Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
He found him in a desert land, and in the deserted, howling wilderness. He led him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the pupil of His eye.
New American Standard Bible
And in the howling waste of a wilderness;
He encircled him, He cared for him,
He guarded him as
King James Version
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Holman Bible
in a barren, howling wilderness;
He surrounded him, cared for him,
and protected him as the pupil of His eye.
International Standard Version
The LORD found him in a desert land, in a barren, eerie wilderness. He surrounded, cared for, and guarded him as the pupil of his eye.
A Conservative Version
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness. He compassed him about. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
American Standard Version
He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he cared for him, He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Amplified
“He found him in a desert land,
In the howling wasteland of a wilderness;
He kept circling him, He took care of him,
He protected him as the
Bible in Basic English
He came to him in the waste land, in the unpeopled waste of sand: putting his arms round him and caring for him, he kept him as the light of his eye.
Darby Translation
He found him in a desert land, And in the waste, howling wilderness; He compassed him about, he watched over him, He preserved him as the apple of his eye.
Julia Smith Translation
He will find him in the land of the desert, In a waste howling desolation: He will encompass him about; he will teach him, He will keep him as the pupil of the eye.
King James 2000
He found him in a desert land, and in the wasteland of the howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
Lexham Expanded Bible
He found him in a desert land, and in a howling, desert wasteland; he {encircled him}, he cared for him, he protected him like the {apple} of his eye.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"He found him in a desert land, in a void ground and a roaring wilderness. He led him about and gave him understanding, and kept him as the apple of his eye.
NET Bible
The Lord found him in a desolate land, in an empty wasteland where animals howl. He continually guarded him and taught him; he continually protected him like the pupil of his eye.
New Heart English Bible
He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
The Emphasized Bible
He met him in a desert land, And in the howling waste of a wilderness, - He encompassed him watched over him, Shielded him as the pupil of his own eye.
Webster
He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; he led him about, he instructed him, he kept him as the apple of his eye.
World English Bible
He found him in a desert land, in the waste howling wilderness. He surrounded him. He cared for him. He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Youngs Literal Translation
He findeth him in a land -- a desert, And in a void -- a howling wilderness, He turneth him round -- He causeth him to understand -- He keepeth him as the apple of His eye.
Themes
Church » For other leaders » Precious
Church » Body of Christ » Precious
Deserts » Described as » Waste and howling
Eyes » Parts of, mentioned in scripture » The apple or ball
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:10
Prayers for Deuteronomy 32:10
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Context Readings
Moses' Song
9 For Jehovah's portion is His people. Jacob is the lot of His inheritance. 10 He found him in a desert land, and in the deserted, howling wilderness. He led him about, He cared for him, He kept him as the pupil of His eye. 11 As an eagle stirs up her nest, flutters over her young, spreads abroad her wings, takes them and bears them on her wing,
Cross References
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the pupil, the daughter of the eye; hide me under the shadow of Your wings,
Zechariah 2:8
For so says Jehovah of Hosts: He has sent me after glory, to the nations who stripped you; for he who touches you touches the pupil of His eye.
Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live; and keep my law as the pupil of your eye.
Jeremiah 2:6
Nor did they say, Where is Jehovah who brought us up out of the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and of pits, through a land of dry places, and of the shadow of death, through a land that no man passed through, and where no man lived?
Hosea 13:5
I have known you in the wilderness, in the land of great dryness.
Deuteronomy 4:36
He made you hear His voice out of Heaven so that He might teach you. And He showed you His great fire upon earth. And you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 8:15-16
He led you through the great and terrible wilderness, with fiery serpents and scorpions and thirsty ground, where there was no water, who brought you forth water out of the rock of flint,
Nehemiah 9:19-21
yet You in Your great mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of the cloud did not depart from them by day to lead them in the way, nor the pillar of fire by night, to show them light and the way in which they should go.
Psalm 32:7-10
You are my hiding place; You shall preserve me from trouble; You shall circle me with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 107:4-5
They wandered in the wilderness, in a desert by the way; they found no city to dwell in.
Psalm 147:19-20
He shows His Word to Jacob, His Precepts and His judgments to Israel.
Song of Songs 8:5
Who is this coming up from the wilderness, leaning on her Beloved? I awakened you under the apple tree; there your mother travailed with you; there she travailed and bore you.
Romans 2:18
and know His will and approve the things excelling, being instructed out of the Law;
Romans 3:2
Much, by every way! Chiefly, indeed, because they were entrusted with the oracles of God.