Deuteronomy 32:2
Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
1'Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
3For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!
Cross References
Job 29:22After my word they change not, And on them doth my speech drop,
Isaiah 55:10For, as come down doth the shower, And the snow from the heavens, And thither returneth not, But hath watered the earth, And hath caused it to yield, and to spring up, And hath given seed to the sower, and bread to the eater,
Hosea 14:5I am as dew to Israel, he flourisheth as a lily, And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon.
Micah 5:7And the remnant of Jacob hath been in the midst of many peoples, As dew from Jehovah — as showers on the herb, That waiteth not for man, nor stayeth for the sons of men.
1 Corinthians 3:6I planted, Apollos watered, but God was giving 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 →