: _Creatoris perfecta sunt opera; the Creator's work is perfect._ We interpret הצור _hatzur,_ says he, _of the Creator:_ for the word is derived in...
C. THE SONG OF MOSES (Deuteronomy 31:30 to Deuteronomy 32:47) The song is difficult to outline, but the main contents may be grouped as follows: INTRODUCTION Deuteronomy 31:30 to Deuteronomy 32:2 1...
_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._ He is the Rock - a word expressive of power and stability. The applica...
32:4 work (c-6) As Isaiah 45:9 . righteousness; (d-14) Lit. 'what is right,' 'just;' elsewhere often 'judgment.' Heb. _ mishpat_ ....
THE SONG OF MOSES The theme of this noble Song is the goodness of Jehovah in choosing Israel and bringing them into a rich land. When they provoke Him with their forgetfulness and unfaithfulness, He...
DEUTERONOMY: GOD’S LAW OF LOVE LOVE AND OBEY THE *LORD YOUR GOD DEUTERONOMY _PHILIP SMITH_ CHAPTER 32 V1 ‘Listen, HEAVENs, and I will speak. Oh earth, hear the words that I say. V2 My lessons w...
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. — No such combination of all the words for _uprightness, sincerity, equit...
הַ צּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳלֹ֔ו כִּ֥י כָל ־דְּרָכָ֖יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אֵ֤ל אֱמוּנָה֙ וְ אֵ֣ין עָ֔וֶל צַדִּ֥יק...
THE SONG AND BLESSING OF MOSES (A) THE SONG OF MOSES Deuteronomy 32:1 CRITICS have debated the date, authorship, and history of this song. For the present purpose it is sufficient, perhaps, to refe...
MOSES' SONG: THE LORD'S FAVOR UPON ISRAEL Deuteronomy 31:30; Deuteronomy 32:1 The song of Moses, like the fabled song of the swan, was his last and sweetest. It is probably the noblest ode in the wh...
Here we have the song itself. The first part (verses Deuteronomy 32:1; Deuteronomy 32:1) consists of a call to attention. Heaven and earth are called to listen while the servant of God proclaims the n...
[He is] the (c) Rock, his work [is] perfect: for all his ways [are] judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right [is] he. (c) Or mighty God; noting that only God is mighty, faithful...
_Right. You cannot complain of having been first abandoned by God. All his works and proceedings are entitled to praise. Hebrew, "This rock, ( hatsur) his works are perfect." (Calmet) --- Septuagint,...
No less than six times in this chapter, and eighteen times in other places of the Old Testament, is the LORD distinguished by the title of a Rock; as if to show the firmness, durableness, and everlast...
It is clear that a new division of the statutes and judgments of this book begins with the later verses just read from Deuteronomy 16:1-22. What belonged to the religious life of Israel was closed wit...
4._His work is perfect. _Those who take these expressions generally, and without particular reference to this passage, not only obscure their meaning, but also lessen the force of the doctrine they co...
We have the prophetic song, which is based on the foreknown fall of the people. First, it declares the perfectness of Jehovah, whatever may take place; it is Israel who have corrupted themselves (comp...
[HE IS] THE ROCK,.... That is, Jehovah is the rock, whose name Moses proposed to publish; and our God, to whom the heavens and the earth are called upon to ascribe greatness, even Christ the rock of s...
Deuteronomy 32:4 [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. Ver. 4. _He is the rock._] A firm and everlasti...
_He is a rock_ Stable in his nature, invincible in his power, fixed and immutable in his counsels, promises, and ways; so that if there should be a sad change in your affairs, remember that this proce...
1 Moses song, which setteth foorth Gods mercy and vengeance. 46 He exhorteth them to set their hearts vpon it. 48 God sendeth him vp to mount Nebo, to see the land, and die. 1 GIUE eare, O yee heau...
Israel's Position and Apostasy...
GOD: MAJESTIC AND FAITHFUL (vs.l-4) In these four verses the introduction of this song of Moses is both magnificent and beautiful. The heavens and the earth are called to hear the faithful words fro...
3-6 "He is a Rock." This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in Christ and the gospel, form a foundation...
THE ROCK, or, _a rock_, as for the stability and everlastingness of his nature, and invincibleness of his power, so also for his fixedness and immutability in his counsels and promises and ways; so th...
"And Moses spake in the ears of all the congregation of Israel the words; of this song, until they were ended." It is not too much to say that one of the very grandest and most comprehensive sections...
Deuteronomy 32:4 Rock H6697 work H6467 perfect H8549 ways H1870 justice H4941 God H410 truth H530 injustice H5766 Righteous H6662 upright H3477 the Rock - PtC H35051 Deuteronomy 32:18, Deuteronomy 32...
CHAPTER 32 THE SONG OF MOSES. Having written the Complaint Document as a song to be sung by the children of Israel until its words were fulfilled and it could be called on as a witness against them,...
CONTENTS: The song and exhortation of Moses. CHARACTERS: God, Moses, Joshua. CONCLUSION: The warning and consoling words of God sent down from heaven should sink into our hearts and soften them as t...
Deuteronomy 32:1. _Give ear, oh ye heavens, and I will speak._ This ode, which is full of rhythm, and of almost every poetic excellence and beauty, has been called the Swan song of Moses, who died sin...
_He is the Rock._ THE ROCK AND ITS ASSOCIATIONS Seven times does this strong figure the Rock occur in the song. The metaphor is self-explanatory, the stability of rock being a fit emblem of the Divin...
DEUTERONOMY—NOTE ON DEUTERONOMY 32:4 On God as THE ROCK, see vv. Deuteronomy 32:15, Deuteronomy 32:18, Deuteronomy 32:30; also Psalms 18:2. ⇐ ⇔...
The song composed by Moses and recited to the people as a witness against them. “It embraces the whole future history of Israel, and bears all the marks of prophetic testimony in the perfectly ideal p...
EXPOSITION SONG OF MOSES AND ANNOUNCEMENT OF HIS DEATH. In accordance with the Divine injunction, Moses composed an ode, which he recited in the hearing of the people, and committed to writing, to r...
So this is the song that Moses taught the children of Israel. And incidentally it was the first hit rock song. It is a song about the Rock. Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye gre...
1 Corinthians 10:4; 1 Peter 2:6; 1 Samuel 2:2; 2 Samuel 22:2; 2 Samuel 22:3; 2 Samuel 22:31; 2 Samuel 22:32; 2 Samuel 22:47; 2 Samuel 23:3;...
A rock — As for the stability of his nature, and invincibleness of his power, so also for his fixedness and immutability in his counsels and promises and ways; so that is there shall be a sad change i...