Parallel Verses

The Emphasized Bible

Give ear O ye heavens and I will speak, And let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth:

New American Standard Bible

Give ear, O heavens, and let me speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

King James Version

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Holman Bible

Pay attention, heavens, and I will speak;
listen, earth, to the words of my mouth.

International Standard Version

Hear, heavens, and I will speak! Listen, earth, to the words of my mouth!

A Conservative Version

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

American Standard Version

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Amplified

“Listen, O heavens, and I will speak;
And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Bible in Basic English

Give ear, O heavens, to my voice; let the earth take note of the words of my mouth:

Darby Translation

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; And hear, O earth, the words of my mouth!

Julia Smith Translation

Give ear, ye heavens, and I will speak; Thou earth shalt hear the words of my mouth.

King James 2000

Give ear, O you heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Lexham Expanded Bible

"Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak, and let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Modern King James verseion

Give ear, O heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

Hearken, o ye heavens; I will speak. And let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

NET Bible

Listen, O heavens, and I will speak; hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

New Heart English Bible

Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Webster

Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth.

World English Bible

Give ear, you heavens, and I will speak. Let the earth hear the words of my mouth.

Youngs Literal Translation

'Give ear, O heavens, and I speak; And thou dost hear, O earth, sayings of my mouth!

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
אזן 
'azan 
Usage: 42

O ye heavens
שׁמה שׁמים 
Shamayim 
Usage: 420

and I will speak
דּבר 
Dabar 
Usage: 1142

O earth
ארץ 
'erets 
Usage: 2504

the words
אמר 
'emer 
Usage: 49

References

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Verse Info

Context Readings

Moses' Song

1 Give ear O ye heavens and I will speak, And let the earth hear the sayings of my mouth: 2 Let my teaching drop as the rain, Let my speech distil as the dew, - As copious rains on tender grass, As myriad drops on seeding plants.

Cross References

Deuteronomy 4:26

I take both the heavens and the earth to witness against you to-day, that ye shall, perish, speed, from off the land which ye are passing over the Jordan to possess, - ye shall not prolong your days thereupon; for, ye shall surely be laid waste;

Isaiah 1:2

Hear O heavens, And give ear, O earth, for Yahweh, hath spoken: - Sons, have I brought up, and advanced, And, they, have rebelled against me.

Jeremiah 6:19

Hear thou - O earth, Lo! I, am bringing in Calamity against this people the fruit of their own devices, - For unto my words, have they not given heed, And as for my law, they have rejected it.

Deuteronomy 30:19

I call to witness against you to-day, the heavens and the earth, that life and death, have I set before thee, the blessing and the curse, - therefore shouldest thou choose life, that thou mayest live, thou and thy seed;

Deuteronomy 31:28

Call together unto me all the elders of your tribes and your officers, - and let me speak in their hearing these words, and let me take to witness against them the heavens and the earth.

Psalm 49:1

Hear ye, this all ye peoples, Give ear, all ye inhabitants of this passing world;

Psalm 50:4

He calleth, Unto the heavens above, And unto the earth, That he may judge his people.

Jeremiah 2:12

Be amazed, O ye heavens, at this, - And shudder, be dried up utterly, Urgeth Yahweh.

Jeremiah 22:29

O land, land, land! Hear thou the word of Yahweh!

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