Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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 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.
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
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Prayers for Deuteronomy 32:10
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Context Readings
Moses' Song
9 For LORD's portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. 10 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. 11 As an eagle that stirs up her nest, that flutters over her young, he spread abroad his wings. He took them. He bore them on his pinions.
Cross References
Psalm 17:8
Keep me as the apple of the eye. Hide me under the shadow of thy wings,
Zechariah 2:8
For thus says LORD of hosts: After glory he has sent me to the nations which plundered you. For he who touches you touches the apple of his eye.
Proverbs 7:2
Keep my commandments and live, and my law as the apple of thine eye.
Jeremiah 2:6
Nor did they say, Where is LORD 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 drought and of the shadow of death, through a land that none pa
Hosea 13:5
I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
Deuteronomy 4:36
Out of heaven he made thee to hear his voice, that he might instruct thee. And upon earth he made thee to see his great fire, and thou heard his words out of the midst of the fire.
Deuteronomy 8:15-16
who led thee through the great and terrible wilderness--fiery serpents and scorpions, and thirsty ground where was no water--who brought thee forth water out of the rock of flint,
Nehemiah 9:19-21
yet thou in thy manifold mercies did not forsake them in the wilderness. The pillar of cloud did not depart from over them by day to lead them in the way, neither the pillar of fire by night to show them light, and the way in which
Psalm 32:7-10
Thou are my hiding-place. Thou will preserve me from trouble. Thou will encompass me around with songs of deliverance. Selah.
Psalm 107:4-5
They wandered in the wilderness in a desert way. They found no city of habitation.
Psalm 147:19-20
He shows his word to Jacob, his statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
Song of Songs 8:5
Who is this who comes up from the wilderness, leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awoke thee. There thy mother was in travail with thee. There she who brought thee forth was in travail.
Romans 2:18
and know his will, and approve the things that are significant, being instructed out of the law.
Romans 3:2
Much every way. First, because they were indeed entrusted with the oracles of God.