Deuteronomy 32:5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Deuteronomy 32:5 in other translations
| BSB | His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation. |
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| WEB | They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation. |
| ASV | They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation. |
| YLT | It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked! |
| DARBY | They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: — A crooked and perverted generation! |
| BBE | They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation. |
| Webster | They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation. |
What does Deuteronomy 32:5 mean?
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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:3-6
"He is a Rock." This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in Christ and the gospel, form a foundation which cannot be changed or moved, on which we may build our hopes of happiness. And under his protection we may find refuge from all our enemies, and in all our troubles; as the rocks in those countries sheltered from the…
Deuteronomy 32:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 32:5
- Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- Isaiah 1:4
Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
- Deuteronomy 31:29
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the Lord, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
- Matthew 17:17
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
- Luke 9:41
And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
- Psalms 78:8
And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
- Hosea 9:9
They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
- Matthew 16:4
A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
- Judges 2:19
And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
- 2 Corinthians 11:3
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
- Zephaniah 3:7
I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their doings.
- Matthew 3:7
But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
4:16; 31:29; Ge 6:12; Ex 32:7; Jud 2:19; Isa 1:4; Ho 9:9; Zep 3:7
2Co 11:3
their spot, etc. or, that they are not his children, that istheir blot.
Joh 8:41
a perverse.
9:24; Ps 78:8; Isa 1:4; Mt 3:7; 16:4; 17:17; Lu 9:41; Ac 7:51
Php 2:15
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Context
- Deuteronomy 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
- Deuteronomy 32:5
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
- 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?
Deuteronomy 32:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | La corrupción no es suya: á sus hijos la mancha de ellos, generación torcida y perversa. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ils se sont corrompus à son égard, leur tache n’est pas celle de ses fils; c’est une génération tortue et perverse. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Es hat sich gegen ihn verderbt-nicht seiner Kinder ist ihr Schandfleck-ein verkehrtes und verdrehtes Geschlecht. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Peccaverunt ei, et non filii ejus in sordibus: generatio prava atque perversa. |