Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 31

Deuteronomy 32:31

For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Deuteronomy 32:31, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:31 in other translations

BSBFor their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
WEBFor their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
ASVFor their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
YLTFor not as our Rock is their rock, (And our enemies are judges!)
DARBYFor their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.
BBEFor their rock is not like our Rock, even our haters themselves being judges.
WebsterFor their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges:

What does Deuteronomy 32:31 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 31 For their rock - The gods and pretended protectors of the Romans. Is not as our Rock - Have neither power nor influence like our God. Our enemies themselves being judges - For they often acknowledged the irresistible power of that God who fought for Israel. See Exo 14:25; Num 23:8-12, Num 23:19-21; 1Sam 4:8. There is a passage in Virgil, Eclog. iv., ver. 58, very similar to this saying of Moses: - Pan Deus Arcadia mecum si judice certet, Pan etiam Arcadia dicat se judice victum. "Should the god Pan contend with me," (in singing the praises of the future hero, the deliverer, prophesied of in the Sibylline books), "were even Arcadia judge, Pan would acknowledge himself to be vanquished, Arcadia herself being judge."

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:26-38

The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel, and continues them still to be living witnesses of the truth of the Bible, and to silence unbelievers. They are preserved for wise and holy purposes and the prophecies give us some idea what those purposes are. The Lord will never disgrace the throne of his glory. It is great…

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Deuteronomy 32:31 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
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
כְצוּרֵ֖נוּkhe.tzu.Re.nu[is] like rock ourH6697
צוּרָ֑םtzu.Ramrock theirH6697
וְאֹיְבֵ֖ינוּve.'o.ye.Vei.nuand enemies ourH341
פְּלִילִֽים\׃pe.li.LimassessmentsH6414

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:31

  • 1 Samuel 4:8

    Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.

  • Exodus 14:25

    And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the Lord fighteth for them against the Egyptians.

  • Jeremiah 40:3

    Now the Lord hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the Lord, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.

  • Daniel 2:47

    The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.

  • 1 Samuel 2:2

    There is none holy as the Lord: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.

  • Ezra 6:9-12

    And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail: That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons. Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this. And the God that hath caused his name to dwell there destroy all kings and people, that shall put to their hand to alter and to destroy this house of God which is at Jerusalem. I Darius have made a decree; let it be done with speed.

  • Ezra 1:3

    Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.

  • Ezra 7:20-21

    And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house. And I, even I Artaxerxes the king, do make a decree to all the treasurers which are beyond the river, that whatsoever Ezra the priest, the scribe of the law of the God of heaven, shall require of you, it be done speedily,

  • Numbers 23:23

    Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

  • Daniel 3:29

    Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed–nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

  • Daniel 6:26-27

    I make a decree, That in every dominion of my kingdom men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel: for he is the living God, and stedfast for ever, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed, and his dominion shall be even unto the end. He delivereth and rescueth, and he worketh signs and wonders in heaven and in earth, who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the lions.

  • Numbers 23:8

    How shall I curse, whom God hath not cursed? or how shall I defy, whom the Lord hath not defied?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 14:25; Nu 23:8,23; 1Sa 2:2; 4:8; Ezr 1:3; 6:9-12; 7:20,21
Jer 40:3; Da 2:47; 3:29; 6:26,27

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:30

    How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

  • Deuteronomy 32:31

    For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.

  • Deuteronomy 32:32

    For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:

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Deuteronomy 32:31 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Que la roca de ellos no es como nuestra Roca: y nuestros enemigos sean de ello jueces.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car leur rocher n’est pas comme notre Rocher, et nos ennemis en sont juges.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn nicht wie unser Fels ist ihr Fels: dessen sind unsere Feinde selbst Richter!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Non enim est Deus noster ut dii eorum: et inimici nostri sunt judices.