Deuteronomy 32 Comparison: American Standard Version vs Young's Literal Translation
Deuteronomy 32
1Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
2My 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.
3For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
4The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
5They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They area perverse and crooked generation.
6Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
7Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations: Ask thy father, and he will show thee; Thine elders, and they will tell thee.
8When the Most High gave to the nations their inheritance, When he separated the children of men, He set the bounds of the peoples According to the number of the children of Israel.
9For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
10He 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.
11As an eagle that stirreth up her nest, That fluttereth over her young, He spread abroad his wings, he took them, He bare them on his pinions.
12Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.
13He 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;
14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, With the finest of the wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou drankest wine.
15But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
16They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger.
17They sacrificed unto demons, which were no God, To gods that they knew not, To newgodsthat came up of late, Which your fathers dreaded not.
18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
19And Jehovah sawit, and abhorred them, Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
20And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
21They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23I will heap evils upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them:
24They shall bewasted with hunger, and devoured with burning heat And bitter destruction; And the teeth of beasts will I send upon them, With the poison of crawling things of the dust.
25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.
26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
31For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
34Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
35Vengeance is mine, and recompense, At the time when their foot shall slide: For the day of their calamity is at hand, And the things that are to come upon them shall make haste.
36For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that their power is gone, And there is noneremaining, shut up or left at large.
37And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;
38Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, Anddrank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
39See now that I, even I, am he, And there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal; And there is none that can deliver out of my hand.
40For I lift up my hand to heaven, And say, As I live for ever,
41If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.
42I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, And my sword shall devour flesh; With the blood of the slain and the captives, From the head of the leaders of the enemy.
43Rejoice, O ye nations, withhis people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.
44And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
45And Moses made an end of speaking all these words to all Israel;
46and he said unto them, Set your heart unto all the words which I testify unto you this day, which ye shall command your children to observe to do, even all the words of this law.
47For it is no vain thing for you; because it is your life, and through this thing ye shall prolong your days in the land, whither ye go over the Jordan to possess it.
48And Jehovah spake unto Moses that selfsame day, saying,
49Get thee up into this mountain of Abarim, unto mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho; and behold the land of Canaan, which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession;
50and die in the mount whither thou goest up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother died in mount Hor, and was gathered unto his people:
51because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the children of Israel at the waters of Meribah of Kadesh, in the wilderness of Zin; because ye sanctified me not in the midst of the children of Israel.
52For thou shalt see the land before thee; but thou shalt not go thither into the land which I give the children of Israel.
Deuteronomy 32
1`Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!
2Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,
3For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!
4The Rock! perfect is His work, For all His ways are just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright is He.
5It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!
6To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy fatherthy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.
7Remember days of oldUnderstand the years of many generationsAsk thy father, and he doth tell thee; Thine elders, and they say to thee:
8In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of AdamHe setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel.
9For Jehovah's portion is His people, Jacob is the line of His inheritance.
10He findeth him in a landa desert, And in a voida howling wilderness, He turneth him roundHe causeth him to understandHe keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
11As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wingstaketh them, Beareth them on its pinions;
12Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.
13He 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;
14Butter of the herd, and milk of the flock, With fat of lambs, and rams, sons of Bashan, And he-goats, with fat of kidneys of wheat; And of the blood of the grape thou dost drink wine!
15And Jeshurun waxeth fat, and doth kick: Thou hast been fatthou hast been thick, Thou hast been covered. And he leaveth God who made him, And dishonoureth the Rock of his salvation.
16They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry.
17They sacrifice to demonsno god! Gods they have not knownNew onesfrom the vicinity they came; Not feared them have your fathers!
18The Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.
19And Jehovah seeth and despisethFor the provocation of His sons and His daughters.
20And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what is their latter end; For a froward generation are they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.
21They have made Me zealous by `no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by `no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.
22For a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheolthe lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.
23I gather upon them evils, Mine arrows I consume upon them.
24Exhausted by famine, And consumed by heat, and bitter destruction. And the teeth of beasts I send upon them, With poison of fearful things of the dust.
25Without bereave doth the sword, And at the inner-chambersfear, Both youth and virgin, Suckling with man of grey hair.
26I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
27If notthe anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries knowLest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
28For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them.
29If they were wiseThey deal wisely with this; They attend to their latter end:
30How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If notthat their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?
31For not as our Rock is their rock, (And our enemies are judges!)
32For of the vine of Sodom their vine is , And of the fields of Gomorrah; Their grapes are grapes of gallThey have bitter clusters;
33The poison of dragons is their wine And the fierce venom of asps.
34Is it not laid up with Me? Sealed among My treasures?
35Mine are vengeance and recompense, At the due timedoth their foot slide; For near is a day of their calamity, And haste do things prepared for them.
36For Jehovah doth judge His people, And for His servants doth repent Himself. For He seeththe going away of power, And none is restrained and left.
37And He hath said, Where are their godsThe rock in which they trusted;
38Which the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!
39See ye, now, that II am He, And there is no god with Me: I put to death, and I keep alive; I have smitten, and I heal; And there is not from My hand a deliverer,
40For I lift up unto the heavens My hand, And have said, I liveto the age!
41If I have sharpened the brightness of My sword, And My hand doth lay hold on judgment, I turn back vengeance to Mine adversaries, And to those hating MeI repay!
42I make drunk Mine arrows with blood, And My sword devoureth flesh, From the blood of the pierced and captive, From the head of the freemen of the enemy.
43Sing ye nations with his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His landHis people.'
44And Moses cometh and speaketh all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he and Hoshea son of Nun;
45and Moses finisheth to speak all these words unto all Israel,
46and saith unto them, `Set your heart to all the words which I am testifying against you to-day, that ye command your sons to observe to do all the words of this law,
47for it is not a vain thing for you, for it is your life, and by this thing ye prolong days on the ground whither ye are passing over the Jordan to possess it.'
48And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, in this self-same day, saying,
49`Go up unto this mount Abarim, mount Nebo, which is in the land of Moab, which is on the front of Jericho, and see the land of Canaan which I am giving to the sons of Israel for a possession;
50and die in the mount whither thou art going up, and be gathered unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother hath died in the mount Hor, and is gathered unto his people:
51`Because ye trespassed against me in the midst of the sons of Israel at the waters of Meribath-Kadesh, the wilderness of Zinbecause ye sanctified Me not in the midst of the sons of Israel;
52but over-against thou seest the land, and thither thou dost not go in, unto the land which I am giving to the sons of Israel.'
Understanding American Standard Version vs Young's Literal Translation in Deuteronomy 32
American Standard Version (ASV)
A highly literal translation known for accuracy and adherence to the original Hebrew and Greek. Consistent word choices make it excellent for careful study and cross-referencing. A strong pick for readers who want a precise, classic-modern English Bible.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT)
An extremely literal, word-for-word translation that preserves original verb tenses and phrasing. Best for close study and comparing structures from the source languages. The English can feel rigid, but it’s very useful for detailed analysis.
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Key Comparison: Deuteronomy 32:16
"They moved him to jealousy with strange gods; With abominations provoked they him to anger."
"They make Him zealous with strangers, With abominations they make Him angry."
