# Deuteronomy 32.10

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

## Immediate context (±2 verses)

**ASV** ([ASV](/codex/asv/))
> 8. When 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. 9. For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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> **10. He 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.**
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> 11. As 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. 12. Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him. (Deuteronomy 32:8-12, ASV)

**WEB** ([WEB](/codex/web/))
> 8. When 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. 9. For Yahweh’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
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> **10. He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.**
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> 11. As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings, he took them, he bore them on his feathers. 12. Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him. (Deuteronomy 32:8-12, WEB)

**KJV** ([KJV](/codex/kjv/))
> 8. When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel. 9. For the LORD'S portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. <sup>lot: Heb. cord</sup>
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> **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. <sup>led: or, compassed</sup>**
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> 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. (Deuteronomy 32:8-12, KJV)

**YLT** ([YLT](/codex/ylt/))
> 8. In the Most High causing nations to inherit, In His separating sons of Adam, He setteth up the borders of the peoples By the number of the sons of Israel. 9. For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.
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> **10. He findeth him in a land, a desert, And in a void, a howling wilderness, He turneth him round, He causeth him to understand, He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.**
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> 11. As an eagle waketh up its nest, Over its young ones fluttereth, Spreadeth its wings, taketh them, Beareth them on its pinions; 12. Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him. (Deuteronomy 32:8-12, YLT)

## Setting

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## 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

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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.