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The Song of Moses

Deuteronomy 32:1

In 11 translations

BSB
Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
KJV
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
WEB
Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
ASV
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
LSV
“Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And you hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
YLT
'Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
DBY
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!
DRC
Hear, O ye heavens, the things I speak, let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth.
GNV
Hearken, ye heauens, and I will speake: and let the earth heare the words of my mouth.
JPS
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
LXXE
Attend, O heaven, and I will speak; and let the earth hear the words out of my mouth.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם וַאֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְתִשְׁמַ֥ע הָאָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי־פִֽי׃
LXX-Br
Πρόσεχε οὐρανὲ, καὶ λαλήσω, καὶ ἀκουέτω ἡ γῆ ῥήματα ἐκ στόματός μου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 1:2Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me.
  • Deuteronomy 4:26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.
  • Psalms 49:1Hear this, all you peoples; listen, all inhabitants of the world,
  • Jeremiah 22:29O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!
  • Deuteronomy 30:19I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you today that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing. Therefore choose life, so that you and your descendants may live,
  • Deuteronomy 31:28Assemble before me all the elders of your tribes and all your officers so that I may speak these words in their hearing and call heaven and earth to witness against them.
  • Psalms 50:4He summons the heavens above, and the earth, that He may judge His people:
  • Jeremiah 6:19Hear, O earth! I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their own schemes, because they have paid no attention to My word and have rejected My instruction.
  • Jeremiah 2:12Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD.

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