Deuteronomy 25 · Verse 18

Deuteronomy 25:18

How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
Deuteronomy 25:18, King James Version

Deuteronomy 25:18 in other translations

BSBhow they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
WEBhow he met you by the way, and struck the rearmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
ASVhow he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
YLTthat he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God.
DARBYhow he met thee on the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all the feeble that lagged behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary, and he feared not God.
BBEHow, meeting you on the way, he made an attack on you when you were tired and without strength, cutting off all the feeble ones at the end of your line; and the fear of God was not in him.
WebsterHow he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

What does Deuteronomy 25:18 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 25:17-19

17-19. Remember what Amalek did--This cold-blooded and dastardly atrocity is not narrated in the previous history (Ex 17:14). It was an unprovoked outrage on the laws of nature and humanity, as well as a daring defiance of that God who had so signally shown His favor towards Israel (see on 1 Samuel 15; 27. 8; 30).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 18 Smote the hindmost of thee - See the note on Exo 17:8. It is supposed that this command had its final accomplishment in the death of Haman and his ten sons, Esther iii., vii., ix., as from this time the memory and name of Amalek was blotted out from under heaven, for through every period of their history it might be truly said, They feared not God.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 25:17-19

Let every persecutor and injurer of God's people take warning from the case of the Amalekites. The longer it is before judgement comes, the more dreadful will it be at last. Amalek may remind us of the foes of our souls. May we be enabled to slay all our lusts, all the corruptions both within and without, all the powers of darkness and of the world, which oppose our way to the blessed Saviour.

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Deuteronomy 25:18 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲשֶׁ֨ר'a.SherthatH834
קָֽרְךָ֜ka.re.Chait met youH7136
בַּדֶּ֗רֶךְba.De.rekhon the wayH1870
וַיְזַנֵּ֤בvay.za.Nevand it attacked in [the] rearH2179
בְּךָ֙be.Kha<in> <the> you
כָּל\־kol-allH3605
הַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣יםha.ne.che.sha.Limthe stragglersH2826
אַֽחַרֶ֔יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khabehind youH310
וְאַתָּ֖הve.'a.Tahand youH859
עָיֵ֣ף'a.Yef[were] exhaustedH5889
וְיָגֵ֑עַve.ya.Ge.a'and wearyH3023
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
יָרֵ֖אya.Re'it fearedH3372
אֱלֹהִֽים\׃'E.lo.HimGodH430

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 25:18

  • Psalms 36:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David the servant of the Lord. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, that there is no fear of God before his eyes.

  • Romans 3:18

    There is no fear of God before their eyes.

  • Nehemiah 5:15

    But the former governors that had been before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.

  • Proverbs 16:6

    By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the Lord men depart from evil.

  • Nehemiah 5:9

    Also I said, It is not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
feared.
Ne 5:9,15; Ps 36:1; Pr 16:6; Ro 3:18

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 25:17

    Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;

  • Deuteronomy 25:18

    How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, even all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.

  • Deuteronomy 25:19

    Therefore it shall be, when the Lord thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee for an inheritance to possess it, that thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget it.

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Deuteronomy 25:18 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Que te salió al camino, y te desbarató la retaguardia de todos los flacos que iban detrás de ti, cuando tú estabas cansado y trabajado; y no temió á Dios.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		comment il te rencontra dans le chemin, et tomba en queue sur toi, sur tous les faibles qui se traînaient après toi, lorsque tu étais las et harassé, et ne craignit pas Dieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		wie er dir auf dem Wege entgegentrat und deinen Nachtrab schlug, alle Schwachen hinter dir her, als du matt und müde warst; und er fürchtete Gott nicht.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		quomodo occurrerit tibi, et extremos agminis tui, qui lassi residebant, ceciderit, quando tu eras fame et labore confectus: et non timuerit Deum.