# Deuteronomy 32.1

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**Book:** [Deuteronomy](/codex/deuteronomy/) · NASB95

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> **1. Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear 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 grass, And as the showers upon the herb. 3. For I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God. (Deuteronomy 32:1-3, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> **1. Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.**
>
> 2. My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb. 3. For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God! (Deuteronomy 32:1-3, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> **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. (Deuteronomy 32:1-3, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> **1. 'Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!**
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> 2. Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb, 3. For the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God! (Deuteronomy 32:1-3, YLT)

## Setting

- **Speaker:** _TBD_
- **Audience:** _TBD_
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- **Time period:** _TBD_

## Theological reading

_Patristic / early-church-father exegesis, to be added._

## Key words

_Theologically-loaded Greek or Hebrew words in this verse may have entries in the lexicon. Curated to roughly 100 contested terms across the corpus, not every word._

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## Notes

_Your annotations._

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## Why these four translations

ris3n chose ASV, WEB, KJV, and YLT for two reasons together. They are the **most literal English translations available** (formal-equivalence: word-for-word renderings that preserve the Hebrew and Greek grammar rather than smoothing it into modern dynamic-equivalence idiom). And they are in the **public domain in the United States**, which means fair-use quotation at any length requires no publisher license. Modern licensed translations (NASB95, ESV, NIV) restrict volume of quotation under their copyright terms, so they are not used at stub-level coverage here. NASB95 appears only on hand-curated rich passage hubs under Lockman Foundation's fair-use allowance.

The four:

- **[ASV](/codex/asv/)** (American Standard Version, 1901). The basis of the modern critical-text English tradition.
- **[WEB](/codex/web/)** (World English Bible, contemporary). Public-domain revision in the ASV line, in current English.
- **[KJV](/codex/kjv/)** (King James Version, 1611). Reformation-era, Textus Receptus base.
- **[YLT](/codex/ylt/)** (Young's Literal Translation, Robert Young, 1862). Hyper-literal preservation of Hebrew and Greek grammar; useful for word-study work even where English reads stiff.

See [Bibles](/codex/bibles/) for the full per-translation history, translators, textual basis, strengths, and weaknesses.