Deuteronomy 32:37

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

And he will say, Where are their gods, The rock in which they took refuge;

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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A highly literal, word-for-word translation (ASV, 1901) augmented with Strong's numbering to connect English words to underlying Hebrew and Greek terms for study.

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Formal equivalence: Prioritizes close alignment with source-language forms and structures.
Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Judg 10:14 : 14 Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
Jer 2:28 : 28 But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
2 Kgs 3:13 : 13 And Elisha said unto the king of Israel, What have I to do with thee? get thee to the prophets of thy father, and to the prophets of thy mother. And the king of Israel said unto him, Nay; for Jehovah hath called these three kings together to deliver them into the hand of Moab.

Similar Verses (AI)

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Deut 32:36
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36For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself for his servants; When he seeth that [their] power is gone, And there is none [remaining], shut up or left at large.
Deut 32:38
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38Which 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.
Jer 2:27-29
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78%
27who say to a stock, Thou art my father; and to a stone, Thou hast brought me forth: for they have turned their back unto me, and not their face; but in the time of their trouble they will say, Arise, and save us.
28But where are thy gods that thou hast made thee? let them arise, if they can save thee in the time of thy trouble: for according to the number of thy cities are thy gods, O Judah.
29Wherefore will ye contend with me? ye all have transgressed against me, saith Jehovah.
Ps 115:2
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2Wherefore should the nations say, Where is now their God?
Deut 32:30-31
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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.
2 Sam 22:32
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32For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
Deut 32:18-19
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18Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
19And Jehovah saw [it], and abhorred [them], Because of the provocation of his sons and his daughters.
Jer 16:19-20
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19O Jehovah, my strength, and my stronghold, and my refuge in the day of affliction, unto thee shall the nations come from the ends of the earth, and shall say, Our fathers have inherited nought but lies, [even] vanity and things wherein there is no profit.
20Shall a man make unto himself gods, which yet are no gods?
Isa 42:17
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17They shall be turned back, they shall be utterly put to shame, that trust in graven images, that say unto molten images, Ye are our gods.
Ps 78:35
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35And they remembered that God was their rock, And the Most High God their redeemer.
Isa 37:19
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19and have cast their gods into the fire: for they were no gods, but the work of men's hands, wood and stone; therefore they have destroyed them.
Zeph 2:11
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11Jehovah 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 nations.
Isa 36:7
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7But if thou say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God: is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar?
Joel 2:17
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17Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
Ps 18:31
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31For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
Jer 2:11
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11Hath a nation changed [its] gods, which yet are no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit.
2 Chr 7:22
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22And they shall answer, Because they forsook Jehovah, the God of their fathers, who brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, and laid hold on other gods, and worshipped them, and served them: therefore hath he brought all this evil upon them.
Ps 115:8-9
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8They that make them shall be like unto them; Yea, every one that trusteth in them.
9O Israel, trust thou in Jehovah: He is their help and their shield.
Judg 10:14
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14Go and cry unto the gods which ye have chosen; let them save you in the time of your distress.
Ps 97:7
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7Let all them be put to shame that serve graven images, That boast themselves of idols: Worship him, all ye gods.
Isa 46:7
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7They bear it upon the shoulder, they carry it, and set it in its place, and it standeth, from its place shall it not remove: yea, one may cry unto it, yet can it not answer, nor save him out of his trouble.
2 Kgs 18:22
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22But if ye say unto me, We trust in Jehovah our God; is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and to Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem?
Jer 5:3
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3O Jehovah, do not thine eyes look upon truth? thou hast stricken them, but they were not grieved; thou hast consumed them, but they have refused to receive correction: they have made their faces harder than a rock; they have refused to return.
Deut 4:28
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28And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men's hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.
2 Chr 32:14
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14Who was there among all the gods of those nations which my fathers utterly destroyed, that could deliver his people out of my hand, that your God should be able to deliver you out of my hand?
2 Kgs 18:35
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35Who are they among all the gods of the countries, that have delivered their country out of my hand, that Jehovah should deliver Jerusalem out of my hand?
Ps 135:14
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14For Jehovah will judge his people, And repent himself concerning his servants.
Deut 29:26
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Hos 10:2
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2Their heart is divided; now shall they be found guilty: he will smite their altars, he will destroy their pillars.
Isa 22:17
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17Behold, Jehovah, like a [strong] man, will hurl thee away violently; yea, he will wrap thee up closely.
Isa 44:17
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17And the residue thereof he maketh a god, even his graven image; he falleth down unto it and worshippeth, and prayeth unto it, and saith, Deliver me; for thou art my god.
Ps 79:10
71%
10Wherefore should the nations say, Where is their God? Let the avenging of the blood of thy servants which is shed Be known among the nations in our sight.
Deut 32:27-28
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71%
27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
28For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Isa 36:19
71%
19Where are the gods of Hamath and Arpad? where are the gods of Sepharvaim? and have they delivered Samaria out of my hand?
Isa 17:9
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9In that day shall their strong cities be as the forsaken places in the wood and on the mountain top, which were forsaken from before the children of Israel; and it shall be a desolation.
Isa 40:27
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27Why sayest thou, O Jacob, and speakest, O Israel, My way is hid from Jehovah, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
Jer 22:9
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9Then they shall answer, Because they forsook the covenant of Jehovah their God, and worshipped other gods, and served them.
Deut 28:36
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36Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
Deut 31:17
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17Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall come upon them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us because our God is not among us?
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2and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine;
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1Woe to them that go down to Egypt for help, and rely on horses, and trust in chariots because they are many, and in horsemen because they are very strong, but they look not unto the Holy One of Israel, neither seek Jehovah!
2 Kgs 19:18
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