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Deuteronomy 32:31

Old Testament Law (Torah) ASV (1901)

What does Deuteronomy 32:31 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
Deuteronomy 32:31 — American Standard Version

Context — Deuteronomy 32

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
30How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
31For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, And of the fields of Gomorrah: Their grapes are grapes of gall, Their clusters are bitter:
33Their wine is the poison of serpents, And the cruel venom of asps.
34Is not this laid up in store with me, Sealed up among my treasures?
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What do historical commentaries say?

Barnes' Notes
Albert Barnes (1798–1870) · Notes on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“Song of Moses If Deuteronomy 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deuteronomy 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deuteronomy 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deuteronomy 32:34-42, God’s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people. The Song differs signally in diction and idiom from the preceding chapters; just as a lyrical passage is conceived in modes of thought wholly unlike those which belong to narrative or exhortation, and is uttered in different phraseology. There are, however, in the…”
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
John Wesley (1703–1791) · Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament and Old Testament notes · 18th-century historical commentary
“Being judges - Who by their dear bought experience have been forced to acknowledge that our God was far stronger than they and their false gods together. Deuteronomy 32:32”
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Tyndale Open Study Notes
Tyndale House Publishers · Tyndale Open Study Notes · Modern study notes
“32:31 the rock of our enemies: In this sarcastic comparison between the pagan gods and the Lord God of Israel, the false deities come up woefully short.”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“Exo 14:25; Num 23:8, Num 23:23; Sa1 2:2, Sa1 4:8; Ezr 1:3, Ezr 6:9-12, Ezr 7:20, Ezr 7:21; Jer 40:3; Dan 2:47, Dan 3:29, Dan 6:26, Dan 6:27 Deuteronomy 32:32”
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