Deuteronomy 32:4

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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.

📖 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 the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all those that trust in him. 31 For who is God save the LORD? or who is a rock save our God?
• Ps 92:15 : 15 To shew{H8687)} that the LORD is upright: he is my rock, and there is no unrighteousness{H8675)} in him.
• Deut 32:18 : 18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
• Dan 4:37 : 37 Now I Nebuchadnezzar praise and extol and honour the King of heaven, all whose works are truth, and his ways judgment: 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 the LORD had shut 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 waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which 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: and that 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 The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; my God, my strength, in whom I will trust; my buckler, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.
• Rom 3:5 : 5 But if our unrighteousness commend the righteousness of God, what shall we say? Is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance?(I speak as a man)
• John 1:14 : 14 And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us,(and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
• John 14:6 : 6 Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.
• 2 Sam 22:2-3 : 2 And he said, The LORD is my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer; 3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is 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 the LORD is tried: he is a buckler to all them that trust in him. 32 For who is God, save the LORD? and who is a rock, save our God?
• Hab 1:13 : 13 Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look on iniquity: wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously, and holdest thy tongue when the wicked devoureth the man that is more righteous than he?
• Matt 5:48 : 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.
• Isa 26:4 : 4 Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:
• Isa 28:16 : 16 Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, I lay in Zion for a foundation a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner stone, a sure foundation: he that believeth shall not make haste.
• Isa 30:18 : 18 And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of judgment: blessed are all they that wait for him.
• Isa 32:2 : 2 And a man shall be as an hiding place from the wind, and a covert from the tempest; as rivers of water in a dry place, as the shadow of a great rock in a weary land.
• Jer 9:24 : 24 But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.
• Jer 10:10 : 10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be 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 Barjona: for flesh and blood hath not revealed it unto thee, but my Father which is in heaven. 18 And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.
• Ps 97:2 : 2 Clouds and darkness are round about him: righteousness and judgment are the habitation of his throne.
• Ps 98:3 : 3 He hath remembered his mercy and his truth 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 judgment; thou dost establish equity, thou executest judgment and righteousness in Jacob.
• Ps 100:5 : 5 For the LORD is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.
• Ps 138:8 : 8 The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of thine own hands.
• Ps 146:6 : 6 Which made heaven, and earth, the sea, and all that therein is: which 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 any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.
• Isa 25:1 : 1 O LORD, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou hast done wonderful things; thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth.
• 2 Sam 22:47 : 47 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and exalted be the God of the rock of my salvation.
• 2 Sam 23:3 : 3 The God of Israel said, the Rock of Israel spake to me, He that ruleth over men must be just, ruling in the fear of God.
• Ps 18:46 : 46 The LORD liveth; and blessed be my rock; and let the God of my salvation be exalted.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Ps 31:5 : 5 Into thine hand I commit my spirit: thou hast redeemed me, O LORD God of truth.
• Ps 61:2-4 : 2 From the end of the earth will I cry{H8799)} unto thee, when my heart is overwhelmed{H8800)}: lead{H8686)} me to the rock that is higher{H8799)} than I. 3 For thou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy{H8802)}. 4 I will abide{H8799)} in thy tabernacle for ever: I will trust{H8799)} in the covert of thy wings. Selah.
• Exod 34:6 : 6 And the LORD passed by before him, and proclaimed, The LORD, The LORD God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,
• Deut 7:9 : 9 Know therefore that the LORD thy God, he is God, the faithful God, which keepeth covenant and mercy with them that love him and keep his commandments to a thousand generations;
• Deut 10:18 : 18 He doth execute the judgment of the fatherless and widow, and loveth the stranger, in giving him food and raiment.
• Gen 1:31 : 31 And God saw every thing that he had made, and, behold, it was very good. And the evening and the morning were the sixth day.
• 1 Sam 2:2 : 2 There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
• Rom 1:32 : 32 Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them.
• Rom 2:2 : 2 But we are sure that the judgment of God is according to truth against them which commit such things.
• Rom 2:5 : 5 But after thy hardness and impenitent heart treasurest up unto thyself wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God;
• John 1:17 : 17 For the law was given by Moses, but grace and truth came by Jesus Christ.
• John 5:22 : 22 For the Father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the Son:
• Job 35:14 : 14 Although thou sayest thou shalt not see him, yet judgment is before him; therefore trust thou in him.
• Ps 9:16 : 16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• 1 Cor 10:4 : 4 And did all drink the same spiritual drink: for they drank of that spiritual Rock that followed them: and that Rock was Christ.
• Jas 1:17 : 17 Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of lights, with whom is no variableness, neither shadow of turning.
• Jas 4:12 : 12 There is one lawgiver, who is able to save and to destroy: who art thou that judgest another?
• 1 Pet 2:6 : 6 Wherefore also it is contained in the scripture, Behold, I lay in Sion a chief corner stone, elect, precious: and he that believeth on him shall not be confounded.
• 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, Lord God Almighty; just and true are thy ways, thou King of saints. 4 Who shall not fear thee, O Lord, and glorify thy name? for thou only art holy: for all nations shall come and worship before thee; for thy judgments are made manifest.