Deuteronomy 32:30

²⁸ Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

²⁹ If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

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.

³² But their vine is from the vine of Sodom and from the fields of Gomorrah. Their grapes are poisonous; their clusters are bitter.

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.

Compare

BSB: 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?
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?
WEB: How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?
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?
DARBY: How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
BLB: How does one pursue a thousand, and two put to flight a myriad, if not that their Rock had sold them and YHWH had surrendered them?

ÅB: Hvordan kunne én forfølge tusen, og to drive ti tusen på flukt, hvis ikke deres klippe hadde solgt dem, og Herren overgitt dem?
OTB: Hvordan kunne én ha jaget tusen, og to ha satt ti tusen på flukt, med mindre deres Klippe hadde gitt dem opp, og Herren hadde overgitt dem?
B1930: Hvorledes kunde én forfølge tusen, og to drive ti tusen på flukt, hvis ikke deres klippe hadde solgt dem, og Herren overgitt dem?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Leviticus 26:8
Five 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.
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Joshua 23:10
One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
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Isaiah 30:17
A 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.
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Psalms 31:8
You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
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Psalms 44:12
You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
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Judges 7:22–23
And 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.
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1 Samuel 14:15–17
Then terror struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked and panic spread from God.
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Judges 3:8
Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
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