Deuteronomy 32:30
How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.
Cross References
Joshua 23:10One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.
Judges 3:8Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.
1 Samuel 14:15Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.
2 Kings 7:5So they arose at twilight and went to the camp of the Arameans. But when they came to the outskirts of the camp, there was not a man to be found.
Job 11:10If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
Psalms 31:8You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.
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 →