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Deuteronomy 32:5

Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

In Context

4The Rock, His work is perfect; for all His ways are justice; a God of faithfulness and without iniquity, just and right is He.

6Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? hath He not made thee, and established thee?

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Cross References

Exodus 32:7And the LORD spoke unto Moses: 'Go, get thee down; for thy people, that thou broughtest up out of the land of Egypt, have dealt corruptly;

Deuteronomy 9:24Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you. —

Deuteronomy 32:20And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.

Psalms 78:8And 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.

Isaiah 63:8For He said: 'Surely, they are My people, children that will not deal falsely'; so He was their Saviour.

Zephaniah 3:7I said: 'Surely thou wilt fear Me, thou wilt receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, despite all that I have visited upon her'; but they betimes corrupted all their doings.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 32:2-7

The Song of Moses. ( b. c. 1451.) 1 Give ear, O ye heavens, and I will speak; and hear, O earth, the words of my mouth. 2 My doctrine shall drop as the rain, my speech shall distil as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herb, and as the showers upon the grass: 3 Because I will publish the name of the Lord : ascribe ye greatness unto our God. 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. 5 They have corrupted themselves, their… Read the whole commentary →

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