Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 26

Deuteronomy 32:26

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Deuteronomy 32:26, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:26 in other translations

BSBI would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
WEBI said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men;
ASVI said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
YLTI have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
DARBYI would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,
BBEI said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:
WebsterI said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

What does Deuteronomy 32:26 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:26-38
The idolatry and rebellions of Israel deserved, and the justice of God seemed to demand, that they should be rooted out. But He spared Israel, and continues them still to be living witnesses of the truth of the Bible, and to silence unbelievers. They are preserved for wise and holy purposes and the prophecies give us some idea what those purposes are. The Lord will never disgrace the throne of his glory. It is great wisdom, and will help much to the return of sinners to God, seriously to consider their latter end, or the future state. It is here meant particularly of what God foretold by Moses, about this people in the latter days; but it may be applied generally. Oh that men would consider the happiness they will lose, and the misery they will certainly plunge into, if they go on in their trespasses! What will be in the end thereof? Jer 5:31. For the Lord will in due time bring down the enemies of the church, in displeasure against their wickedness. When sinners deem themselves most secure, they suddenly fall into destruction. And God's time to appear for the deliverance of his people, is when things are at the worst with them. But those who trust to any rock but God, will find it fail them when they most need it. The rejection of the Messiah by the Jewish nation, is the continuance of their ancient idolatry, apostacy, and rebellion. They shall be brought to humble themselves before the Lord, to repent of their sins, and to trust in their long-rejected Mediator for salvation. Then he will deliver them, and make their prosperity great.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 32:26 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.

אָמַ֖רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI saidH559
אַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם'af.'ei.HemI will cut in pieces themH6284
אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה'ash.Bi.tahI will make ceaseH7673
מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁme.'e.No.oshfrom humankindH582
זִכְרָֽם\׃zikh.Rammemory theirH2143

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:26

  • 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.

  • Isaiah 63:16

    Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O Lord, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.

  • Leviticus 26:38

    And ye shall perish among the heathen, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  • Leviticus 26:33

    And I will scatter you among the heathen, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.

  • Psalms 34:16

    The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Deuteronomy 4:27

    And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    The Lord shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Luke 21:24

    And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28:25,37,64; Le 26:33,38; Isa 63:16; Lu 21:24

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:25

    The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

  • Deuteronomy 32:26

    I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

  • Deuteronomy 32:27

    Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

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Deuteronomy 32:26 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Dije: Echaríalos yo del mundo, haría cesar de entre los hombres la memoria de ellos,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je dirais: Je les disperserai, j’abolirai du milieu des hommes leur mémoire,
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ich hätte gesagt: Ich will sie zerstreuen, ihrem Gedächtnis unter den Menschen ein Ende machen!
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Dixi: Ubinam sunt? cessare faciam ex hominibus memoriam eorum.