Deuteronomy 32:10 - The Scriptures 1998

¹⁰ “He found him in a wilderness, And in a wasted, howling desert. He encompassed him, He made him understand, He watched over him as the apple of His eye.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁰ 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁰ He found him in a desert land, in the howling void of the wilderness; He kept circling around him, He scanned him [penetratingly], He kept him as the pupil of His eye.

American Standard Version (1901)

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.

Common English Bible

¹⁰ God found Israel in a wild land— in a howling desert wasteland— he protected him, cared for him, watched over him with his very own eye.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁰ He discovered him in a desert land, in a place of horror and a vast wilderness. He led him around and taught him, and he guarded him like the pupil of his eye,

Deuteronomy 32:10 Cross References

Esther 6:13

And when Haman related to his wife Zeresh and all his friends all that had befallen him, his wise men and his wife Zeresh said to him, “If Mordeḵ

Psalm 107:40

He pours scorn on nobles, And causes them to wander in a pathless waste;

Psalm 17:8

Guard me as the apple of Your eye. Hide me under the shadow of Your wings,

Proverbs 7:2

Guard my commands and live, And my Torah as the apple of your eye.

Song of Solomon 8:5

Who is this coming up from the wilderness, Leaning upon her beloved? Under the apple tree I awakened you. There your mother was in labour with you; There she was in labour, gave birth to you.

Isaiah 63:9

In all their distress He was distressed, and the Messenger of His Presence saved them. In His love and in His compassion He redeemed them, and He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.

Jeremiah 13:11

‘For as the girdle clings to the loins of a man, so I have caused all the house of Yisra’ĕ

Jeremiah 2:17

“Have you not done this to yourself, by forsaking יהוה  your Elohim when He led you in the way?

Jeremiah 2:6

“And did not they say, ‘Where is יהוה, who brought us up out of the land of Mitsrayim, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, through a land of drought and the shadow of death, a land that no one passed through and where no one dwelt?’

Ezekiel 16:5

“No eye felt sorry for you, to do any of these for you, to have compassion on you. But you were thrown out into the open field, to the loathing of your life on the day you were born.

Ezekiel 20:36

“As I entered into judgment with your fathers in the wilderness of the land of Mitsrayim, so I shall enter into judgment with you,” declares the Master יהוה.

Hosea 11:3

“And I taught Ephrayim to walk, taking them by their arms, but they did not know that I healed them.

Hosea 13:5

“I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.

Zechariah 2:12

“And יהוה  shall inherit Yehuḏ

Zechariah 2:8

For thus said יהוה  of hosts (for the sake of esteem He sent me to the gentiles which plunder you): “For he who touches you touches the apple of My eye.

Romans 2:18

and know the desire of Elohim, and approve what is superior, being instructed out of the Torah,

Romans 3:2

Much in every way! Because firstly indeed, that they were entrusted with the Words of Elohim.

Deuteronomy 1:19

“Then we set out from Ḥ

Deuteronomy 1:31

and in the wilderness, where you saw how יהוה  your Elohim has borne you, as a man bears his son, in all the way that you went until you came to this place.’

Deuteronomy 4:36

“From the heavens He let you hear His voice, to instruct you, and on earth He showed you His great fire, and you heard His words out of the midst of the fire.