KJV King James Version
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
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Deuteronomy 32:13
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
WEB World English Bible
He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
ASV American Standard Version
He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
He maketh him ride on high places of earth, And he eateth increase of the fields, And He maketh him suck honey from a rock, And oil out of the flint of a rock;
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
10 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.
11 As an eagle stirreth up her nest, fluttereth over her young, spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them, beareth them on her wings:
12 [So] the LORD alone did lead him, and [there was] no strange god with him.
13 He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
14 Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.
15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered [with fatness]; then he forsook God [which] made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16 They provoked him to jealousy with strange [gods], with abominations provoked they him to anger.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙H7392 · ra.khavto rideעַל־H5921 · aluponבָּ֣מֳתֵיH1116 · ba.mahhigh placeאָ֔רֶץH776 · e.retsland: country/planetוַיֹּאכַ֖לH398 · a.khalto eatתְּנוּבֹ֣תH8570 · te.nu.vahfruitשָׂדָ֑יH7704 · sa.daySirionוַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּH3243 · ya.naqto suckleדְבַשׁ֙H1706 · de.vashhoneyמִסֶּ֔לַעH5553 · se.larockוְשֶׁ֖מֶןH8081 · she.menoilמֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁH2496 · chal.la.mishflintצֽוּר׃H6697 · tsurRocks (of Goats)
Cross-references
Isaiah 58:14Then shalt thou delight thyself in the LORD; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the LORD hath spoken [it].Job 29:6When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;Psalm 81:16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.Deuteronomy 33:26[There is] none like unto the God of Jeshurun, [who] rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.Deuteronomy 33:29Happy [art] thou, O Israel: who [is] like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, the shield of thy help, and who [is] the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.Ezekiel 36:2Thus saith the Lord GOD; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:Isaiah 48:21And they thirsted not [when] he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.Ezekiel 21:17I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the LORD have said [it].
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