Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 21

Deuteronomy 32:21

They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
Deuteronomy 32:21, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:21 in other translations

BSBThey have provoked My jealousy by that which is not God; they have enraged Me with their worthless idols. So I will make them jealous by those who are not a people; I will make them angry by a nation without understanding.
WEBThey have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God. They have provoked me to anger with their vanities. I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people. I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
ASVThey have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; They have provoked me to anger with their vanities: And I will move them to jealousy with those that are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
YLTThey have made Me zealous by ‘no-god,' They made Me angry by their vanities; And I make them zealous by ‘no-people,' By a foolish nation I make them angry.
DARBYThey have moved me to jealousy with that which is no God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger.
BBEThey have given my honour to that which is not God, moving me to wrath with their false worship: I will give their honour to those who are not a people, moving them to wrath by a foolish nation,
WebsterThey have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those who are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

What does Deuteronomy 32:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. those which are not a people--that is, not favored with such great and peculiar privileges as the Israelites (or, rather poor, despised heathens). The language points to the future calling of the Gentiles.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 They have moved me to jealousy - This verse contains a very pointed promise of the calling of the Gentiles, in consequence of the rejection of the Jews, threatened Deu 32:19; and to this great event it is applied by St. Paul, Rom 10:19.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:19-25

The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the resolves of Divine justice as to them. We deceive ourselves, if we think that God will be mocked by a faithless people. Sin makes us hateful in the sight of the holy God. See what mischief sin does, and reckon those to be fools that mock at it.

Read the full comment on Deuteronomy 32:19-25 →

Deuteronomy 32:21 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.

הֵ֚םhemtheyH1992
קִנְא֣וּנִיkin.'U.nithey have made jealous meH7065
בְלֹא\־ve.lo'-by notH3808
אֵ֔ל'Ela godH410
כִּעֲס֖וּנִיki.'a.Su.nithey have provoked to anger meH3707
בְּהַבְלֵיהֶ֑םbe.hav.lei.Hemby vanities theirH1892
וַאֲנִי֙va.'a.Niand IH589
אַקְנִיאֵ֣ם'ak.ni.'EmI will make jealous themH7065
בְּלֹא\־be.lo'-by notH3808
עָ֔ם'Ama peopleH5971
בְּג֥וֹיbe.Goyby a nationH1471
נָבָ֖לna.ValfoolishH5036
אַכְעִיסֵֽם\׃'akh.'i.SemI will provoke to anger themH3707

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:21

  • Romans 10:19

    But I say, Did not Israel know? First Moses saith, I will provoke you to jealousy by them that are no people, and by a foolish nation I will anger you.

  • Romans 9:25

    As he saith also in Osee, I will call them my people, which were not my people; and her beloved, which was not beloved.

  • Romans 11:11-14

    I say then, Have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid: but rather through their fall salvation is come unto the Gentiles, for to provoke them to jealousy. Now if the fall of them be the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them the riches of the Gentiles; how much more their fulness? For I speak to you Gentiles, inasmuch as I am the apostle of the Gentiles, I magnify mine office: If by any means I may provoke to emulation them which are my flesh, and might save some of them.

  • 1 Kings 16:26

    For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in his sin wherewith he made Israel to sin, to provoke the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

  • 1 Kings 16:13

    For all the sins of Baasha, and the sins of Elah his son, by which they sinned, and by which they made Israel to sin, in provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their vanities.

  • Psalms 78:58

    For they provoked him to anger with their high places, and moved him to jealousy with their graven images.

  • Deuteronomy 32:16

    They provoked him to jealousy with strange gods, with abominations provoked they him to anger.

  • Jonah 2:8

    They that observe lying vanities forsake their own mercy.

  • Psalms 31:6

    I have hated them that regard lying vanities: but I trust in the Lord.

  • Hosea 1:10

    Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

  • Jeremiah 14:22

    Are there any among the vanities of the Gentiles that can cause rain? or can the heavens give showers? art not thou he, O Lord our God? therefore we will wait upon thee: for thou hast made all these things.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:22

    Do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? are we stronger than he?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
moved me.
16; Ps 78:58
with their vanities.
1Sa 12:21; 1Ki 16:13,26; Ps 31:6; Jer 8:19; 10:8; 14:22; Jon 2:8
Ac 11:15
I will.
Ho 1:10; Ro 9:25; 10:19; 11:11-14; 1Pe 2:9,10

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:20

    And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

  • Deuteronomy 32:21

    They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

  • Deuteronomy 32:22

    For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Deuteronomy 32:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Ellos me movieron á celos con lo que no es Dios; hiciéronme ensañar con sus vanidades: yo también los moveré á celos con un pueblo que no es pueblo, con gente insensata los haré ensañar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ils m’ont ému à jalousie par ce qui n’est point ✶Dieu, ils m’ont provoqué à colère par leurs vanités; et moi, je les exciterai à la jalousie par ce qui n’est pas un peuple, je les provoquerai à la colère par une nation insensée.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Sie haben mich zur Eifersucht gereizt durch Nicht-Götter, haben mich erbittert durch ihre Nichtigkeiten; so will auch ich sie zur Eifersucht reizen durch ein Nicht-Volk, durch eine törichte Nation will ich sie erbittern.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ipsi me provocaverunt in eo qui non erat Deus, et irritaverunt in vanitatibus suis: et ego provocabo eos in eo qui non est populus, et in gente stulta irritabo illos.