King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:2

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass:

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יַעֲרֹ֤ףyaarofdropעָרַףverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “drop”, an unfinished actionH6201to droop; hence, to dripdrop (down).כַּמָּטָר֙kamataras rainמָטַרpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as rain”, the ordinary formH4306rainrain.לִקְחִ֔יliqchidoctrineלֶקַחnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “doctrine”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3948properly, something received, i.e. (mentally) instruction (whether on the part of the teacher or hearer); also (in an active and sinister sense) inveiglementdoctrine, learning, fair speech.תִּזַּ֥לtizaldistilנָזַלverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “distil”, an unfinished actionH5140to drip, or shed by tricklingdistil, drop, flood, (cause to) flow(-ing), gush out, melt, pour (down), running water, stream.כַּטַּ֖לkatalas dewטַלpreposition, with the article, noun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “as dew”, the ordinary formH2919dew (as covering vegetation)dew.אִמְרָתִ֑יimraticommandmentאִמְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “commandment”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH565{something said}commandment, speech, word.כִּשְׂעִירִ֣םkisirimas small rainשָׂעִירpreposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “as small rain”, the ordinary formH8164a shower (as tempestuous)small rain.עֲלֵיaleaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…דֶ֔שֶׁאdeshegrassדֶּשֶׁאnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH1877a sprout; by analogy, grass(tender) grass, green, (tender) herb.וְכִרְבִיבִ֖יםvekhirvivimand as showerרָבִיבconjunction, preposition, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “and as shower”, the ordinary formH7241a rain (as an accumulation of drops)shower.עֲלֵיaleaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עֵֽשֶׂבesevgrassעֶשֶׂבnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “grass”, the ordinary formH6212grass (or any tender shoot)grass, herb.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

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American Standard Version (1901)

My doctrine shall drop as the rain; My speech shall distil as the dew, As the small rain upon the tender grass, And as the showers upon the herb.

Young’s Literal Translation

Drop as rain doth My doctrine; Flow as dew doth My sayings; As storms on the tender grass, And as showers on the herb,

World English Bible

My doctrine will drop as the rain. My speech will condense as the dew, as the misty rain on the tender grass, as the showers on the herb.

Darby Translation

My doctrine shall drop as rain, My speech flow down as dew, As small rain upon the tender herb, And as showers on the grass.

Douay-Rheims

Let my doctrine gather as the rain, let my speech distil as the dew, as a shower upon the herb, and as drops upon the grass.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew; as the small rain upon the tender grass, and as the showers upon the herb.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let my speech be looked for as the rain, and my words come down as dew, as the shower upon the herbage, and as snow upon the grass.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Προσδοκάσθω ὡς ὑετὸς τὸ ἀπόφθεγμά μου, καὶ καταβήτω ὡς δρόσος τὰ ῥήματά μου, ὡσεὶ ὄμβρος ἐπʼ ἄγρωστιν, καὶ ὡσεὶ νιφετὸς ἐπὶ χόρτον.