Deuteronomy 32:28

Deuteronomy chapter 32 · verse 28 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

Context

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.

v.28This passage

v.29Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

Cross references

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

Isaiah 29:14
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
1 Corinthians 3:19
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
Hosea 4:6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Romans 11:25
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;