Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
Deuteronomy 32:29 in other translations
| BSB | If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate. |
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| WEB | Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! |
| ASV | Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end! |
| YLT | If they were wise--They deal wisely with this; They attend to their latter end: |
| DARBY | Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end! |
| BBE | If only they were wise, if only this was clear to them, and they would give thought to their future! |
| Webster | O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! |
What does Deuteronomy 32:29 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 32:29 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:29
- Psalms 81:13
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
- Deuteronomy 5:29
O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!
- Hosea 14:9
Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.
- Luke 19:41-42
And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes.
- Luke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
- Psalms 107:43
Whoso is wise, and will observe these things, even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the Lord.
- Isaiah 48:18-19
O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea: Thy seed also had been as the sand, and the offspring of thy bowels like the gravel thereof; his name should not have been cut off nor destroyed from before me.
- Isaiah 47:7
And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: so that thou didst not lay these things to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.
- Luke 16:19-25
There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores. And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; …
- Isaiah 10:3
And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation which shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?
- Jeremiah 5:31
The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?
- Lamentations 1:9
Her filthiness is in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O Lord, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified himself.
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- 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 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up?
Deuteronomy 32:29 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | ¡Ojalá fueran sabios, que comprendieran esto, y entendieran su postrimería! |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Oh! s’ils avaient été sages, ils auraient compris ceci, ils auraient considéré leur fin! |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Wenn sie weise wären, so würden sie dieses verstehen, ihr Ende bedenken. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Utinam saperent, et intelligerent, ac novissima providerent. |