Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 13

Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;
Deuteronomy 32:13, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:13 in other translations

BSBHe made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,
WEBHe made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;
ASVHe 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;
YLTHe 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;
DARBYHe made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he ate the produce of the field; And he made him suck honey out of the crag, And oil out of the flinty rock;
BBEHe put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;
WebsterHe made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

What does Deuteronomy 32:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:13-14
13-14. He made him ride on the high places, &c.--All these expressions seem to have peculiar reference to their home in the trans-jordanic territory, that being the extent of Palestine that they had seen at the time when Moses is represented as uttering these words. "The high places" and "the fields" are specially applicable to the tablelands of Gilead as are the allusions to the herds and flocks, the honey of the wild bees which hive in the crevices of the rocks, the oil from the olive as it grew singly or in small clumps on the tops of hills where scarcely anything else would grow, the finest wheat (Psa 81:16; 147:14), and the prolific vintage.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 He made him ride - ירכבהו yarkibehu, he will cause him to ride. All the verbs here are in the future tense, because this is a prophecy of the prosperity they should possess in the promised land. The Israelites were to ride - exult, on the high places, the mountains and hills of their land, in which they are promised the highest degrees of prosperity; as even the rocky part of the country should be rendered fertile by the peculiar benediction of God. Suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock - This promise states that even the most barren places in the country should yield an abundance of aromatic flowers, from which the bees should collect honey in abundance; and even the tops of the rocks afford sufficient support for olive trees, from the fruit of which they should extract oil in abundance: and all this should be occasioned by the peculiar blessing of God upon the land.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:7-14

Moses gives particular instances of God's kindness and concern for them. The eagle's care for her young is a beautiful emblem of Christ's love, who came between Divine justice and our guilty souls, and bare our sins in his own body on the tree. And by the preached gospel, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, He stirs up and prevails upon sinners to leave Satan's bondage. In ver. #(13-14), are emblems of the…

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Deuteronomy 32:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַרְכִּבֵ֙הוּ֙yar.ki.Ve.huhe caused to ride itH7392
עַל\־'al-onH5921
בָּ֣מֳתֵיba.mo.tei[the] high places ofH1116
אָ֔רֶץ'A.retz[the] landH776
וַיֹּאכַ֖לvai.yo.Khaland it ateH398
תְּנוּבֹ֣תte.nu.Votfruits ofH8570
שָׂדָ֑יsa.Dai[the] fieldH7704
וַיֵּנִקֵ֤הֽוּvai.ye.ni.Ke.huand he suckled himH3243
דְבַשׁ֙de.VashhoneyH1706
מִסֶּ֔לַעmi.Se.la'from a rockH5553
וְשֶׁ֖מֶןve.She.menand oilH8081
מֵחַלְמִ֥ישׁme.chal.Mishfrom flint ofH2496
צֽוּר\׃TzurrockH6697

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:13

  • Isaiah 58:14

    Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord; and I will cause thee to ride upon the high places of the earth, and feed thee with the heritage of Jacob thy father: for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

  • Job 29:6

    When I washed my steps with butter, and the rock poured me out rivers of oil;

  • Psalms 81:16

    He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

  • Ezekiel 36:2

    Thus saith the Lord God; Because the enemy hath said against you, Aha, even the ancient high places are ours in possession:

  • Deuteronomy 33:29

    Happy art thou, O Israel: who is like unto thee, O people saved by the Lord, the shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency! and thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee; and thou shalt tread upon their high places.

  • Deuteronomy 33:26

    There is none like unto the God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon the heaven in thy help, and in his excellency on the sky.

  • Isaiah 48:21

    And they thirsted not when he led them through the deserts: he caused the waters to flow out of the rock for them: he clave the rock also, and the waters gushed out.

  • Ezekiel 21:17

    I will also smite mine hands together, and I will cause my fury to rest: I the Lord have said it.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ride.
33:26,29; Isa 58:14; Eze 36:2
honey.
Job 29:6; Ps 81:16; Isa 48:21; Eze 21:17

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:12

    So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

  • Deuteronomy 32:13

    He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

  • Deuteronomy 32:14

    Butter of kine, and milk of sheep, with fat of lambs, and rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the fat of kidneys of wheat; and thou didst drink the pure blood of the grape.

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Deuteronomy 32:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Hízolo subir sobre las alturas de la tierra, y comió los frutos del campo, é hizo que chupase miel de la peña, y aceite del duro pedernal;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Il l’a fait passer à cheval sur les lieux hauts de la terre; et il a mangé le produit des champs, et il lui a fait sucer le miel du rocher, et l’huile du roc dur;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Er ließ ihn einherfahren auf den Höhen der Erde, und er aß den Ertrag des Feldes; und er ließ ihn Honig saugen aus dem Felsen und Öl aus dem Kieselfelsen;
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		constituit eum super excelsam terram, ut comederet fructus agrorum: ut sugeret mel de petra, oleumque de saxo durissimo;