Deuteronomy 32:15

King James Version:

(The Lord speaking is red text)

¶ 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.

Complete Jewish Bible:

"But Yeshurun grew fat and kicked (you grew fat, thick, gross!). He abandoned God his Maker; he scorned the Rock, his salvation.

Berean Standard Bible:

But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked— becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.

American Standard Version:

But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: Thou art waxed fat, thou art grown thick, thou art become sleek; Then he forsook God who made him, And lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.

KJV with Strong’s Numbers:

But Jeshurun{H3484} waxed fat{H8080}, and kicked{H1163}: thou art waxen fat{H8080}, thou art grown thick{H5666}, thou art covered{H3780} with fatness; then he forsook{H5203} God{H433} which made{H6213} him, and lightly esteemed{H5034} the Rock{H6697} of his salvation{H3444}.

Cross-References (KJV):

Deuteronomy 31:20

  • For when I shall have brought them into the land which I sware unto their fathers, that floweth with milk and honey; and they shall have eaten and filled themselves, and waxen fat; then will they turn unto other gods, and serve them, and provoke me, and break my covenant.

Hosea 13:6

  • According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

Psalms 89:26

  • He shall cry unto me, Thou [art] my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.

Deuteronomy 33:5

  • And he was king in Jeshurun, when the heads of the people [and] the tribes of Israel were gathered together.

Deuteronomy 32:4

  • [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.

Acts 28:27

  • For the heart of this people is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes have they closed; lest they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

1 Samuel 2:29

  • Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded [in my] habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?

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Commentary for Deuteronomy 32:15

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Strong's Numbers and Definitions:

Note: H = Hebrew (OT), G = Greek (NT)

  1. Strong's Number: H3484
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְשֻׁרוּן
    Transliteration: Yᵉshurûwn
    Pronunciation: yesh-oo-roon'
    Description: from יָשַׁר; upright; Jeshurun, a symbolic name for Israel; Jeshurun.
  2. Strong's Number: H8080
    There are 4 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: שָׁמַן
    Transliteration: shâman
    Pronunciation: shaw-man'
    Description: a primitive root; to shine, i.e. (by analogy) be (causatively, make) oily or gross; become (make, wax) fat.
  3. Strong's Number: H1163
    There are 2 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: בָּעַט
    Transliteration: bâʻaṭ
    Pronunciation: baw-at'
    Description: a primitive root; to trample down, i.e. (figuratively) despise; kick.
  4. Strong's Number: H5666
    There are 3 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָבָה
    Transliteration: ʻâbâh
    Pronunciation: aw-baw'
    Description: a primitive root; to be dense; be (grow) thick(-er).
  5. Strong's Number: H3780
    There are 1 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: כָּשָׂה
    Transliteration: kâsâh
    Pronunciation: kaw-saw'
    Description: a primitive root; to grow fat (i.e. be covered with flesh); be covered. Compare כָּסָה.
  6. Strong's Number: H5203
    There are 39 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָטַשׁ
    Transliteration: nâṭash
    Pronunciation: naw-tash'
    Description: a primitive root; properly, to pound, i.e. smite; by implication (as if beating out, and thus expanding) to disperse; also, to thrust off, down, out or upon (inclusively, reject, let alone, permit, remit, etc.); cast off, drawn, let fall, forsake, join (battle), leave (off), lie still, loose, spread (self) abroad, stretch out, suffer.
  7. Strong's Number: H433
    There are 123 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: אֱלוֹהַּ
    Transliteration: ʼĕlôwahh
    Pronunciation: el-o'-ah
    Description: rarely (shortened) אֱלֹהַּ; probably prolonged (emphatic) from אֵל; a deity or the Deity; God, god. See אֱלֹהִים.
  8. Strong's Number: H6213
    There are 2286 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: עָשָׂה
    Transliteration: ʻâsâh
    Pronunciation: aw-saw'
    Description: a primitive root; to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application; accomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, fashion, [phrase] feast, (fight-) ing man, [phrase] finish, fit, fly, follow, fulfill, furnish, gather, get, go about, govern, grant, great, [phrase] hinder, hold (a feast), [idiom] indeed, [phrase] be industrious, [phrase] journey, keep, labour, maintain, make, be meet, observe, be occupied, offer, [phrase] officer, pare, bring (come) to pass, perform, pracise, prepare, procure, provide, put, requite, [idiom] sacrifice, serve, set, shew, [idiom] sin, spend, [idiom] surely, take, [idiom] thoroughly, trim, [idiom] very, [phrase] vex, be (warr-) ior, work(-man), yield, use.
  9. Strong's Number: H5034
    There are 21 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: נָבֵל
    Transliteration: nâbêl
    Pronunciation: naw-bale'
    Description: a primitive root; to wilt; generally, to fall away, fail, faint; figuratively, to be foolish or (morally) wicked; causatively, to despise, disgrace; disgrace, dishounour, lightly esteem, fade (away, -ing), fall (down, -ling, off), do foolishly, come to nought, [idiom] surely, make vile, wither.
  10. Strong's Number: H6697
    There are 74 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: צוּר
    Transliteration: tsûwr
    Pronunciation: tsoor
    Description: or צֻר; from צוּר; properly, a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed); generally, a rock or boulder; figuratively, a refuge; also an edge (as precipitous); edge, [idiom] (mighty) God (one), rock, [idiom] sharp, stone, [idiom] strength, [idiom] strong. See also בֵּית צוּר.
  11. Strong's Number: H3444
    There are 77 instances of this translation in the Bible
    Lemma: יְשׁוּעָה
    Transliteration: yᵉshûwʻâh
    Pronunciation: yesh-oo'-aw
    Description: feminine passive participle of יָשַׁע; something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity; deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.