KJV King James Version
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:
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 32:2
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:
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.
WEB World English Bible
My doctrine shall drop as the rain. My speech shall condense as the dew, as the small rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
ASV American Standard Version
My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
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 spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
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Original-language word links
These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
יַעֲרֹ֤ףH6201 · a.raphto dropכַּמָּטָר֙H4306 · ma.tarrainלִקְחִ֔יH3948 · le.qachteachingתִּזַּ֥לH5140 · na.zalto flowכַּטַּ֖לH2919 · taldewאִמְרָתִ֑יH565 · im.rahwordכִּשְׂעִירִ֣םH8164 · sa.irrainעֲלֵי־H5921 · aluponדֶ֔שֶׁאH1877 · de.shegrassוְכִרְבִיבִ֖יםH7241 · ra.vivshowerעֲלֵי־H5921 · aluponעֵֽשֶׂב׃H6212 · e.sevvegetation
Cross-references
Isaiah 55:10-11For as the rain cometh down, and the snow from heaven, and returneth not thither, but watereth the earth, and maketh it bring forth and bud, that it may give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:Micah 5:7And the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people as a dew from the LORD, as the showers upon the grass, that tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth for the sons of men.Psalm 72:6He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass: as showers [that] water the earth.Job 29:22-23After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them.Hosea 14:5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.Hosea 6:4O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away.2 Samuel 23:4And [he shall be] as the light of the morning, [when] the sun riseth, [even] a morning without clouds; [as] the tender grass [springing] out of the earth by clear shining after rain.1 Corinthians 3:6-8I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.Hebrews 6:7For the earth which drinketh in the rain that cometh oft upon it, and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is dressed, receiveth blessing from God:Zechariah 10:1Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; [so] the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.
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