Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 3

Deuteronomy 32:3

Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
Deuteronomy 32:3, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:3 in other translations

BSBFor I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
WEBFor I will proclaim the LORD’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!
ASVFor I will proclaim the name of Jehovah: Ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
YLTFor the Name of Jehovah I proclaim, Ascribe ye greatness to our God!
DARBYFor the name of Jehovah will I proclaim: Ascribe greatness unto our God!
BBEFor I will give honour to the name of the Lord: let our God be named great.
WebsterBecause I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness to our God.

What does Deuteronomy 32:3 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 32:2-3

2-3. My doctrine shall drop, &c.--The language may justly be taken as uttered in the form of a wish or prayer, and the comparison of wholesome instruction to the pure, gentle, and insinuating influence of rain or dew, is frequently made by the sacred writers (Is 5:6; 55:10, 11).

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:3-6
"He is a Rock." This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in Christ and the gospel, form a foundation which cannot be changed or moved, on which we may build our hopes of happiness. And under his protection we may find refuge from all our enemies, and in all our troubles; as the rocks in those countries sheltered from the burning rays of the sun, and from tempests, or were fortresses from the enemy. "His work is perfect:" that of redemption and salvation, in which there is a display of all the Divine perfection, complete in all its parts. All God's dealings with his creatures are regulated by wisdom which cannot err, and perfect justice. He is indeed just and right; he takes care that none shall lose by him. A high charge is exhibited against Israel. Even God's children have their spots, while in this imperfect state; for if we say we have no sin, no spot, we deceive ourselves. But the sin of Israel was not habitual, notorious, unrepented sin; which is a certain mark of the children of Satan. They were fools to forsake their mercies for lying vanities. All wilful sinners, especially sinners in Israel, are unwise and ungrateful.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 32:3 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.

כִּ֛יkiforH3588
שֵׁ֥םshem[the] name ofH8034
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֶקְרָ֑א'ek.Ra'I will proclaimH7121
הָב֥וּha.VuascribeH3051
גֹ֖דֶלGo.delgreatnessH1433
לֵאלֹהֵֽינוּ\׃le.lo.Hei.nuto God ourH430

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:3

  • Jeremiah 10:6

    Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

  • Psalms 150:2

    Praise him for his mighty acts: praise him according to his excellent greatness.

  • Ephesians 1:19

    And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,

  • Deuteronomy 5:24

    And ye said, Behold, the Lord our God hath shewed us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the midst of the fire: we have seen this day that God doth talk with man, and he liveth.

  • Exodus 33:19

    And he said, I will make all my goodness pass before thee, and I will proclaim the name of the Lord before thee; and will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will shew mercy on whom I will shew mercy.

  • John 17:26

    And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

  • Exodus 6:3

    And I appeared unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and unto Jacob, by the name of God Almighty, but by my name Jehovah was I not known to them.

  • Matthew 1:23

    Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.

  • Deuteronomy 3:24

    O Lord God, thou hast begun to shew thy servant thy greatness, and thy mighty hand: for what God is there in heaven or in earth, that can do according to thy works, and according to thy might?

  • John 17:6

    I have manifested thy name unto the men which thou gavest me out of the world: thine they were, and thou gavest them me; and they have kept thy word.

  • 1 Chronicles 29:11

    Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty: for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all.

  • Jeremiah 23:6

    In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely: and this is his name whereby he shall be called, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Because.
Ex 3:13-16; 6:3; 20:24; 34:5-7; Ps 29:1,2; 89:16-18; 105:1-5
Ps 145:1-10; Jer 10:6; 23:6; Mt 1:23; Joh 17:6,26
ascribe.
5:24; 1Ch 17:19; 29:11; Ps 145:3; 150:2; Jer 10:6; Eph 1:19

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:2

    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:

  • Deuteronomy 32:3

    Because I will publish the name of the Lord: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.

  • 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.

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Deuteronomy 32:3 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque el nombre de Jehová invocaré: engrandeced á nuestro Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car je proclamerai le nom de l’ Éternel: Attribuez la grandeur à notre Dieu!
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn den Namen Jehovas will ich ausrufen: Gebet Majestät unserem Gott!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quia nomen Domini invocabo: date magnificentiam Deo nostro.