Deuteronomy 32:28

For they are a people that letteth counsel go, and there is no understanding in them.

Targum Onkelos

In The King James Version

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

In Context

27Only that the wrath of the enemy would be condensed, and the adversary make himself great, and would say: Our hand hath prevailed, and all this is not from the Lord.

29O that they were wise, that they had understanding in this, and would consider what will be in their end!

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:6Behold, render you this before the Lord, ye people who have received the law, but have not become wise? Is He not thy Father, and thou art His who made thee and bought thee?

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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