Deuteronomy 32:1
Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.
KJV
Audite, cæli, quæ loquor : audiat terra verba oris mei.
Vulgate
Πρόσεχε, οὐρανέ, καὶ λαλήσω· καὶ ἀκουέτω ἡ γῆ ῥήματα ἐκ στόματός μου.
LXX
Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.
ASV
הַאֲזִ֥ינוּ הַ/שָּׁמַ֖יִם וַ/אֲדַבֵּ֑רָה וְ/תִשְׁמַ֥ע הָ/אָ֖רֶץ אִמְרֵי פִֽ/י
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אִמְרֵי
'mry
noun · 48×
אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
ה
h
verb · 41×
י
y
noun · 496×
יְדַבֵּ֥ר
ydbr
verb · 1134×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Proofs from the plain testimony of Moses, and of the other prophets, whose words are the words of Christ, that there is But one God, the founder of the world, whom Our Lord preached, and whom He called His Father. 1. Moses, therefore, making a recapitulation of the whole law, which he had received from the Creator (Demiurge), thus speaks in Deuteronomy: Give ear, O you heavens,…
Covers the rebellion of Korah, the spies sent to Canaan, the 40 years of wandering, Balaam's oracles, the conquest of Transjordan, and the death of Moses. Josephus portrays Moses as one of the greatest legislators in human history.
Cross-references
- Deut 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal
- Deut 4:26 — I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that ye shall soon utterly perish from off the land whereunto ye go over Jordan to possess it; ye shall not prolong your days upon it, but shal
- Deut 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
- Deut 30:19 — I call heaven and earth to record this day against you, that I have set before you life and death, blessing and cursing: therefore choose life, that both thou and thy seed may live:
- Deut 31:28 — Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
- Deut 31:28 — Gather unto me all the elders of your tribes, and your officers, that I may speak these words in their ears, and call heaven and earth to record against them.
- Heb 7:7 — And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
- Isa 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Isa 1:2 — Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
- Isa 34:1 — Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye people: let the earth hear, and all that is therein; the world, and all things that come forth of it.
- Jer 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
- Jer 2:12 — Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the LORD.
- Jer 6:19 — Hear, O earth: behold, I will bring evil upon this people, even the fruit of their thoughts, because they have not hearkened unto my words, nor to my law, but rejected it.
- Jer 22:29 — O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
- Jer 22:29 — O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the LORD.
- Josh 24:27 — And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the LORD which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest y
- Mic 6:1 — Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
- Ps 49:1 — Hear this, all ye people; give ear, all ye inhabitants of the world:
- Ps 50:4 — He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.
- Ps 50:4 — He shall call to the heavens from above, and to the earth, that he may judge his people.