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Deuteronomy 32:5

in Deuteronomy 32

His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.

KJV

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 32

Commentary

3 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

Their spot is not the spot of his children - This verse is variously translated and variously understood. They are corrupted, not his, children of pollution - Kennicott. They are corrupt, they are not his children, they are blotted - Houbigant. This is according to the Samaritan.

This site's exposition

He is the Rock, his work is perfect

on Deuteronomy 32:4-6

This is where God is given the name Rock, and the song then uses it at verses 15, 18, 30 and 31, with the enemies' rock set against it at verse 37. Numbers 20:7-11 has Moses striking a rock for water inside the forty years he is retelling, and 1 Corinthians 10:4 says of that rock that it was Christ. Verse 6 asks whether this is how a father is repaid, and it lists three things done for the people, bought, made and established.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

They have corrupted themselves--that is, the Israelites by their frequent lapses and their inveterate attachment to idolatry. their spot is not the spot of his children--This is an allusion to the marks which idolaters inscribe on their foreheads or their arms with paint or other substances, in various colors and forms--straight, oval, or circular, according to the favorite idol of their worship.

The words behind it

8 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • שִׁחֵ֥תit has acted corruptly

    shichetH7843 →146 times

  • ל֛וֹto <the> him

    lo

  • לֹ֖אnot

    lo'H3808 →5168 times

  • בָּנָ֣יוchildren his

    banavH1121 →4930 times

  • מוּמָ֑םblemish their

    mumamH3971 →21 times

  • דּ֥וֹרa generation

    dorH1755 →167 times

  • עִקֵּ֖שׁperverse

    ʾikeshH6141 →

  • וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל׃and crooked

    ufetaltolH6618 →

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

18 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Acts 2:40With many other words he testified, and he urged them, “Be saved from this corrupt generation.”12 worksPhilippians 2:15so 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 world12 worksIsaiah 1:4Alas, 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 Him.9 worksMatthew 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.”7 worksLuke 9:41“O unbelieving and perverse generation!” Jesus replied. “How long must I remain with you and put up with you? Bring your son here.”6 worksDeuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death you will become utterly corrupt and turn from the path I have commanded you. And in the days to come, disaster will befall you because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD to provoke Him to anger by the work of your hands.”6 works
The other 12 cross-references, with their words ▾
Hosea 9:9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.4 worksPsalms 78:8Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God.4 worksMatthew 16:4A wicked and adulterous generation demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.” Then He left them and went away.4 worksDeuteronomy 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.4 worksProverbs 2:15whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.4 worksExodus 32:7Then the LORD said to Moses, “Go down at once, for your people, whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted themselves.3 worksZephaniah 3:7I said, ‘Surely you will fear Me and accept correction.’ Then her dwelling place would not be cut off despite all for which I punished her. But they rose early to corrupt all their deeds.3 worksMatthew 3:7But when John saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his place of baptism, he said to them, “You brood of vipers, who warned you to flee from the coming wrath?3 worksJudges 2:19But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.3 worksGenesis 6:12And God looked upon the earth and saw that it was corrupt; for all living creatures on the earth had corrupted their ways.3 worksActs 7:51You stiff-necked people with uncircumcised hearts and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit, just as your fathers did.3 works2 Corinthians 11:3I am afraid, however, that just as Eve was deceived by the serpent’s cunning, your minds may be led astray from your simple and pure devotion to Christ.3 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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

    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

    it leads to

    • Matthew 5:14–16

      You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden.

    • 1 Peter 2:12

      Conduct yourselves with such honor among the Gentiles that, though they slander you as evildoers, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day He visits us.

    • Matthew 5:45

      that you may be sons of your Father in heaven. He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous.

    • Isaiah 60:1

      Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the LORD rises upon you.

    • 1 John 3:1–3

      Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is…

  • Through

    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.”

    it leads to

    • Numbers 14:11

      And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?

    • Matthew 6:30

      If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, will He not much more clothe you, O you of little faith?

    • Hebrews 3:16–19

      For who were the ones who heard and rebelled? Were they not all those Moses led out of Egypt?

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 32 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.

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