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Deuteronomy 32

Deut. 32:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He is thez Rock
tsuwr (Hebrew #6697)
from 6696; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous)
KJV usage: edge, X (mighty) God (one), rock, X sharp, stone, X strength, X strong. See also 1049.
Pronounce: tsoor
Origin: or tsur {tsoor}
, his work
po`al (Hebrew #6467)
an act or work (concretely)
KJV usage: act, deed, do, getting, maker, work.
Pronounce: po'-al
Origin: from 6466
isa perfect
tamiym (Hebrew #8549)
entire (literally, figuratively or morally); also (as noun) integrity, truth
KJV usage: without blemish, complete, full, perfect, sincerely (-ity), sound, without spot, undefiled, upright(-ly), whole.
Pronounce: taw-meem'
Origin: from 8552
: for all his ways
derek (Hebrew #1870)
a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb
KJV usage: along, away, because of, + by, conversation, custom, (east-)ward, journey, manner, passenger, through, toward, (high-) (path-)way(-side), whither(-soever).
Pronounce: deh'-rek
Origin: from 1869
b are judgment
mishpat (Hebrew #4941)
properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style
KJV usage: + adversary, ceremony, charge, X crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, X worthy, + wrong.
Pronounce: mish-pawt'
Origin: from 8199
: a God
'el (Hebrew #410)
strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)
KJV usage: God (god), X goodly, X great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in "-el."
Pronounce: ale
Origin: shortened from 352
ofc truth
'emuwnah (Hebrew #530)
literally firmness; figuratively security; morally fidelity
KJV usage: faith(-ful, -ly, -ness, (man)), set office, stability, steady, truly, truth, verily.
Pronounce: em-oo-naw');
Origin: feminine of 529
and without iniquity
`evel (Hebrew #5766)
and (feminine) lavlah {av-law'}; or owlah {o-law'}; or .olah {o-law'}; from 5765; (moral) evil
KJV usage: iniquity, perverseness, unjust(-ly), unrighteousness(-ly); wicked(-ness).
Pronounce: eh'-vel
Origin: or lavel {aw'-vel}
, just
tsaddiyq (Hebrew #6662)
just
KJV usage: just, lawful, righteous (man).
Pronounce: tsad-deek'
Origin: from 6663
and right
yashar (Hebrew #3477)
straight (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: convenient, equity, Jasher, just, meet(-est), + pleased well right(-eous), straight, (most) upright(-ly, -ness).
Pronounce: yaw-shawr'
Origin: from 3474
is he.

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the Rock.
Deut. 32:18,30‑31• 18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful,{HR}And hast forgotten God that formed thee.
30{i}How could one chase a thousand,{HR}And two put ten thousand to flight,{HR}Were it not that their Rock had sold them,{HR}And Jehovah had delivered them up?{HR}{/i}
31{i}For their rock is not as our Rock:{HR}Let our enemies themselves be judges.{HR}{/i}
(Deut. 32:18,30‑31)
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1 Sam. 2:2• 2There is none holy as Jehovah:{HR}For there is none beside thee:{HR}Neither is there any rock like our God. (1 Sam. 2:2)
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2 Sam. 22:2‑3,32,47• 2{i}And he said,{HR}Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer;{HR}{/i}
3{i}God is my rock, in him will I trust—{HR}My shield, and the horn of my salvation,{HR}My high tower, and my refuge,{HR}My saviour: thou wilt save me from violence.{HR}{/i}
32{i}For who is God, save Jehovah?{HR}And who is a rock, save our God?{HR}{/i}
47{i}Jehovah liveth; and blessed be my rock;{HR}And exalted be the God, the rock of my salvation,{HR}{/i}
(2 Sam. 22:2‑3,32,47)
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2 Sam. 23:3• 3The God of Israel said,{HR}The Rock of Israel spake to me,{HR}He that ruleth over men must be just,{HR}Ruling in the fear of God. (2 Sam. 23:3)
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Psa. 18:2,31,46• 2Jehovah [is] my rock and my fortress and my deliverer;{HR}My God, my rock, I will trust in him;{HR}My shield and horn of my salvation, my refuge.
31For who [is] God besides Jehovah?{HR}And who [is] a rock except our God?
46Jehovah liveth, and blessed [is] my rock{HR}And exalted the God of my salvation,
(Psa. 18:2,31,46)
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Psa. 61:2‑4• 2From the end of the earth I will call unto thee,{HR}When my heart is overwhelmed:{HR}To a rock higher than I thou wilt lead me.
3For thou hast been a refuge unto me,{HR}A tower of strength from before the enemy.
4I will sojourn in thy tent forever,{HR}I will trust in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
(Psa. 61:2‑4)
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Psa. 92:15• 15To show that Jehovah is upright:{HR}[He is] my rock, and no unrighteousness [is] in him. (Psa. 92:15)
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Isa. 26:4• 4Confide ye in Jehovah forever; for in Jah, Jehovah [is the] rock of ages. (Isa. 26:4)
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Isa. 28:16• 16Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner [stone], a sure foundation: he that beliveth shall not make haste. (Isa. 28:16)
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Isa. 32:2• 2And a man shall be as a hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land. (Isa. 32:2)
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Matt. 16:16‑18• 16{i}And Simon Peter answering said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God.{/i}
17{i}And Jesus answering said to him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jona, for flesh and blood has not revealed [it] to thee, but my Father who is in the heavens.{/i}
18{i}And I also, I say unto thee that thou art Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and hades' gates shall not prevail against it.{/i}
(Matt. 16:16‑18)
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1 Cor. 10:4• 4and all drank the same spiritual drink; for they were drinking of a spiritual attendant rock (and the rock was Christ); (1 Cor. 10:4)
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1 Peter 2:6• 6Because it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a corner-stone, elect, precious; and he that believeth on him shall in no way be shamed. (1 Peter 2:6)
his work.
all his.
Deut. 10:18• 18{i}who executeth the judgment of the fatherless and the widow, and loveth the stranger, to give him food and clothing.{/i} (Deut. 10:18)
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Gen. 18:25• 25{i}Far be it from thee to do so, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that the righteous should be as the wicked—far be it from thee! Will not the Judge of all the earth do right?{/i} (Gen. 18:25)
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Job 35:14• 14Though thou say thou seest him not,{HR}Judgment [is] before him, and wait thou on him. (Job 35:14)
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Psa. 9:16• 16Jehovah is become known;{HR}He hath executed judgment:{HR}In the work of his own hands the wicked [man] is ensnared.{HR}Higgayon. Selah. (Psa. 9:16)
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Psa. 97:2• 2Cloud and darkness [are] around him,{HR}Righteousness and judgment the foundation of his throne. (Psa. 97:2)
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Psa. 99:4• 4And the king's strength loveth judgment:{HR}{i}Thou{/i} hast established equity;{HR}{i}Thou{/i} hast wrought judgment{HR}And righteousness in Jacob. (Psa. 99:4)
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Isa. 30:18• 18And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he lift himself up that he may have mercy upon you; for Jehovah [is] a God of judgment: blessed [are] all they that wait for him. (Isa. 30:18)
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Jer. 9:24• 24{i}but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah, who exercise loving-kindness, judgment, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah{/i}. (Jer. 9:24)
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Dan. 4:37• 37{i}Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of the heavens, all whose works are truth, and his paths judgment: and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.{/i} (Dan. 4:37)
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John 5:22• 22for not even the Father judgeth anyone, but hath given all the judgment to the Son; (John 5:22)
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Rom. 1:32• 32which, knowing right well the righteous award of God that they who do such things are worthy of death, not only practice them but also have a fellow-pleasure in those that do [them]. (Rom. 1:32)
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Rom. 2:2,5• 2But we know that the judgment of God is according to truth upon those that do such things.
5But according to thy hardness and unrepentant heart thou treasurest to thyself wrath in [the] day of wrath and revelation of God's righteous judgment,
(Rom. 2:2,5)
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James 4:12• 12One is the law-giver and judge that is able to save and destroy; but who art thou that judgest [thy] neighbour? (James 4:12)
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Rev. 15:3‑4• 3And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and wonderful {i}are{/i} thy works, O Lord God the Almighty; just and true {i}are{/i} thy ways, thou King of the nations.
4Who shall not fear, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for {i}thou{/i} only {i}art{/i} holy: for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteousnesses were manifested.
(Rev. 15:3‑4)
a God.
Ex. 34:6• 6{i}And Jehovah passed by before his face, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in goodness and truth,{/i} (Ex. 34:6)
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Psa. 31:5• 5Into thy hand I commit my spirit;{HR}Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, God of truth. (Psa. 31:5)
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Psa. 98:3• 3He remembered his mercy and his faithfulness to the house of Israel;{HR}All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psa. 98:3)
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Psa. 100:5• 5For Jehovah [is] good;{HR}Forever [is] his mercy,{HR}And his faithfulness from generation to generation. (Psa. 100:5)
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Psa. 146:6• 6Who made heavens and earth,{HR}The sea and all that [is] in them;{HR}The keeper of truth forever; (Psa. 146:6)
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Isa. 25:1• 1Jehovah, thou [art] my God; I will exalt thee, I will celebrate thy name; for thou hast done wonderful [things]: counsels of old [which are] faithfulness [and] truth. (Isa. 25:1)
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Jer. 10:10• 10{i}But Jehovah Elohim is truth; he is the living God, and the King of eternity. At his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations cannot abide his indignation.{/i} (Jer. 10:10)
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John 1:14,17• 14And the Word became flesh and tabernacled among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of an only-begotten from beside a father), full of grace and truth.
17For the law was given through Moses, grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
(John 1:14,17)
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John 14:6• 6Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father but by me. (John 14:6)
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J. N. Darby Translation

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He is the Rock, his workc is perfect, For all his ways are righteousnessd; A *God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.

JND Translation Notes

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As Isa. 45.9.
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Lit. "what is right," "just"; elsewhere often "judgment." Heb. mishpat.

W. Kelly Translation

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He is the Rock, his doing is perfect:{HR}For all his ways are judgment:{HR}A God of truth without iniquity,{HR}Just and right is he.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)