Deuteronomy 32:20
in Deuteronomy 32He 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.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
KJV
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
3 notes on this verseChildren in whom is no faith - לא אמן בם lo emon bam, “There is no steadfastness in them,” they can never be depended on. They are fickle, because they are faithless.
This site's exposition
And when the Lord saw it, he abhorred them
on Deuteronomy 32:19-21
Verse 21 is built as an exchange, a no-god answered by a no-people, with the same two verbs used on both sides of it. Paul quotes the second half at Romans 10:19 to account for the Gentiles hearing what Israel did not, and he takes the jealousy up again at Romans 11:11 and 11:14. Not a people is the phrase Hosea 1:9-10 turns over and 1 Peter 2:10 applies to the church. Verse 20 gives the sentence as a hiding of the face, which Isaiah 8:17 and 54:8 both take up.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
They were faithless, and a people that could not be trusted. When he saved them, and took them into covenant, he said, Surely they are children that will not lie ( Isa. lxiii. 8 ); but when they proved otherwise, children in whom is no faith, they deserved to be abandoned, and that the God of truth should have no more to do with them.
The words behind it
15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֗אמֶר | vaiyomer | and he said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אַסְתִּ֤ירָה | ʾastirah | I will hide | H5641 → | 80 times |
| פָנַי֙ | fanai | face my | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| מֵהֶ֔ם | mehem | from <the> them | ||
| אֶרְאֶ֖ה | ʾereh | I will see | H7200 → | 1300 times |
| מָ֣ה | mah | what? | H4100 → | 752 times |
| אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם | ʾacharitam | [will be] end their | H319 → | 61 times |
| כִּ֣י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| ד֤וֹר | dor | [are] a generation of | H1755 → | 167 times |
| תַּהְפֻּכֹת֙ | tahpukhot | perversiti<es> | H8419 → | |
| הֵ֔מָּה | hemah | they | H1992 → | 553 times |
| בָּנִ֖ים | banim | children | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| לֹא־ | lo'- | [whom] not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אֵמֻ֥ן | ʾemun | faithfulness | H529 → | |
| בָּֽם׃ | bam | [is] in <the> them |
וַיֹּ֗אמֶרand he said
vaiyomerH559 →5305 times
אַסְתִּ֤ירָהI will hide
ʾastirahH5641 →80 times
פָנַי֙face my
fanaiH6440 →2123 times
מֵהֶ֔םfrom <the> them
mehem
אֶרְאֶ֖הI will see
ʾerehH7200 →1300 times
מָ֣הwhat?
mahH4100 →752 times
אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם[will be] end their
ʾacharitamH319 →61 times
כִּ֣יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
ד֤וֹר[are] a generation of
dorH1755 →167 times
תַּהְפֻּכֹת֙perversiti<es>
tahpukhotH8419 →
הֵ֔מָּהthey
hemahH1992 →553 times
בָּנִ֖יםchildren
banimH1121 →4930 times
לֹא־[whom] not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
אֵמֻ֥ןfaithfulness
ʾemunH529 →
בָּֽם׃[is] in <the> them
bam
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
2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they got up and left for the Wilderness of Tekoa. As they set out, Jehoshaphat stood up and said, “Hear me, O people of Judah and Jerusalem. Believe in the…
it leads to
- Romans 8:31
What then shall we say in response to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us?
- John 14:1
“Do not let your hearts be troubled. You believe in God; believe in Me as well.
- John 11:40
Jesus replied, “Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God?”
- Hebrews 11:6
And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who approaches Him must believe that He exists and that He rewards those who earnestly seek Him.
- Luke 16:31
Then Abraham said to him, ‘If they do not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
- Romans 8:31
Through
Deuteronomy 32:5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:4
Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children of depravity! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on…
- Philippians 2:15
so that you may be blameless and pure, children of God without fault in a crooked and perverse generation, in which you shine as lights in the world
- Matthew 17:17
“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you? How long must I put up with you? Bring the boy here to Me.”
- Isaiah 1:4
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.