Deuteronomy 32:20

Deuteronomy 32:20 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
• New International Version (NIV)“I will hide my face from them,” he said, “and see what their end will be; for they are a perverse generation, children who are unfaithful.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And he said, 'I will hide my face from them; I will see what their end will be, for they are a perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And He said: ‘I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end will be, For they are a perverse generation, Children in whom is no faith.

Context of Deuteronomy 32:20

18You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you, and put out of mind the God who gave you birth. 19But the Lord took note and despised them because his sons and daughters enraged him. He said, “I will reject them, I will see what will happen to them; for they are a perverse generation, children who show no loyalty. 21They have made me jealous with false gods, enraging me with their worthless gods; so I will make them jealous with a people they do not recognize, with a nation slow to learn I will enrage them. 22For a fire has been kindled by my anger, and it burns to lowest Sheol; it consumes the earth and its produce, and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:20 word by word

וַיֹּ֗אמֶר אַסְתִּ֤ירָה פָנַי֙ מֵהֶ֔ם אֶרְאֶ֖ה מָ֣ה אַחֲרִיתָ֑ם כִּ֣י ד֤וֹר תַּהְפֻּכֹת֙ הֵ֔מָּה בָּנִ֖ים לֹא־אֵמֻ֥ן בָּֽם׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And he saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• I will hideסָתַרsâthar · to hideH5641
• my faceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
• from them, I will seeרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
• what their endאַחֲרִית'achărîyth · endH319
• a very frowardתַּהְפֻּכָהtahpûkâh · perversityH8419
• generationדּוֹרdôr dôr · generationH1755
• childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• no faithאֵמֻן'êmûn · faithfulH529

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:20

• Deuteronomy 31:17At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?’
• Job 13:24Why do you hide your face and regard me as your enemy?
• Job 34:29But if God is quiet, who can condemn him? If he hides his face, then who can see him? Yet he is over the individual and the nation alike,
• Isaiah 64:7No one invokes your name, or makes an effort to take hold of you. For you have rejected us and handed us over to our own sins.
• Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them before their enemies like dust blowing in front of a burning east wind. I will turn my back on them and not look favorably on them when disaster strikes them.”
• Hosea 9:12Even if they raise their children, I will take away every last one of them. Woe to them! For I will turn away from them.
• Deuteronomy 32:5His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children – this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.
• Isaiah 65:2I spread out my hands all day long to my rebellious people, who lived in a way that is morally unacceptable, and who did what they desired.
• Matthew 11:16“To what should I compare this generation? They are like children sitting in the marketplaces who call out to one another,
• Luke 7:31“To what then should I compare the people of this generation, and what are they like?
• 2 Chronicles 20:20Early the next morning they marched out to the Desert of Tekoa. When they were ready to march, Jehoshaphat stood up and said: “Listen to me, you people of Judah and residents of Jerusalem! Trust in the Lord your God and you will be safe! Trust in the message of his prophets and you will win.”
• Isaiah 7:9Ephraim’s leader is Samaria, and Samaria’s leader is the son of Remaliah. If your faith does not remain firm, then you will not remain secure.”
• Isaiah 30:9For these are rebellious people – they are lying children, children unwilling to obey the Lord’s law.
• Matthew 17:17Jesus answered, “You unbelieving and perverse generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him here to me.”
• Mark 9:19He answered them, “You unbelieving generation! How much longer must I be with you? How much longer must I endure you? Bring him to me.”
• Luke 18:8I tell you, he will give them justice speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will he find faith on earth?”

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 32:20

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 20Children in whom is no faith - בם אמן לא lo emon bam, "There is no steadfastness in them," they can never be depended on. They are fickle, because they are faithless.Read the comment
• 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. 20The phrase children of unfaithfulness indicates disloyalty to the covenant. Israel had promised to be true to the Lord but had consistently been unfaithful (see Exodus 19:8).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