Deuteronomy 32:10 “He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He sur…”

Deuteronomy 32:10

He found him in a desert land, in a barren, howling wilderness; He surrounded him, He instructed him, He guarded him as the apple of His eye.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.

World English Bible

He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.

American Standard Version

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.

Geneva Bible 1599

He found him in ye land of ye wildernes, in a waste, and roaring wildernes: he led him about, he taught him, and kept him as ye apple of his eye.

Darby Translation

He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.

Young's Literal Translation

He findeth him in a land — a desert, And in a void — a howling wilderness, He turneth him round — He causeth him to understand — He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.

Bible in Basic English

He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.

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Cross references

“found”

Hosea 13:5 Jeremiah 2:6 Nehemiah 9:19–21 Song of Solomon 8:5 Deuteronomy 8:15 Deuteronomy 8:16

Hosea 13:5 · BSB

I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Jeremiah 2:6 · BSB

They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one…

Nehemiah 9:19–21 · BSB

You in Your great compassion did not forsake them in the wilderness. By day the pillar of cloud never turned away from guiding them on their path; and by the night the pillar of fire illuminated the way they should go.

Song of Solomon 8:5 · BSB

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her beloved? The Bride I roused you under the apple tree; there your mother conceived you; there she travailed and brought you forth.

Deuteronomy 8:15 · BSB

He led you through the vast and terrifying wilderness with its venomous snakes and scorpions, a thirsty and waterless land. He brought you water from the rock of flint.

Deuteronomy 8:16 · BSB

He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.

“he instructed”

Psalm 32:7–10 Deuteronomy 4:36 Romans 2:18 Romans 3:2 Nehemiah 9:20 Psalm 147:19

Psalm 32:7–10 · BSB

You are my hiding place. You protect me from trouble; You surround me with songs of deliverance. Selah

Deuteronomy 4:36 · BSB

He let you hear His voice from heaven to discipline you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the fire.

Romans 2:18 · BSB

if you know His will and approve of what is superior because you are instructed by the law;

Romans 3:2 · BSB

Much in every way. First of all, they have been entrusted with the very words of God.

Nehemiah 9:20 · BSB

You gave Your good Spirit to instruct them. You did not withhold Your manna from their mouths, and You gave them water for their thirst.

Psalm 147:19 · BSB

He declares His word to Jacob, His statutes and judgments to Israel.

“he kept”

Psalm 17:8 Zechariah 2:8 Proverbs 7:2

Psalm 17:8 · BSB

Keep me as the apple of Your eye; hide me in the shadow of Your wings

Zechariah 2:8 · BSB

For this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “After His Glory has sent Me against the nations that have plundered you—for whoever touches you touches the apple of His eye—

Proverbs 7:2 · BSB

Keep my commandments and live; guard my teachings as the apple of your eye.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

9But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

11As an eagle stirs up its nest and hovers over its young, He spread His wings to catch them and carried them on His pinions.

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