Deuteronomy 32:29
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
In Context
28Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
Psalms 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
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 →