Deuteronomy 32:26
in Deuteronomy 32I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
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ASV
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
KJV
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 32
Commentary
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I said, I would scatter them into corners
on Deuteronomy 32:26-27
The judgment stops short, and the reason given is what the enemy would conclude, that their own hand was high and the Lord had not done any of it. Moses had used that argument in prayer at Exodus 32:12 and Numbers 14:13-16, and Ezekiel 20:9 and 20:14 have God give it as his own reason for holding back. Israel's survival is therefore grounded in the name of God rather than in anything Israel is at that point.
The words behind it
5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָמַ֖רְתִּי | ʾamarti | I said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם | ʾafeihem | I will cut in pieces them | H6284 → | |
| אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה | ʾashbitah | I will make cease | H7673 → | |
| מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁ | meenoosh | from humankind | H582 → | 566 times |
| זִכְרָֽם׃ | zikhram | memory their | H2143 → |
אָמַ֖רְתִּיI said
ʾamartiH559 →5305 times
אַפְאֵיהֶ֑םI will cut in pieces them
ʾafeihemH6284 →
אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָהI will make cease
ʾashbitahH7673 →
מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁfrom humankind
meenooshH582 →566 times
זִכְרָֽם׃memory their
zikhramH2143 →
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
Deuteronomy 28:37You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents,…
- Jeremiah 24:9
Through
Deuteronomy 28:64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:33
But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 4:27–28
Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.
- Deuteronomy 28:36
The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Nehemiah 1:8
Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
- Jeremiah 16:13
So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…
- Leviticus 26:33
Through
Isaiah 63:16Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
it leads to
- Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand.
- Isaiah 64:8
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.