Deuteronomy 29:26
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
Deuteronomy 29:26 in other translations
| BSB | They went and served other gods, and they worshiped gods they had not known—gods that the LORD had not given to them. |
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| WEB | and went and served other gods and worshiped them, gods that they didn’t know and that he had not given to them. |
| ASV | and went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods that they knew not, and that he had not given unto them: |
| YLT | and they go and serve other gods, and bow themselves to them--gods which they have not known, and which He hath not apportioned to them; |
| DARBY | and they went and served othergods, and bowed down to them,gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not assigned to them. |
| BBE | And they went after other gods and gave them worship, gods who were strange to them, and whom he had not given them: |
| Webster | For they went and served other gods, and worshiped them, gods which they knew not, and which he had not given to them: |
What does Deuteronomy 29:26 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 29:10-29
10-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any…
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:22-28
Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession. He never does this without good reason. It concerns us to seek for the reason, that we may give glory to God, and take warning to ourselves. Thus the law of Moses leaves sinners under the curse, and rooted out of the Lord's land; but the grace of Christ toward penitent…
Deuteronomy 29:26 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 29:26
- Jeremiah 44:2-6
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Ye have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no man dwelleth therein, Because of their wickedness which they have committed to provoke me to anger, in that they went to burn incense, and to serve other gods, whom they knew not, neither they, ye, nor your fathers. Howbeit I sent unto you all my servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, saying, Oh, do not this abominable thing that I hate. But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods. …
- Jeremiah 19:3-13
And say, Hear ye the word of the Lord, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle. Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents; They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind: Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. …
- 2 Chronicles 36:12-17
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord. And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel. Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: …
- Deuteronomy 28:64
And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
- Judges 5:8
They chose new gods; then was war in the gates: was there a shield or spear seen among forty thousand in Israel?
- Judges 2:12-13
And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.
- 2 Kings 17:7-18
For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them up out of the land of Egypt, from under the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt, and had feared other gods, And walked in the statutes of the heathen, whom the Lord cast out from before the children of Israel, and of the kings of Israel, which they had made. And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the Lord their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And they set them up images and groves in every high hill, and under every green tree: …
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Jud 2:12,13; 5:8; 2Ki 17:7-18; 2Ch 36:12-17; Jer 19:3-13; 44:2-6
gods whom.
28:64
whom he had, etc. or, who had not given to them any portion.given. Heb. divided.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 29:25
Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt:
- Deuteronomy 29:26
For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given unto them:
- Deuteronomy 29:27
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curses that are written in this book:
Deuteronomy 29:26 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y fueron y sirvieron á dioses ajenos, é inclináronse á ellos, dioses que no conocían, y que ninguna cosa les habían dado: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Et la colère de l’ Éternel s’est embrasée contre ce pays, pour faire venir sur lui toute la malédiction écrite dans ce livre. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | und hingingen und anderen Göttern dienten und sich vor ihnen niederbeugten, Göttern, die sie nicht kannten, und die er ihnen nicht zugeteilt hatte: |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | et servierunt diis alienis, et adoraverunt eos, quos nesciebant, et quibus non fuerant attributi: |