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Deuteronomy 32:10–12

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10He found him in a desert land,

and in a howling, desert wasteland;

he encircled him,h he cared for him,

he protected him like the applei of his eye.

11As an eagle stirs up its nest,

hovers over its young,

spreads out its wings, takes them,j

carries themk on its pinions,l

12so Yahweh alone guided him,m

and there was no foreign god accompanying him.n

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Footnotes

  1. hLiterally “moved around him”
  2. iLiterally “pupil”
  3. jHebrew “it” but used poetically and with plural sense in context
  4. kHebrew “it” but used poetically and with plural sense in context
  5. lHebrew “pinion”
  6. mThat is, Jacob, standing for Israel
  7. nLiterally “and there was not with him a god foreign/strange”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

“He found him in a desert land,

and in the howling waste of the wilderness;

he encircled him, he cared for him,

he kept him as the apple of his eye.

Like an eagle that stirs up its nest,

that flutters over its young,

spreading out its wings, catching them,

bearing them on its pinions,

the Lord alone guided him,

no foreign god was with him.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In a desert land he found him,

in a barren and howling waste.

He shielded him and cared for him;

he guarded him as the apple of his eye,

like an eagle that stirs up its nest

and hovers over its young,

that spreads its wings to catch them

and carries them aloft.

The Lord alone led him;

no foreign god was with him.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He found him in a desolate land,

in a barren, howling wilderness;

he surrounded him, cared for him,

and protected him as the pupil of his eye.

He watches over his nest like an eagle

and hovers over his young;

he spreads his wings, catches him,

and carries him on his feathers.

The Lord alone led him,

with no help from a foreign god.

NLTNew Living Translation

He found them in a desert land,

in an empty, howling wasteland.

He surrounded them and watched over them;

he guarded them as he would guard his own eyes.

Like an eagle that rouses her chicks

and hovers over her young,

so he spread his wings to take them up

and carried them safely on his pinions.

The Lord alone guided them;

they followed no foreign gods.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

As an eagle stirreth up her nest,

Fluttereth over her young,

Spreadeth abroad her wings, taketh them,

Beareth them on her wings:

So the Lord alone did lead him,

And there was no strange god with him.