Deuteronomy 32:27

Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, 1 Lest their enemies should combine against them; 1 Lest they should say, Our own high arm, 1 And not the Lord, has done all these things. 1

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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 will scatter them, 1 And I will cause their memorial to cease from among men. 1

28It is a nation that has lost counsel, 1 Neither is there understanding in them. 1

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Cross References

Exodus 32:12Take heed lest at any time the Egyptians speak, saying, With evil intent he brought them out to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from off the earth; cease from thy wrathful anger, and be merciful to the sin of thy people,

Deuteronomy 9:28Lest the inhabitants of the land whence thou broughtest us out speak, saying, Because the Lord could not bring them into the land of which he spoke to them, and because he hated them, has he brought them forth to slay them in the wilderness.

1 Samuel 12:22For the Lord will not cast off his people for his great name’s sake, because the Lord graciously took you to himself for a people.

Psalms 115:1Alleluia. 1 I believed, wherefore I have spoken: 1 But I was greatly afflicted. 1

Psalms 140:9Keep me from the snare which they have set for me, 1 And from the stumbling blocks of them that work iniquity. 1

Isaiah 10:12And it shall come to pass, when the Lord shall have finished doing all things on Mount Zion and Jerusalem, that I will visit upon the proud heart, even upon the ruler of the Assyrians, and upon the boastful haughtiness of his eyes.

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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