7 Remember the days of old; consider the generations long past. Ask your father and he will tell you, your elders, and they will explain to you.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 32:7

King James Version

7 Remember the days of old, consider the years of many many...: Heb. generation and generation generations: ask thy father, and he will shew thee; thy elders, and they will tell thee.

English Standard Version

7 Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you.

The Message

7 Read up on what happened before you were born; dig into the past, understand your roots. Ask your parents what it was like before you were born; ask the old-ones, they'll tell you a thing or two.

New King James Version

7 "Remember the days of old, Consider the years of many generations. Ask your father, and he will show you; Your elders, and they will tell you:

New Living Translation

7 Remember the days of long ago; think about the generations past. Ask your father, and he will inform you. Inquire of your elders, and they will tell you.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:7

Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:7-14

(Read Deuteronomy 32:7-14)

Moses gives particular instances of God's kindness and concern for them. The eagle's care for her young is a beautiful emblem of Christ's love, who came between Divine justice and our guilty souls, and bare our sins in his own body on the tree. And by the preached gospel, and the influences of the Holy Spirit, He stirs up and prevails upon sinners to leave Satan's bondage. In verses 13,14, are emblems of the conquest believers have over their spiritual enemies, sin, Satan, and the world, in and through Christ. Also of their safety and triumph in him; of their happy frames of soul, when they are above the world, and the things of it. This will be the blessed case of spiritual Israel in every sense in the latter day.