Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 18

Deuteronomy 32:18

Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Deuteronomy 32:18, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:18 in other translations

BSBYou ignored the Rock who brought you forth; you forgot the God who gave you birth.
WEBOf the Rock who became your father, you are unmindful, and have forgotten God who gave you birth.
ASVOf the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
YLTThe Rock that begat thee thou forgettest, And neglectest God who formeth thee.
DARBYOf the Rock that begot thee wast thou unmindful, And thou hast forgotten God who brought thee forth.
BBEYou have no thought for the Rock, your father, you have no memory of the God who gave you birth.
WebsterOf the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

What does Deuteronomy 32:18 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Of the Rock that begat thee - צור tsur, the first cause, the fountain of thy being. See the note on Deu 32:4.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:15-18

Here are two instances of the wickedness of Israel, each was apostacy from God. These people were called Jeshurun, "an upright people," so some; "a seeing people," so others: but they soon lost the reputation both of their knowledge and of their righteousness. They indulged their appetites, as if they had nothing to do but to make provision for the flesh to fulfil the lusts of it. Those who make a god of themselves…

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Deuteronomy 32:18 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.

צ֥וּרtzur[the] rockH6697
יְלָדְךָ֖ye.la.de.Kha[which] he fathered youH3205
תֶּ֑שִׁיTe.shiyou forgotH7876
וַתִּשְׁכַּ֖חva.tish.Kachand you forgotH7911
אֵ֥ל'elGodH410
מְחֹלְלֶֽךָ\׃me.cho.le.Le.kha[who] gave birth to youH2342

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:18

  • Isaiah 17:10

    Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:

  • Jeremiah 2:32

    Can a maid forget her ornaments, or a bride her attire? yet my people have forgotten me days without number.

  • Psalms 106:21

    They forgat God their saviour, which had done great things in Egypt;

  • Deuteronomy 32:4

    He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 8:11

    Beware that thou forget not the Lord thy God, in not keeping his commandments, and his judgments, and his statutes, which I command thee this day:

  • Deuteronomy 8:14

    Then thine heart be lifted up, and thou forget the Lord thy God, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;

  • Hosea 8:14

    For Israel hath forgotten his Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities, and it shall devour the palaces thereof.

  • Deuteronomy 8:19

    And it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

  • Isaiah 22:10-11

    And ye have numbered the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses have ye broken down to fortify the wall. Ye made also a ditch between the two walls for the water of the old pool: but ye have not looked unto the maker thereof, neither had respect unto him that fashioned it long ago.

  • Psalms 9:17

    The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.

  • Deuteronomy 6:12

    Then beware lest thou forget the Lord, which brought thee forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
the Rock.
4,15; Isa 17:10
forgotten.
6:12; 8:11,14,19; Ps 9:17; 44:20-22; 106:21; Isa 17:10; 22:10,11
Jer 2:32; 3:21; Ho 8:14

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:17

    They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.

  • Deuteronomy 32:18

    Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.

  • Deuteronomy 32:19

    And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.

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Deuteronomy 32:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De la Roca que te crió te olvidaste: te has olvidado del Dios tu criador.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tu as oublié le Rocher qui t’a engendré, et tu as mis en oubli le ✶Dieu qui t’a enfanté.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Den Felsen, der dich gezeugt, vernachlässigtest du, und vergaßest den Gott, der dich geboren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Deum qui te genuit dereliquisti, et oblitus es Domini creatoris tui.