Deuteronomy 32 · Verse 43

Deuteronomy 32:43

Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
Deuteronomy 32:43, King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:43 in other translations

BSBRejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
WEBRejoice, you nations, with his people, for he will avenge the blood of his servants. He will take vengeance on his adversaries, and will make atonement for his land and for his people.
ASVRejoice, O ye nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.
YLTSing ye nations-- with his people, For the blood of His servants He avengeth, And vengeance He turneth back on His adversaries, And hath pardoned His land--His people.'
DARBYShout for joy, ye nations, with his people, For he avengeth the blood of his servants, And rendereth vengeance to his enemies, And maketh atonement for his land, for his people.
BBEBe glad, O you his people, over the nations; for he will take payment for the blood of his servants, and will give punishment to his haters, and take away the sin of his land, for his people.
WebsterRejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful to his land, and to his people.

What does Deuteronomy 32:43 mean?

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 43 Rejoice, O ye nations - Ye Gentiles, for the casting off of the Jews shall be the means of your ingathering with his people, for they shall not be utterly cast off. (See Rom 15:9, for in this way the apostle applies it). But how shall the Gentiles be called, and the Jews have their iniquity purged? He will be merciful unto his land and to his people, וכפר vechipper, he shall cause an atonement to be made for his land and people; i. e., Jesus Christ, the long promised Messiah, shall be crucified for Jews and Gentiles, and the way to the holiest be made plain by his blood. The people have long been making atonements for themselves, but to none effect, for their atonements were but signs, and not the thing signified, for the body is Christ; now the Lord himself makes an atonement, for the Lamb of God alone taketh away the sin of the world. This is a very proper and encouraging conclusion to the awfully important matter of this poem. Israel shall be long scattered, peeled, and punished, but they shall have mercy in the latter times; they also shall rejoice with the Gentiles, in the common salvation purchased by the blood of the Savior of all mankind.

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:39-43

This conclusion of the song speaks, 1. Glory to God. No escape can be made from his power. 2. It speaks terror to his enemies. Terror indeed to those who hate him. The wrath of God is here revealed from heaven against them. 3. It speaks comfort to his own people. The song concludes with words of joy. Whatever judgments are brought upon sinners, it shall go well with the people of God.

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Deuteronomy 32:43 in the original Hebrew

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הַרְנִ֤ינוּhar.Ni.nushout for joyH7442
גוֹיִם֙go.YimO nationsH1471
עַמּ֔וֹa.Mopeople hisH5971
כִּ֥יkiforH3588
דַם\־dam-[the] blood ofH1818
עֲבָדָ֖יו'a.va.Davservants hisH5650
יִקּ֑וֹםyi.Komhe will avengeH5358
וְנָקָם֙ve.na.Kamand vengeanceH5359
יָשִׁ֣יבya.Shivhe will returnH7725
לְצָרָ֔יוle.tza.Ravto foes hisH6862
וְכִפֶּ֥רve.khi.Perand he will make atonement forH3722
אַדְמָת֖וֹ'ad.ma.Toland hisH127
עַמּֽוֹ\׃\ \פa.Mopeople hisH5971

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:43

  • Revelation 19:2

    For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

  • Romans 12:19

    Dearly beloved, avenge not yourselves, but rather give place unto wrath: for it is written, Vengeance is mine; I will repay, saith the Lord.

  • Revelation 6:10

    And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

  • Psalms 85:1

    To the chief Musician, A Psalm for the sons of Korah. Lord, thou hast been favourable unto thy land: thou hast brought back the captivity of Jacob.

  • Deuteronomy 32:35

    To me belongeth vengeance, and recompence; their foot shall slide in due time: for the day of their calamity is at hand, and the things that shall come upon them make haste.

  • Romans 15:9-13

    And that the Gentiles might glorify God for his mercy; as it is written, For this cause I will confess to thee among the Gentiles, and sing unto thy name. And again he saith, Rejoice, ye Gentiles, with his people. And again, Praise the Lord, all ye Gentiles; and laud him, all ye people. And again, Esaias saith, There shall be a root of Jesse, and he that shall rise to reign over the Gentiles; in him shall the Gentiles trust. …

  • Job 13:24

    Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?

  • Luke 21:22-24

    For these be the days of vengeance, that all things which are written may be fulfilled. But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. 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.

  • Psalms 65:3

    Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou shalt purge them away.

  • Jeremiah 13:14

    And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Revelation 15:2

    And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand on the sea of glass, having the harps of God.

  • Lamentations 2:5

    The Lord was as an enemy: he hath swallowed up Israel, he hath swallowed up all her palaces: he hath destroyed his strong holds, and hath increased in the daughter of Judah mourning and lamentation.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Rejoice. or, Praise his people, ye nations; or, Sing ye.O ye nations.
Ge 12:3; 1Ki 8:43; Ps 22:27; Isa 11:10; 19:23,25; Lu 2:10,11,32
Ac 13:47,48; Ro 15:9-13; Re 5:9,10
avenge.
35; Job 13:24; Jer 13:14; La 2:5; Lu 19:27,43,44; 21:22-24; Ro 12:19
Re 6:10; 15:2,4; 18:2,20; 19:2
render.
41
will be.
Ps 85:1

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 32:42

    I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.

  • Deuteronomy 32:43

    Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.

  • Deuteronomy 32:44

    And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.

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Deuteronomy 32:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Alabad, gentes, á su pueblo, porque él vengará la sangre de sus siervos, y volverá la venganza á sus enemigos, y expiará su tierra, á su pueblo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Réjouissez-vous, nations, avec son peuple; car il vengera le sang de ses serviteurs, et il rendra la vengeance à ses adversaires, et il pardonnera à sa terre, à son peuple.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jubelt, ihr Nationen, mit seinem Volke denn er wird rächen das Blut seiner Knechte und wird Rache erstatten seinen Feinden, und seinem Lande, seinem Volke, vergeben. -
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Laudate, gentes, populum ejus, quia sanguinem servorum suorum ulciscetur: et vindictam retribuet in hostes eorum, et propitius erit terræ populi sui.