Deuteronomy 32:4

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

הַצּוּר֙ תָּמִ֣ים פָּעֳל֔וֹ כִּ֥י כָל־דְּרָכָ֖יו מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אֵ֤ל אֱמוּנָה֙ וְאֵ֣ין עָ֔וֶל צַדִּ֥יק וְיָשָׁ֖ר הֽוּא׃

Transliteration

the ṣûr tāmîm pāʿŏlô kî all-dərāḵāyw mišpāṭ ʾēl ʾĕmûnâ wəʾên ʿāwel ṣaddîq wəyāšār hûʾ

Grammar Details

• *ṣûr*: masculine singular noun with definite article - the rock
• *tāmîm*: masculine singular adjective - perfect/complete
• *pāʿŏlô*: masculine singular noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his work
• *kî*: conjunction - for/because
• *dərāḵāyw*: feminine plural noun with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his ways
• *mišpāṭ*: masculine singular noun - justice/judgment
• *ʾēl*: masculine singular noun - God/deity
• *ʾĕmûnâ*: feminine singular noun - faithfulness/firmness
• *wəʾên*: conjunction + particle of negation - and without/there is no
• *ʿāwel*: masculine singular noun - injustice/wrong
• *ṣaddîq*: masculine singular adjective - righteous/just
• *wəyāšār*: conjunction + masculine singular adjective - and upright
• *hûʾ*: 3rd person masculine singular pronoun - he

Word Meanings

• *ṣûr*: rock/fortress/strength
• *tāmîm*: perfect/complete/without blemish/blameless
• *pāʿŏlô*: his work/his deed/his action
• *dərāḵāyw*: his ways/his paths/his manner of action
• *mišpāṭ*: justice/judgment/right/legal case
• *ʾēl*: God/deity/mighty one
• *ʾĕmûnâ*: faithfulness/firmness/fidelity/steadfastness
• *ʿāwel*: injustice/wrong/iniquity
• *ṣaddîq*: righteous/just/lawful
• *yāšār*: upright/straight/correct/right

Referenced Verses

• Ps 18:30-31 : 30 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. 31 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, besides our God,
• Ps 92:15 : 15 To show that Jehovah is upright; He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
• Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, And hast forgotten God that gave thee birth.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those that walk in pride he is able to abase.
• Deut 32:30-31 : 30 How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
• Deut 32:15 : 15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
• Gen 18:25 : 25 That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked; that be far from thee: shall not the Judge of all the earth do right?
• Job 34:10 : 10 Therefore hearken unto me, ye men of understanding: Far be it from God, that he should do wickedness, And from the Almighty, that he should commit iniquity.
• Ps 18:2 : 2 Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; My God, my rock, in whom I will take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
• Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our righteousness commendeth the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who visiteth with wrath? (I speak after the manner of men.)
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word became flesh, and dwelt among us (and we beheld his glory, glory as of the only begotten from the Father), full of grace and truth.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• 2 Sam 22:2-3 : 2 and he said, Jehovah is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; 3 God, my rock, in him will I take refuge; My shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge; My saviour, thou savest me from violence.
• 2 Sam 22:31-32 : 31 As for God, his way is perfect: The word of Jehovah is tried; He is a shield unto all them that take refuge in him. 32 For who is God, save Jehovah? And who is a rock, save our God?
• Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou that art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and that canst not look on perverseness, wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy peace when the wicked swalloweth up the man that is more righteous than he;
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Ye therefore shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in Jehovah for ever; for in Jehovah, [even] Jehovah, is an everlasting rock.
• Isa 28:16 : 16 therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious [corner-] [stone] of sure foundation: he that believeth shall not be in haste.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will Jehovah wait, that he may be gracious unto you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for Jehovah is a God of justice; blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as a hiding-place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest, as streams of water in a dry place, as the shade of a great rock in a weary land.
• Jer 9:24 : 24 but let him that glorieth glory in this, that he hath understanding, and knoweth me, that I am Jehovah who exerciseth lovingkindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith Jehovah.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation.
• Matt 16:16-18 : 16 And Simon Peter answered and said, Thou art the Christ, the Son of the living God. 17 And Jesus answered and said unto him, Blessed art thou, Simon Bar-jonah: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father who is in heaven. 18 And I also say unto thee, that thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it.
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He hath remembered his lovingkindness and his faithfulness toward the house of Israel: All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
• Ps 99:4 : 4 The king's strength also loveth justice; Thou dost establish equity; Thou executest justice and righteousness in Jacob.
• Ps 100:5 : 5 For Jehovah is good; His lovingkindness [endureth] for ever, And his faithfulness unto all generations.
• Ps 138:8 : 8 Jehovah will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, [endureth] for ever; Forsake not the works of thine own hands.
• Ps 146:6 : 6 Who made heaven and earth, The sea, and all that in them is; Who keepeth truth for ever;
• Eccl 3:14 : 14 I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor anything taken from it; and God hath done it, that men should fear before him.
• Isa 25:1 : 1 O Jehovah, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things, [even] counsels of old, in faithfulness [and] truth.
• 2 Sam 22:47 : 47 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be God, the rock of my salvation,
• 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, The Rock of Israel spake to me: One that ruleth over men righteously, That ruleth in the fear of God,
• Ps 18:46 : 46 Jehovah liveth; And blessed be my rock; And exalted be the God of my salvation,
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
• Ps 61:2-4 : 2 From the end of the earth will I call unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed: Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. 3 For thou hast been a refuge for me, A strong tower from the enemy. 4 I will dwell in thy tabernacle for ever: I will take refuge in the covert of thy wings. {H5542}
• Exod 34:6 : 6 And Jehovah passed by before him, and proclaimed, Jehovah, Jehovah, a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abundant in lovingkindness and truth;
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that Jehovah thy God, he is God, the faithful God, who keepeth covenant and lovingkindness with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations,
• Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loveth the sojourner, in giving him food and raiment.
• Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw everything that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And there was evening and there was morning, the sixth day.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as Jehovah; For there is none besides thee, Neither is there any rock like our God.
• Rom 1:32 : 32 who, knowing the ordinance of God, that they that practise such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but also consent with them that practise them.
• Rom 2:2 : 2 And we know that the judgment of God is according to truth against them that practise such things.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 but after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up for thyself wrath in the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given through Moses; grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
• John 5:22 : 22 For neither doth the Father judge any man, but he hath given all judgment unto the Son;
• Job 35:14 : 14 How much less when thou sayest thou beholdest him not, The cause is before him, and thou waitest for him!
• Ps 9:16 : 16 Jehovah hath made himself known, he hath executed judgment: The wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. {H1902} Selah}
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 and did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of a spiritual rock that followed them: and the rock was Christ.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom can be no variation, neither shadow that is cast by turning.
• Jas 4:12 : 12 One [only] is the lawgiver and judge, [even] he who is able to save and to destroy: but who art thou that judgest thy neighbor?
• 1 Pet 2:6 : 6 Because {G2532} it is contained in scripture, Behold, I lay in Zion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: And he that believeth on him shall not {G3361} be put to shame.
• Rev 15:3-4 : 3 And they sing the song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, Great and marvellous are thy works, O Lord God, the Almighty; righteous and true are thy ways, thou King of the ages. 4 Who shall not fear, {G4571} O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy; for all the nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy righteous acts have been made manifest.