Deuteronomy 31:27
in Deuteronomy 31For I know how rebellious and stiff-necked you are. If you are already rebelling against the LORD while I am still alive, how much more will you rebel after my death!
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against Jehovah; and how much more after my death?
KJV
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck: behold, while I am yet alive with you this day, ye have been rebellious against the Lord; and how much more after my death?
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This verse in Deuteronomy 31
Commentary
2 notes on this verseWhile I am yet alive - ye have been rebellious - Such was the disposition of this people to act contrary to moral goodness that Moses felt himself justified in inferring what would take place from what had already happened. 1. Never was a people more fully and faithfully warned, and from this very circumstance we may see that they were under no fatal constraining necessity to commit sin against God; they might have avoided it, but they would not.
This site's exposition
For I know thy rebellion, and thy stiff neck
on Deuteronomy 31:27-29
Moses gives his evidence for the forecast, which is the forty years he has watched, that ye have been rebellious against the Lord while I am yet alive with you this day. Stiff neck goes back to Exodus 32:9 at the golden calf, and 10:16 in this book told them to be no more stiffnecked. Verse 29 repeats to the elders and officers what verses 16 to 21 told Moses inside the tabernacle, so the people hear the forecast of their own turning from his mouth, and the phrase in the latter days carries it past the generation standing in front of him.
The words behind it
21 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָנֹכִ֤י | ʾanokhi | I | H595 → | 359 times |
| יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙ | yada'ti | I know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מֶרְיְךָ֔ | meryekha | rebellion your | H4805 → | |
| וְאֶֽת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| עָרְפְּךָ֖ | ʾarepekha | neck your | H6203 → | 33 times |
| הַקָּשֶׁ֑ה | hakasheh | <the> stiff | H7186 → | 36 times |
| הֵ֣ן | hen | here! | H2005 → | 316 times |
| בְּעוֹדֶנִּי֩ | beodeni | when still I | H5750 → | 490 times |
| חַ֨י | chai | [am] alive | H2416 → | 498 times |
| עִמָּכֶ֜ם | ʾimakhem | with you | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| הַיּ֗וֹם | haiyom | this day | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| מַמְרִ֤ים | mamrim | rebellious | H4784 → | 45 times |
| הֱיִתֶם֙ | heyitem | you have been | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| יְהֹוָ֔ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וְאַ֖ף | veaf | and indeed? | H637 → | 134 times |
| כִּי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אַחֲרֵ֥י | ʾacharei | after | H310 → | 715 times |
| מוֹתִֽי׃ | moti | death my | H4194 → | 156 times |
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
אָנֹכִ֤יI
ʾanokhiH595 →359 times
יָדַ֙עְתִּי֙I know
yada'tiH3045 →945 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מֶרְיְךָ֔rebellion your
meryekhaH4805 →
וְאֶֽת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
עָרְפְּךָ֖neck your
ʾarepekhaH6203 →33 times
הַקָּשֶׁ֑ה<the> stiff
hakashehH7186 →36 times
הֵ֣ןhere!
henH2005 →316 times
בְּעוֹדֶנִּי֩when still I
beodeniH5750 →490 times
חַ֨י[am] alive
chaiH2416 →498 times
עִמָּכֶ֜םwith you
ʾimakhemH5973 →1050 times
הַיּ֗וֹםthis day
haiyomH3117 →2304 times
מַמְרִ֤יםrebellious
mamrimH4784 →45 times
הֱיִתֶם֙you have been
heyitemH1961 →3559 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
יְהֹוָ֔הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וְאַ֖ףand indeed?
veafH637 →134 times
כִּי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אַחֲרֵ֥יafter
ʾachareiH310 →715 times
מוֹתִֽי׃death my
motiH4194 →156 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Isaiah 48:4For I knew that you are stubborn; your neck is iron and your forehead is bronze.
it leads to
- Acts 7:51
You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Exodus 32:9
The LORD also said to Moses, “I have seen this people, and they are indeed a stiff-necked people.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 7:11–12
But they refused to pay attention and turned a stubborn shoulder; they stopped up their ears from hearing.
- Proverbs 29:1
A man who remains stiff-necked after much reproof will suddenly be shattered beyond recovery.
- Romans 2:5
But because of your hard and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath against yourself for the day of wrath, when God’s righteous judgment will be revealed.
- Acts 7:51
Through
Deuteronomy 32:20He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:17–18
On that day My anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them, so that they will be consumed, and many troubles and afflictions will befall them.…
- Deuteronomy 32:5
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
- Deuteronomy 31:17–18
Through
2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not stiffen your necks as your fathers did. Submit to the LORD and come to His sanctuary, which He has consecrated forever. Serve the LORD your God, so that His fierce anger…
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 29:10
Now it is in my heart to make a covenant with the LORD, the God of Israel, so that His fierce anger will turn away from us.
- 2 Chronicles 29:10
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.