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Deuteronomy 32:3

I will proclaim the name of the Lord; how glorious is our God!
Deuteronomy 32:3 · New Living Translation
Parallel translations
  • WEB For I will proclaim Yahweh’s name. Ascribe greatness to our God!
  • KJV Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
  • BSB For I will proclaim the name of the LORD. Ascribe greatness to our God!
  • NKJV For I proclaim the name of the Lord: Ascribe greatness to our God.
  • NASB “For I proclaim the name of the Lord; Ascribe greatness to our God!

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Quick answer

Moses announces that he will proclaim the LORD's name and calls the people to ascribe greatness to God. It matters because the song's foundation is the worship and praise of God.

Overview

To proclaim the LORD's name is to declare His character and acts, inviting fitting praise. The call to 'ascribe greatness' sets worship as the proper response to who God is. This opening note of praise frames everything that follows, reminding us that the chief end of God's word and works is His glory, supremely revealed in Christ.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 20

  • Jer 10:6There is no one like you, Yahweh. you are great, and your name is great in might.
  • Ps 150:2Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
  • Deut 5:24and you said, “Behold, Yahweh our God has shown us his glory and his greatness, and we have heard his voice out of the middle of the fire. We have seen today that God does speak with man, and he lives.
  • Eph 1:19and what is the exceeding greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to that working of the strength of his might
  • Deut 3:24“Lord Yahweh, you have begun to show your servant your greatness, and your strong hand. For what god is there in heaven or in earth that can do works like yours, and mighty acts like yours?
  • 1 Chr 29:11Yours, Yahweh, is the greatness, the power, the glory, the victory, and the majesty! For all that is in the heavens and in the earth is yours. Yours is the kingdom, Yahweh, and you are exalted as head above all.
  • Matt 1:23“Behold, the virgin shall be with child, and shall give birth to a son. They shall call his name Immanuel”; which is, being interpreted, “God with us.”
  • John 17:26I made known to them your name, and will make it known; that the love with which you loved me may be in them, and I in them.”
  • Jer 23:6In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. This is his name by which he shall be called: Yahweh our righteousness.
  • Exod 33:19He said, “I will make all my goodness pass before you, and will proclaim Yahweh’s name before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and will show mercy on whom I will show mercy.”
  • John 17:6I revealed your name to the people whom you have given me out of the world. They were yours, and you have given them to me. They have kept your word.
  • Exod 6:3and I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty; but by my name Yahweh I was not known to them.
  • Exod 3:13–16Moses said to God, “Behold, when I come to the children of Israel, and tell them, ‘The God of your fathers has sent me to you;’ and they ask me, ‘What is his name?’ What should I tell them?”
  • Ps 29:1–2A Psalm by David. Ascribe to Yahweh, you sons of the mighty, ascribe to Yahweh glory and strength.
  • Ps 105:1–5Give thanks to Yahweh! Call on his name! Make his doings known among the peoples.
  • Ps 89:16–18In your name they rejoice all day. In your righteousness, they are exalted.
  • 1 Chr 17:19Yahweh, for your servant’s sake, and according to your own heart, you have done all this greatness, to make known all these great things.
  • Ps 145:1–10A praise psalm by David. I will exalt you, my God, the King. I will praise your name forever and ever.
  • Exod 34:5–7Yahweh descended in the cloud, and stood with him there, and proclaimed Yahweh’s name.
  • Exod 20:24You shall make an altar of earth for me, and shall sacrifice on it your burnt offerings and your peace offerings, your sheep and your cattle. In every place where I record my name I will come to you and I will bless you.

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Commentaries & study tools

  • VideoBibleProject — Deuteronomy videosBibleProject · Lay · Free · evangelical

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  • CommentaryMatthew Henry on DeuteronomyMatthew Henry · Pastoral · Free · evangelical

    The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).

  • ReferenceInterlinear, lexicon & Strong'sBlue Letter Bible · Seminary · Free

    Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.

Christ at the center

Moses promised a Prophet like himself to whom Israel must listen (18:15); Jesus is that Prophet, the one who keeps the covenant we broke and becomes the curse for us by hanging on a tree (Gal 3:13).

How Deuteronomy 32:3 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.

Original language

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