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Deuteronomy 32:30

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

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ASV

How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

KJV

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
אֵיכָ֞ה'ei.Khahhow?H349 →
יִרְדֹּ֤ףyir.Dofwill he pursueH7291 →
אֶחָד֙'e.Chadone [person]H259 →
אֶ֔לֶף'E.lefa thousandH505 →
וּשְׁנַ֖יִםu.she.Na.yimand two [people]H8147 →
יָנִ֣יסוּya.Ni.suwill they put to flight?H5127 →
רְבָבָ֑הre.va.Vahten thousandH7233 →
אִם־'im-ifH518 →
לֹא֙lo'in-H3808 →
כִּי־ki-deedH3588 →
צוּרָ֣םtzu.Ramrock theirH6697 →
מְכָרָ֔םme.kha.Ramhe had sold themH4376 →
וַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehand YahwehH3068 →
הִסְגִּירָֽם׃his.gi.Ramhe had delivered up themH5462 →

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Leviticus 26:8Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.Isaiah 30:17A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.Deuteronomy 28:7The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.2 Chronicles 14:11Then Asa cried out to the LORD his God: “O LORD, there is no one besides You to help the powerless against the mighty. Help us, O LORD our God, for we rely on You, and in Your name we have come against this multitude. O LORD, You are our God. Do not let a mere mortal prevail against You.”Deuteronomy 20:4For the LORD your God goes with you to fight for you against your enemies, to give you the victory.”Exodus 34:10And the LORD said, “Behold, I am making a covenant. Before all your people I will perform wonders that have never been done in any nation in all the world. All the people among whom you live will see the LORD’s work, for it is an awesome thing that I am doing with you.1 Chronicles 12:14These Gadites were army commanders, the least of whom was a match for a hundred, and the greatest for a thousand.1 Samuel 14:6Jonathan said to the young man bearing his armor, “Come, let us cross over to the outpost of these uncircumcised men. Perhaps the LORD will work on our behalf. Nothing can hinder the LORD from saving, whether by many or by few.”Daniel 1:2And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, where he put them in the treasury of his god.Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.Deuteronomy 28:25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.Psalms 44:12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.Judges 7:22–23And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.Isaiah 10:4Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.Ezekiel 39:23And the nations will know that the house of Israel went into exile for their iniquity, because they were unfaithful to Me. So I hid My face from them and delivered them into the hands of their enemies, so that they all fell by the sword.Joshua 7:4So about three thousand men went up, but they fled before the men of Ai.2 Chronicles 24:24Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

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Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
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