Deuteronomy 32:26

What does Deuteronomy 32:26 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 32:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

KJV

King James Version · 1611

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

I said: Where are they? I will make the memory of them to cease from among men.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

Context

v.25Without shall the sword bereave, And in the chambers terror; It shall destroyboth young man and virgin, The suckling with the man of gray hairs.

v.26This passage

v.27Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

  • Psalms 34:16

    The face of Jehovah is against them that do evil, To cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.

  • Leviticus 26:38

    And ye shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Deuteronomy 28:64

    And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

  • Deuteronomy 4:27

    And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.

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