Deuteronomy 32:25

Deuteronomy 32:25 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.
• New International Version (NIV)In the street the sword will make them childless; in their homes terror will reign. The young men and young women will perish, the infants and those with gray hair.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Outdoors the sword shall bereave, and indoors terror, for young man and woman alike, the nursing child with the man of gray hairs.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sword shall destroy outside; There shall be terror within For the young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hairs.

Context of Deuteronomy 32:25

23‘I will add misfortunes to them; I will use up My arrows on them. 24They will be wasted by famine, and emaciated by plague And a bitter epidemic; And the teeth of beasts I will send against them, With the venom of crawling things of the dust. Outside the sword will make them childless, And inside, terror-- Both young man and virgin, The nursing child with the man of gray hair. 26I would have said, “I will wipe them out, I will remove the mention of their name from humanity,” 27Had I not feared the provocation by the enemy, That their adversaries would misjudge, That they would say, “Our hand is triumphant, And the Lord has not performed all this.”’

Deuteronomy 32:25 word by word

מִחוּץ֙ תְּשַׁכֶּל־חֶ֔רֶב וּמֵחֲדָרִ֖ים אֵימָ֑ה גַּם־בָּחוּר֙ גַּם־בְּתוּלָ֔ה יוֹנֵ֖ק עִם־אִ֥ישׁ שֵׂיבָֽה׃Read the interlinear

• Outsideמִן־min minnîy minnêy · fromH4480
• Outsideחוּץchûts chûts · outsideH2351
• the swordחֶ֫רֶבchereb · swordH2719
• will makeשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921
• childlessשָׁכֹלshâkôl · be bereavedH7921
• And insideחֶ֫דֶרcheder · chamberH2315
• terrorאֵימָה'êymâh 'êmâh · terrorH367
• Bothגַּםgam · alsoH1571
• youngבָּחוּרbâchûr bâchûr · youthH970
• and virginבְּתוּלָהbethûlâh · virginH1330
• The nursingיָנַקyânaq · to suckleH3243
• with the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• of grayשֵׂיבָהώêybâh · hoary headH7872

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:25

• Leviticus 26:36As for those among you who are left, I will also bring despair into their hearts in the lands of their enemies. And the sound of a scattered leaf will chase them, and even when no one is pursuing they will flee as though from the sword, and they will fall.
• Isaiah 30:16And you said, “No, for we will flee on horses!” Therefore you shall flee! “And we will ride on swift horses!” Therefore those who pursue you shall be swift.
• Jeremiah 9:21For death has come up through our windows; It has entered our palaces To eliminate the children from the streets, The young men from the public squares.
• Lamentations 1:20See, Lord, for I am in distress; My spirit is greatly troubled; My heart is overturned within me, For I have been very rebellious. In the street the sword has made women childless; In the house it is like death.
• Ezekiel 7:15The sword is outside the city and the plague and the famine are within. Anyone who is in the field will die by the sword, while famine and the plague will consume those in the city.
• 2 Corinthians 7:5For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.
• Lamentations 2:19Arise, whimper in the night At the beginning of the night watches; Pour out your heart like water Before the presence of the Lord; Raise your hands to Him For the life of your little ones Who languish because of hunger At the head of every street.
• Lamentations 4:4The tongue of the infant clings To the roof of its mouth because of thirst; The children ask for bread, But no one breaks it for them.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:25

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 1-42Verses 1-42 Song of Moses If Deuteronomy 32:1-3 be regarded as the introduction, and Deuteronomy 32:43 as the conclusion, the main contents of the song may be grouped under three heads, namely, (1) Deuteronomy 32:4-18, the faithfulness of God, the faithlessness of Israel; (2) Deuteronomy 32:19-33, the chastisement and the need of its infliction by God; (3) Deuteronomy 32:34-42, God‘s compassion upon the low and humbled state of His people. The Song…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 19-25Verses 19-25 The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the resolves of Divine justice as to them. We deceive ourselves, if we think that God will be mocked by a faithless people. Sin makes us hateful in the sight of the holy God. See what mischief sin does, and reckon those to be fools that mock at it.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-47In ancient times, vows from both parties secured a treaty between individuals or nations. Israel's promise was in a song of witness that Moses composed under divine inspiration (31:19–22). Israel probably sang the song during a regular covenant-renewal ceremony (31:21). They invoked upon themselves the covenant's judgments and reminded themselves of its promises.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-431. Give ear, O ye heavens; ... hear, O earth--The magnificence of the exordium, the grandeur of the theme, the frequent and sudden transitions, the elevated strain of the sentiments and language, entitle this song to be ranked amongst the noblest specimens of poetry to be found in the Scriptures.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings