Deuteronomy 32:2
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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.

drop

2 Samuel 23:4 As the light of the morning, when the sun riseth, shineth in the morning without clouds, and as the grass springeth out of the earth by rain.

Job 29:22,23 To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them. . . .

Psalm 72:6 He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

Isaiah 55:10,11 And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater: . . .

Hosea 6:4 What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

Hosea 14:5 I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus.

1 Corinthians 3:6-8 I have planted, Apollo watered: but God gave the increase. . . .

Hebrews 6:7 For the earth, that drinketh in the rain which cometh often upon it and bringeth forth herbs meet for them by whom it is tilled, receiveth blessing from God.

as the showers

Micah 5:7 And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.

Zechariah 10:1 Ask ye of the Lord rain in the latter season, and the Lord will make snows, and will give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

Context
The Song of Moses
1Hear, O ye heavens, the things I speak, let the earth give ear to the words of my mouth. 2Let 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.3Because I will invoke the name of the Lord: give ye magnificence to our God.…
Cross References
Job 29:22
To my words they durst add nothing, and my speech dropped upon them.

Psalm 65:10
Fill up plentifully the streams thereof, multiply its fruits; it shall spring up and rejoice in its showers.

Psalm 72:6
He shall come down like rain upon the fleece; and as showers falling gently upon the earth.

Proverbs 4:2
For I also was my father's son, tender, and as an only son in the sight of my mother:

Isaiah 55:10
And as the rain and the snow come down from heaven, and return no more thither, but soak the earth, and water it, and make it to spring, and give seed to the sower, and bread to the eater:

Isaiah 55:11
So shall my word be, which shall go forth from my mouth: it shall not return to me void, but it shall do whatsoever I please, and shall prosper in the things for which I sent it.

Amos 7:16
And the Lord took me when I followed the flock, and the Lord said to me: Go, prophesy to my people Israel.

Micah 5:7
And they shall feed the land of Assyria with the sword, and the land of Nemrod with the spears thereof: and he shall deliver us from the Assyrian when he shall come into our land, and when he shall tread in our borders.

Lexicon
Let my teaching
לִקְחִ֔י (liq·ḥî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 3948: Something received, instruction, inveiglement

fall
יַעֲרֹ֤ף (ya·‘ă·rōp̄)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6201: To droop, to drip

like rain
כַּמָּטָר֙ (kam·mā·ṭār)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 4306: Rain

and my speech
אִמְרָתִ֑י (’im·rā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 565: Utterance, speech, word

settle
תִּזַּ֥ל (tiz·zal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5140: To flow, trickle, drop, distill

like dew,
כַּטַּ֖ל (kaṭ·ṭal)
Preposition-k, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2919: Night mist, dew

like gentle rain
כִּשְׂעִירִ֣ם (kiś·‘î·rim)
Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 8164: Rain (drop)

on
עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

new grass,
דֶ֔שֶׁא (ḏe·še)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1877: A sprout, grass

like showers
וְכִרְבִיבִ֖ים (wə·ḵir·ḇî·ḇîm)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7241: Abundant showers

on
עֲלֵי־ (‘ă·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against

tender plants.
עֵֽשֶׂב׃ (‘ê·śeḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6212: Herb, herbage


Additional Translations
Let my teaching fall like rain and my speech settle like dew, like gentle rain on new grass, like showers on tender plants.My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain on the tender herb, and as the showers on the grass:

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.

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.

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.

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:

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

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

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