Verse Lens · Context pointer
Deuteronomy 32:2 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 2. 2My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:
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Role in This Section
Deuteronomy 32:2 compares Moses' teaching with life-giving rain and dew.
Read It With
- Deuteronomy 32:1–6
Read Deuteronomy 32:2 with 32:1–6. It compares Moses' teaching with life-giving rain and dew. The complete unit establishes this contextual meaning: Moses' teaching is compared to rain and dew; the LORD is proclaimed as the just and faithful Rock, while the people are charged with corruption and foolish ingratitude toward their creator and father.
Continue in Context
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Read Deuteronomy 32:1–6 — Heaven and Earth Hear the Song's Opening ChargeSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact reader-facing KJV wording, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete verse coverage for this thought unit.
Exact location: Deuteronomy 32:1–6, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Deuteronomy
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Hebrew wording, morphology, names, speech and legal clauses, poetic lines, older-English controls, and translation limits.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v.2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Deut.xml, Masoretic words and morphology for 32:1–6
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