Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 14

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.
Deuteronomy 32:14, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:14 in other translations

BSBwith curds from the herd and milk from the flock, with the fat of lambs, with rams from Bashan, and goats, with the choicest grains of wheat. From the juice of the finest grapes you drank the wine.
WEBbutter from the herd, and milk from the flock, with fat of lambs, rams of the breed of Bashan, and goats, with the finest of the wheat. From the blood of the grape, you drank wine.
ASVButter 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.
YLTButter 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!
DARBYCream of kine, and milk of sheep, With the fat of lambs, And rams of the breed of Bashan, and he-goats, With the fat of kidneys of wheat; And thou didst drink pure wine, the blood of the grape.
BBEButter from his cows and milk from his sheep, with fat of lambs and sheep of Bashan, and goats, and the heart of the grain; and for your drink, wine from the blood of the grape.
WebsterButter of cows, 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.

What does Deuteronomy 32:14 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…

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 14 Fat of kidneys of wheat - Almost every person knows that the kidney is enveloped in a coat of the purest fat in the body of the animal, for which several anatomical reasons might be given. As the kidney itself is to the abundantly surrounding fat, so is the germ of the grain to the lobes or farinaceous parts. The expression here may be considered as a very strong and peculiarly happy figure to point out the finest wheat, containing the healthiest and most vigorous germ, growing in a very large and nutritive grain; and consequently the whole figure points out to us a species of wheat, equally excellent both for seed and bread. This beautiful metaphor seems to have escaped the notice of every commentator. Pure blood of the grape - Red wine, or the pure juice of whatever color, expressed from the grapes, without any adulteration or mixture with water: blood here is synonymous with juice. This intimates that their vines should be of the best kind, and their wine in abundance, and of the most delicious flavour.

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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 32:14 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.

חֶמְאַ֨תchem.'Atcurd<s> ofH2529
בָּקָ֜רba.Kar[the] herdH1241
וַחֲלֵ֣בva.cha.Levand milk ofH2461
צֹ֗אןTzon[the] flockH6629
עִם\־'im-withH5973
חֵ֨לֶבChe.levfat ofH2459
כָּרִ֜יםka.RimlambsH3733
וְאֵילִ֤יםve.'ei.Limand ramsH352
בְּנֵֽי\־be.nei-[the] sons ofH1121
בָשָׁן֙va.ShanBashanH1316
וְעַתּוּדִ֔יםve.'a.tu.Dimand goatsH6260
עִם\־'im-withH5973
חֵ֖לֶבChe.lev[the] fat ofH2459
כִּלְי֣וֹתkil.Yot[the] kidneys ofH3629
חִטָּ֑הchi.TahwheatH2406
וְדַם\־ve.dam-and blood ofH1818
עֵנָ֖ב'e.Navgrape[s]H6025
תִּשְׁתֶּה\־tish.teh-you drankH8354
חָֽמֶר\׃Cha.merwineH2561

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:14

  • Genesis 49:11

    Binding his foal unto the vine, and his ass’s colt unto the choice vine; he washed his garments in wine, and his clothes in the blood of grapes:

  • 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.

  • Psalms 147:14

    He maketh peace in thy borders, and filleth thee with the finest of the wheat.

  • Matthew 26:28-29

    For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins. But I say unto you, I will not drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father’s kingdom.

  • Psalms 22:12

    Many bulls have compassed me: strong bulls of Bashan have beset me round.

  • Genesis 18:8

    And he took butter, and milk, and the calf which he had dressed, and set it before them; and he stood by them under the tree, and they did eat.

  • Isaiah 7:22

    And it shall come to pass, for the abundance of milk that they shall give he shall eat butter: for butter and honey shall every one eat that is left in the land.

  • Micah 7:14

    Feed thy people with thy rod, the flock of thine heritage, which dwell solitarily in the wood, in the midst of Carmel: let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

  • Judges 5:25

    He asked water, and she gave him milk; she brought forth butter in a lordly dish.

  • John 6:55-56

    For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.

  • Isaiah 7:15

    Butter and honey shall he eat, that he may know to refuse the evil, and choose the good.

  • 2 Samuel 17:29

    And honey, and butter, and sheep, and cheese of kine, for David, and for the people that were with him, to eat: for they said, The people is hungry, and weary, and thirsty, in the wilderness.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Butter.
Ge 18:8; Jud 5:25; 2Sa 17:29; Job 20:17; Isa 7:15,22
of Bashan.
Ps 22:12; Eze 39:18; Am 4:1; Mic 7:14
the fat.
Ps 81:16; 147:14
blood.
Ge 49:11; Mt 26:28,29; Joh 6:55,56

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Context

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 32:15

    But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

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Deuteronomy 32:14 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Manteca de vacas y leche de ovejas, con grosura de corderos, y carneros de Basán; también machos de cabrío, con grosura de riñones de trigo: y sangre de uva bebiste, vino puro.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Le caillé des vaches, et le lait des brebis, et la graisse des agneaux et des béliers de la race de Basan, et des boucs, avec la fine graisse du froment; et tu as bu le vin pur, le sang du raisin.
German
Elberfelder 1871
geronnene Milch der Kühe und Milch der Schafe, samt dem Fette der Mastschafe und Widder, der Söhne Basans, und der Böcke, samt dem Nierenfett des Weizens; und der Traube Blut trankest du, feurigen Wein.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
butyrum de armento, et lac de ovibus cum adipe agnorum, et arietum filiorum Basan: et hircos cum medulla tritici, et sanguinem uvæ biberet meracissimum.