Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Deuteronomy 32:28 in other translations
| BSB | Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. |
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| WEB | For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them. |
| ASV | For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. |
| YLT | For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them. |
| DARBY | For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them. |
| BBE | For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them. |
| Webster | For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. |
What does Deuteronomy 32:28 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…
Deuteronomy 32:28 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:28
- Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
- Proverbs 1:7
The fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
- Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- Psalms 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
- Jeremiah 8:9
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the Lord; and what wisdom is in them?
- Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.
- Matthew 13:14-15
And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
- 1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.
- Isaiah 29:14
Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
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Context
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
- Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Deuteronomy 32:28 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque son gente de perdidos consejos, y no hay en ellos entendimiento. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car ils sont une nation qui a perdu le conseil, et il n’y a en eux aucune intelligence. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn sie sind eine Nation, die allen Rat verloren hat; und kein Verständnis ist in ihnen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Gens absque consilio est, et sine prudentia. |