Deuteronomy 32:31
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?
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
32 For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter:
33 Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
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
- For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
- KJV
- For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
- WEB
- For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves concede.
- ASV
- For their rock is not as our Rock, Even our enemies themselves being judges.
- DARBY
- For their rock is not as our Rock: Let our enemies themselves be judges.
- BLB
- For their rock [is] not like our Rock, and our enemies themselves [are] judges.
- ÅB
- For deres klippe er ikke som vår klippe - det kan våre fiender selv vitne!
- OTB
- For deres klippe er ikke som vår Klippe; våre fiender selv er dommere.
- B1930
- For deres klippe er ikke som vår klippe - det kan våre fiender selv vidne!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Samuel 4:8
Woe unto us! who shall deliver us out of the hand of these mighty Gods? these are the Gods that smote the Egyptians with all the plagues in the wilderness.
Read in contextExodus 14:25
And took off their chariot wheels, that they drave them heavily: so that the Egyptians said, Let us flee from the face of Israel; for the LORD fighteth for them against the Egyptians.
Read in contextJeremiah 40:3
Now the LORD hath brought it, and done according as he hath said: because ye have sinned against the LORD, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing is come upon you.
Read in contextDaniel 2:47
The king answered unto Daniel, and said, Of a truth it is, that your God is a God of gods, and a Lord of kings, and a revealer of secrets, seeing thou couldest reveal this secret.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:2
There is none holy as the LORD: for there is none beside thee: neither is there any rock like our God.
Read in contextEzra 6:9–12
And that which they have need of, both young bullocks, and rams, and lambs, for the burnt offerings of the God of heaven, wheat, salt, wine, and oil, according to the appointment of the priests which are at Jerusalem, let it be given them day by day without fail:
Read in contextEzra 1:3
Who is there among you of all his people? his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem, which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel, (he is the God,) which is in Jerusalem.
Read in contextEzra 7:20–21
And whatsoever more shall be needful for the house of thy God, which thou shalt have occasion to bestow, bestow it out of the king’s treasure house.
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