Deuteronomy 32:12

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“The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD alone led him, and no foreign god was with him.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“So the Lord alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 32:12 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 1:31and in the wilderness, where the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way by which you traveled until you reached this place.”
  2. Deuteronomy 32:39See now that I am He; there is no God besides Me. I bring death and I give life; I wound and I heal, and there is no one who can deliver from My hand.
  3. Joshua 24:17For the LORD our God brought us and our fathers out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery, and performed these great signs before our eyes. He also protected us throughout our journey and among all the nations through which we traveled.
  4. Nehemiah 9:12You led them with a pillar of cloud by day and a pillar of fire by night, to light for them the way in which they should travel.
  5. Job 15:19to whom alone the land was given when no foreigner passed among them.
  6. Psalms 27:11Teach me Your way, O LORD, and lead me on a level path, because of my oppressors.
  7. Psalms 78:14He led them with a cloud by day and with a light of fire all night.
  8. Psalms 78:52He led out His people like sheep and guided them like a flock in the wilderness.
  9. Psalms 80:1Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, who leads Joseph like a flock; You who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth
  10. Psalms 136:16He led His people through the wilderness. His loving devotion endures forever.
  11. Isaiah 43:11I, yes I, am the LORD, and there is no Savior but Me.
  12. Isaiah 43:12I alone decreed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. So you are My witnesses,” declares the LORD, “that I am God.
  13. Isaiah 44:7Who then is like Me? Let him say so! Let him declare his case before Me, since I established an ancient people. Let him foretell the things to come, and what is to take place.
  14. Isaiah 46:4Even to your old age, I will be the same, and I will bear you up when you turn gray. I have made you, and I will carry you; I will sustain you and deliver you.
  15. Isaiah 63:9In all their distress, He too was afflicted, and the Angel of His Presence saved them. In His love and compassion He redeemed them; He lifted them up and carried them all the days of old.
  16. Hosea 11:4I led them with cords of kindness, with ropes of love; I lifted the yoke from their necks and bent down to feed them.

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