Deuteronomy 32:2

Let my teaching drop down like the rain, 1 let my speech distill like the dew, 1 like the gentle rain on the tender grass, 1 and like the showers on the plants. 1

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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

1Give ear, you heavens, and let me speak. 1 Let the earth listen to the words of my mouth. 1

3For I will proclaim the name of Yahweh, 1 and ascribe greatness to our God. 1

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Cross References

Job 29:22After my words were done, they did not speak again; 1 my speech dropped like water on them. 1

Isaiah 55:10For as the rain and snow come down from heaven 1 and do not return there unless they saturate the earth 1 and make it produce and sprout and give seed to the farmer who sows and bread to the eater, 1

Hosea 14:5I will be like the dew to Israel; 1 he will blossom like the lily 1 and take root like a cedar in Lebanon. 1

Micah 5:7The remnant of Jacob will be in the midst of many peoples, 1 like dew from Yahweh, 1 like showers on the grass, 1 that do not wait for a man, 1 and they do not wait for the children of mankind. 1

1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God gave the growth.

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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