2 And he said, The Lord came from Sinai, and rose up from Seir unto them; he shined forth from mount Paran, and he came with ten thousands of saints: from his right hand went a fiery [1] law for them.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 33:2

New International Version

2 He said: "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned over them from Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran. He came withOr "from" myriads of holy ones from the south, from his mountain slopes.The meaning of the Hebrew for this phrase is uncertain.

English Standard Version

2 He said, "The Lord came from Sinai and dawned from Seir upon us;Septuagint, Syriac, Vulgate; Hebrew them he shone forth from Mount Paran; he came from the ten thousands of holy ones, with flaming fireThe meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain at his right hand.

The Message

2 He said, God came down from Sinai, he dawned from Seir upon them; He radiated light from Mount Paran, coming with ten thousand holy angels And tongues of fire streaming from his right hand.

New King James Version

2 And he said: "The Lord came from Sinai, And dawned on them from Seir; He shone forth from Mount Paran, And He came with ten thousands of saints; From His right hand Came a fiery law for them.

New Living Translation

2 "The Lord came from Mount Sinai and dawned upon us from Mount Seir; he shone forth from Mount Paran and came from Meribah-kadesh with flaming fire at his right hand.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:2

Commentary on Deuteronomy 33:1-5

(Read Deuteronomy 33:1-5)

To all his precepts, warnings, and prophecies, Moses added a solemn blessing. He begins with a description of the glorious appearances of God, in giving the law. His law works like fire. If received, it is melting, warming, purifying, and burns up the dross of corruption; if rejected, it hardens, sears, pains, and destroys. The Holy Spirit came down in cloven tongues, as of fire; for the gospel also is a fiery law. The law of God written in the heart, is a certain proof of the love of God shed abroad there: we must reckon His law one of the gifts of his grace.