Deuteronomy 32:27

were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, and LORD has not done all this.

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

26I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

28For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

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Cross References

Exodus 32:12Why should the Egyptians speak, saying, He brought them forth for evil, to kill them on the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and relent of this evil against thy people.

Deuteronomy 9:28lest the land from where thou brought us out say, Because LORD was not able to bring them into the land which he promised to them, and because he hated them, he has brought them out to kill them in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 12:22For LORD will not forsake his people for his great name's sake, because it has pleased LORD to make you a people to himself.

Psalms 115:1Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to thy name give glory. For thy loving kindness, and for thy truth's sake.

Psalms 140:9As for the head of those who encompass me around, let the mischief of their own lips cover them.

Isaiah 10:12Therefore it shall come to pass, that, when LORD has performed his whole work upon mount Zion and on Jerusalem, I will punish the fruit of the arrogant heart of the king of Assyria, and the glory of his high looks.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:27-39

26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men: 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. 28 For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them. 29 O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! 30 How should one chase a thousand,… Read the whole commentary →

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