Deuteronomy 32:13

He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;

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WEBBE

He made him ride on the high places of the earth. He ate the increase of the field. He caused him to suck honey out of the rock, oil out of the flinty rock;

BSB

He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

KJV

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, that he might eat the increase of the fields; and he made him to suck honey out of the rock, and oil out of the flinty rock;

ASV

He made him ride on the high places of the earth, And he did eat the increase of the field; And he made him to suck honey out of the rock, And oil out of the flinty rock;

BBE

He put him on the high places of the earth, his food was the increase of the field; honey he gave him out of the rock and oil out of the hard rock;

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יַרְכִּבֵהוּ yar·ki·ve·hu he caused to ride it H7392 עַל־ 'al- on H5921 בָּמֳתֵי ba·mo·tei [the] high places of H1116 אָרֶץ 'a·retz [the] land H776 וַיֹּאכַל vai·yo·khal and it ate H398 תְּנוּבֹת te·nu·vot fruits of H8570 שָׂדָי sa·dai [the] field H7704 וַיֵּנִקֵהוּ vai·ye·ni·ke·hu and he suckled him H3243 דְבַשׁ de·vash honey H1706 מִסֶּלַע mi·se·la' from a rock H5553 וְשֶׁמֶן ve·she·men and oil H8081 מֵחַלְמִישׁ me·chal·mish from flint of H2496 צוּר tzur rock H6697

Commentary

Matthew Henry · Verses 7–14

Moses gives particular instances of God's kindness and concern for them. The eagle's care for her young is a beautiful emblem of Christ's love, who came between Divine justice and our guilty souls, and bare our sins in his own body on the tree. And by the preached gospel, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, He stirs up and prevails upon sinners to leave Satan's bondage. In ver. #(13-14), are emblems of the conquest believers have over their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, and the world, in and through Christ. Also of their safety and triumph in him; of their happy frames of soul, when they are above the world, and the things of it. This will be the blessed case of spiritual Israel in every sense in the latter day.

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Cross-references: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Hebrew and Greek data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. Library: sources.