11 translations · Hebrew
Deuteronomy 32:4
The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
Deuteronomy 32:4 in 11 translations
- WEB World English Bible
- The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
- KJV King James Version
- He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- BSB Berean Standard Bible
- He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
- ASV American Standard Version
- The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
- LSV Literal Standard Version
- The Rock—His work [is] perfect, || For all His ways [are] just; God of steadfastness, and without iniquity; Righteous and upright [is] He.
- FBV Free Bible Version
- He is the Rock. Everything he does is perfect, for all his ways are right. He is the trustworthy God who is never unjust; he is fair and honest.
- YLT Young’s Literal Translation
- The Rock! — perfect [is] His work, For all His ways [are] just; God of stedfastness, and without iniquity: Righteous and upright [is] He.
- DBY Darby Translation
- [He is] the Rock, his work is perfect, For all his ways are righteousness; A God of faithfulness without deceit, Just and right is he.
- WBT Webster’s Bible
- He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity: just and right is he.
- WEBC World English Bible (Catholic)
- The Rock: his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
- DRA Douay-Rheims 1899
- The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments: God is faithful and without any iniquity, he is just and right.
The Hebrew words
Each word of the Hebrew text in order, with its transliteration, the Berean Standard Bible’s English for it, and its Strong’s number and short definition.
| Word | Transliteration | English (BSB) | Strong’s |
|---|---|---|---|
| הַצּוּר֙ | haṣ·ṣūr | [He is] the Rock | H6697 צוּר Rocks (of Goats) |
| תָּמִ֣ים | tā·mîm | is perfect | H8549 תָּמִים unblemished |
| פָּעֳל֔וֹ | pā·‘o·lōw | His work | H6467 פֹּ֫עַל work |
| כִּ֥י | kî | — | H3588 כִּי for |
| כָל־ | ḵāl | all | H3605 כֹּל all |
| דְּרָכָ֖יו | də·rā·ḵāw | His ways | H1870 דֶּ֫רֶךְ way: conduct |
| מִשְׁפָּ֑ט | miš·pāṭ | are just | H4941 מִשְׁפָּט justice: judgement |
| אֵ֤ל | ’êl | A God | H410 אֵל God |
| אֱמוּנָה֙ | ’ĕ·mū·nāh | of faithfulness | H530 אֱמוּנָה faithfulness |
| וְאֵ֣ין | wə·’ên | without | H369 אַ֫יִן nothing |
| עָ֔וֶל | ‘ā·wel | injustice | H5766 עָ֫וֶל injustice |
| צַדִּ֥יק | ṣad·dîq | righteous | H6662 צַדִּיק righteous |
| וְיָשָׁ֖ר | wə·yā·šār | and upright | H3477 יָשָׁר upright |
| הֽוּא׃ | hū | [is] He | H1931 הוּא he/she/it |
Related verses
- Psalm 18:30–31
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tried. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, except Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God,
- Psalm 92:15
to show that Yahweh is upright. He is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness in him.
- Isaiah 26:4
Trust in Yahweh forever; for in Yah, Yahweh, is an everlasting Rock.
- 2 Samuel 22:31–32
As for God, his way is perfect. Yahweh’s word is tested. He is a shield to all those who take refuge in him. For who is God, besides Yahweh? Who is a rock, besides our God?
- Psalm 18:2
Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my rock, in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower.
- Daniel 4:37
Now I, Nebuchadnezzar, praise and extol and honor the King of heaven; for all his works are truth, and his ways justice; and those who walk in pride he is able to abase.
- Revelation 15:3–4
They sang the song of Moses, the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying, “Great and marvelous are your works, Lord God, the Almighty! Righteous and true are your ways, you King of the nations. Who wouldn’t fear you, Lord, and glorify your name? For you only are holy. For all the nations will come and worship before you. For your righteous acts have been revealed.”
- Deuteronomy 32:30–31
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up? For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
- 2 Samuel 22:2–3
and he said: “Yahweh is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer, even mine; God is my rock in whom I take refuge; my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge. My savior, you save me from violence.
- Matthew 5:48
Therefore you shall be perfect, just as your Father in heaven is perfect.
Cross references from OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0, most-voted first; text from the World English Bible.
In context
2 My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.
3 For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!
4 The Rock, his work is perfect, for all his ways are just. A God of faithfulness who does no wrong, just and right is he.
5 They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.
6 Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you.
Read all of Deuteronomy 32 in the World English Bible.
Edition and source notes
Each translation is shown as its source prints it, in its own verse numbering; where an edition numbers this verse differently, its own reference is given. The World English Bible, King James Version and Berean Standard Bible link to their chapter pages. Edition notes.
Literal Standard Version (2020) © Covenant Press and the Covenant Christian Coalition, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license. Free Bible Version (2018) © Dr. Jonathan Gallagher, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0. Imported from the checksum-pinned eBible.org USFX source; the extracted verse text is an adaptation shared under the same license.
The original words and their English come from the Berean Standard Bible translation tables (public domain); lemmas and short definitions from STEPBible (CC BY 4.0), with Greek definitions based on Abbott-Smith.
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