Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 38

Deuteronomy 32:38

Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.
Deuteronomy 32:38, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:38 in other translations

BSBwhich ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their drink offerings? Let them rise up and help you; let them give you shelter!
WEBwhich ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offering? Let them rise up and help you! Let them be your protection.
ASVWhich did eat the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, Let them be your protection.
YLTWhich the fat of their sacrifices do eat, They drink the wine of their libation! Let them arise and help you, Let it be for you a hiding-place!
DARBYWho ate the fat of their sacrifices, And drank the wine of their drink-offering? Let them rise up and help you, That there may be a protection over you.
BBEWho took the fat of their offerings, and the wine of their drink offering? Let them now come to your help, let them be your salvation.
WebsterWhich ate the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink-offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

What does Deuteronomy 32:38 mean?

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 32:38 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.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherwhichH834
חֵ֤לֶבChe.lev[the] fat ofH2459
זְבָחֵ֙ימוֹ֙ze.va.Chei.movsacrifices theirH2077
יֹאכֵ֔לוּyo.Khe.luthey ateH398
יִשְׁתּ֖וּyish.Tuthey drankH8354
יֵ֣יןyein[the] wineH3196
נְסִיכָ֑םne.si.Khamdrink-offering theirH5257
יָק֙וּמוּ֙ya.Ku.mulet them ariseH6965
וְיַעְזְרֻכֶ֔םve.ya'.ze.ru.Khemand let them help youH5826
יְהִ֥יye.Hilet it beH1961
עֲלֵיכֶ֖ם'a.lei.Khemover youH5921
סִתְרָֽה\׃sit.Raha shelterH5643

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:38

  • Judges 10:14

    Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them deliver you in the time of your tribulation.

  • Ezekiel 16:18-19

    And tookest thy broidered garments, and coveredst them: and thou hast set mine oil and mine incense before them. My meat also which I gave thee, fine flour, and oil, and honey, wherewith I fed thee, thou hast even set it before them for a sweet savour: and thus it was, saith the Lord God.

  • Leviticus 21:21

    No man that hath a blemish of the seed of Aaron the priest shall come nigh to offer the offerings of the Lord made by fire: he hath a blemish; he shall not come nigh to offer the bread of his God.

  • Psalms 50:13

    Will I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

  • Zephaniah 2:11

    The Lord will be terrible unto them: for he will famish all the gods of the earth; and men shall worship him, every one from his place, even all the isles of the heathen.

  • Hosea 2:8

    For she did not know that I gave her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied her silver and gold, which they prepared for Baal.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
eat the fat.
Le 21:21; Ps 50:13; Eze 16:18,19; Ho 2:8; Zep 2:11
let them.
Jud 10:14
your protection. Heb. an hiding for you.

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:37

    And he shall say, Where are their gods, their rock in whom they trusted,

  • Deuteronomy 32:38

    Which did eat the fat of their sacrifices, and drank the wine of their drink offerings? let them rise up and help you, and be your protection.

  • Deuteronomy 32:39

    See now that I, even I, am he, and there is no god with me: I kill, and I make alive; I wound, and I heal: neither is there any that can deliver out of my hand.

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Deuteronomy 32:38 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Que comían el sebo de sus sacrificios, bebían el vino de sus libaciones? Levántense, que os ayuden y os defiendan.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Qui mangeaient la graisse de leurs sacrifices, et buvaient le vin de leurs libations? Qu’ils se lèvent, et qu’ils vous secourent, qu’ils soient une retraite pour vous!
German
Elberfelder 1871		welche das Fett ihrer Schlachtopfer aßen, den Wein ihrer Trankopfer tranken? Sie mögen aufstehen und euch helfen, mögen ein Schirm über euch sein!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		de quorum victimis comedebant adipes, et bibebant vinum libaminum: surgant, et opitulentur vobis, et in necessitate vos protegant.