Deuteronomy 32:29
27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”
28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
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?
31 For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
- KJV
- O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- WEB
- Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- ASV
- Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
- DARBY
- Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!
- BLB
- If only they were wise, [that] they understood this, they would consider their latter end!
- ÅB
- Dersom de var vise, ville de forstå dette, skjønne hva ende det vil ta med dem.
- OTB
- Hvis de hadde visdom, ville de forstå dette; de ville skjelne deres endelige skjebne!
- B1930
- Dersom de var vise, vilde de forstå dette, skjønne hvad ende det vil ta med dem.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 81:13
If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
Read in contextDeuteronomy 5:29
If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
Read in contextHosea 14:9
Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
Read in contextLuke 19:41–42
As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it
Read in contextLuke 12:20
But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
Read in contextPsalms 107:43
Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
Read in contextIsaiah 48:18–19
If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea.
Read in contextIsaiah 47:7
You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
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