Deuteronomy 32:6

Do you act thus to YHWH, || O people foolish and not wise? Is He not your Father—He who bought you? He made you, and establishes you.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

5It has done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not of His sons, || A generation perverse and crooked!

7Remember days of old—Understand the years of many generations—Ask your father, and he tells you; Your elderly, and they say to you:

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Cross References

Exodus 15:16Terror and dread fall on them; By the greatness of Your arm || They are still as a stone, || Until Your people pass over, O YHWH; Until the people pass over || Whom You have purchased.

Deuteronomy 14:1“You [are] sons of your God YHWH; you do not cut yourselves, nor make baldness between your eyes for the dead;

Deuteronomy 32:18You forget the Rock that begot you, || And neglect God who forms you.

Psalms 74:2Remember Your congregation || [That] You purchased of old, || You redeemed the rod of Your inheritance, || This Mount Zion—You dwelt in it.

Psalms 95:6Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, || We kneel before YHWH our Maker.

Psalms 116:12What do I return to YHWH? All His benefits [are] on me.

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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