Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 22

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.
Deuteronomy 32:22, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:22 in other translations

BSBFor a fire has been kindled by My anger, and it burns to the depths of Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and scorches the foundations of the mountains.
WEBFor a fire is kindled in my anger, that burns to the lowest Sheol, devours the earth with its increase, and sets the foundations of the mountains on fire.
ASVFor a fire is kindled in mine anger, And burneth unto the lowest Sheol, And devoureth the earth with its increase, And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.
YLTFor a fire hath been kindled in Mine anger, And it burneth unto Sheol--the lowest, And consumeth earth and its increase, And setteth on fire foundations of mountains.
DARBYFor a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.
BBEFor my wrath is a flaming fire, burning to the deep parts of the underworld, burning up the earth with her increase, and firing the deep roots of the mountains.
WebsterFor a fire is kindled in my anger, and shall burn to the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

What does Deuteronomy 32:22 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 The lowest hell - שאול תחתית sheol tachtith, the very deepest destruction; a total extermination, so that the earth - their land, and its increase, and all their property, should be seized; and the foundations of their mountains - their strongest fortresses, should be razed to the ground. All this was fulfilled in a most remarkable manner in the last destruction of Jerusalem by the Romans, so that of the fortifications of that city not one stone was left on another. See the notes on Matthew 24 (note).

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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.

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Deuteronomy 32:22 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.

כִּי\־ki-forH3588
אֵשׁ֙'esha fireH784
קָדְחָ֣הka.de.Chahit has been kindledH6919
בְאַפִּ֔יve.'a.Piby anger myH639
וַתִּיקַ֖דva.ti.Kadand it has burnedH3344
עַד\־'ad-toH5704
שְׁא֣וֹלshe.'olSheolH7585
תַּחְתִּ֑יתtach.TitlowestH8482
וַתֹּ֤אכַלva.To.khaland it has consumedH398
אֶ֙רֶץ֙'e.retz[the] earthH776
וִֽיבֻלָ֔הּvi.vu.Lahand produce itsH2981
וַתְּלַהֵ֖טva.te.la.Hetand it has set ablazeH3857
מוֹסְדֵ֥יmos.Dei[the] foundations ofH4144
הָרִֽים\׃ha.Rim[the] mountainsH2022

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:22

  • Lamentations 4:11

    The Lord hath accomplished his fury; he hath poured out his fierce anger, and hath kindled a fire in Zion, and it hath devoured the foundations thereof.

  • Jeremiah 15:14

    And I will make thee to pass with thine enemies into a land which thou knowest not: for a fire is kindled in mine anger, which shall burn upon you.

  • Zephaniah 3:8

    Therefore wait ye upon me, saith the Lord, until the day that I rise up to the prey: for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour upon them mine indignation, even all my fierce anger: for all the earth shall be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.

  • Micah 1:4

    And the mountains shall be molten under him, and the valleys shall be cleft, as wax before the fire, and as the waters that are poured down a steep place.

  • Numbers 16:35

    And there came out a fire from the Lord, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.

  • Isaiah 24:19-20

    The earth is utterly broken down, the earth is clean dissolved, the earth is moved exceedingly. The earth shall reel to and fro like a drunkard, and shall be removed like a cottage; and the transgression thereof shall be heavy upon it; and it shall fall, and not rise again.

  • Jeremiah 17:4

    And thou, even thyself, shalt discontinue from thine heritage that I gave thee; and I will cause thee to serve thine enemies in the land which thou knowest not: for ye have kindled a fire in mine anger, which shall burn for ever.

  • Job 9:5-6

    Which removeth the mountains, and they know not: which overturneth them in his anger. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble.

  • Psalms 86:13

    For great is thy mercy toward me: and thou hast delivered my soul from the lowest hell.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

  • Isaiah 30:33

    For Tophet is ordained of old; yea, for the king it is prepared; he hath made it deep and large: the pile thereof is fire and much wood; the breath of the Lord, like a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it.

  • Psalms 97:3

    A fire goeth before him, and burneth up his enemies round about.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For a fire.
29:20; Nu 16:35; Ps 21:9; 83:14; 97:3; Isa 66:15,16; Jer 4:4; 15:14
Jer 17:4; La 2:3; 4:11; Eze 36:5; Na 1:6; Mal 4:1,2; Mr 9:43-48
2Th 1:8; Heb 12:29
shall burn. or, hath burned. lowest.
Ps 86:13; Isa 30:33; Zep 3:8; Mt 10:28; 18:9; 23:33
shall consume. or, hath consumed.
Isa 24:6,19,20
foundations.
Job 9:5,6; Ps 46:2; 144:5; Isa 54:10; Mic 1:4; Na 1:5; Hab 3:10

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

Context

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 32:23

    I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

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Deuteronomy 32:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque fuego se encenderá en mi furor, y arderá hasta el profundo; y devorará la tierra y sus frutos, y abrasará los fundamentos de los montes.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car un feu s’est allumé dans ma colère, et il brûlera jusqu’au shéol le plus profond, et dévorera la terre et son rapport, et embrasera les fondements des montagnes.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn ein Feuer ist entbrannt in meinem Zorn und wird brennen bis in den untersten Scheol, und es wird verzehren die Erde und ihren Ertrag und entzünden die Grundfesten der Berge.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Ignis succensus est in furore meo, et ardebit usque ad inferni novissima: devorabitque terram cum germine suo, et montium fundamenta comburet.