Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one pursue a thousand, 1 And two rout tens of thousands, 1 If God had not sold them, 1 And the Lord delivered them up? 1
Updated Brenton Septuagint
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In Context
29They had not sense to understand: 1 Let them reserve these things against the time to come. 1
31For their gods are not as our God, 1 But our enemies are void of understanding. 1
Cross References
Joshua 23:10One of you has chased a thousand, for the Lord our God, he fought for you, as he said to you.
Judges 3:8And the Lord was very angry with Israel, and sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Syria of the rivers: and the children of Israel served Cushan-rishathaim eight years.
1 Samuel 14:15And there was dismay in the camp, and in the field; and all the people in Messab, and the spoilers were amazed; and they would not act, and the land was terror struck, and there was dismay from the Lord.
2 Kings 7:5And they rose up while it was yet night, to go into the camp of Syria; and they came into a part of the camp of Syria, and behold, there was no man there.
Job 11:10And if he should overthrow all things, who will say to him, What hast thou done? 1
Psalms 31:8I will instruct thee and guide thee in this way wherein thou shalt go: 1 I will fix mine eyes upon thee. 1
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 →