Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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:

In Context

1Hear, O ye heavens, the things I speak, let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth.

3Because I will invoke the name of the Lord: give ye magnificence to our God.

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Cross References

Job 29:22To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

Isaiah 55:10And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Hosea 14:5I will heal their breaches, I will love them freely: for my wrath is turned away from them.

Micah 5:7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many peoples as a dew from the Lord, and as drops upon the grass, which waiteth not for man, nor tarrieth for the children of men.

1 Corinthians 3:6I have planted, Apollo watered, but God gave the increase.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:2-7

The Song of Moses. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 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: 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 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. 5 They have corrupted themselves, their… Read the whole commentary →

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