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Deuteronomy 32:28

26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

30 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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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
KJV
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
WEB
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.
ASV
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
DARBY
For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.
BLB
For they [are] a nation void of counsel, and in them [there is] no understanding.
ÅB
For de er et folk uten visdom; der er ikke forstand hos dem.
OTB
For de er en nasjon uten råd, og det er ingen forståelse i dem.
B1930
For de er et folk uten visdom; der er ikke forstand hos dem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Jeremiah 4:22

    For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

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  • Hosea 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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  • Proverbs 1:7

    The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.

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  • Job 28:28

    And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

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  • Isaiah 27:11

    When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:6

    Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

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  • Psalms 81:12

    So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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  • Jeremiah 8:9

    The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

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