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Deuteronomy 32:20
20He said, “I will hide My face from them, I want to see their hereafter. For they are an upside down generation, children with no faithfulness in them.
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
18The Rock who birthed you, you ignored. You forgot God who brought you forth. 19“Adonai saw, and He spurned His sons and His daughters out of vexation. He said, “I will hide My face from them, I want to see their hereafter. For they are an upside down generation, children with no faithfulness in them. 21They made Me jealous with a non-god. They vexed Me with airy idols. So I will make them jealous with a non-people. With a foolish nation I will vex them. 22For fire has ignited in My nostrils— it will burn to Sheol beneath, devour the earth and her produce, and scorch the foundations of mountains.
Read all of Deuteronomy 32Deuteronomy 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 31:17Then My anger will flare against them on that day, and I will abandon them and hide My face from them. So they will be devoured, and many evils and troubles will come on them. They will say on that day, ‘Isn’t it because our God is not among us that these evils have come on us?’
- Job 13:24Why do You hide Your face and consider me Your enemy?
- Job 34:29“But if He is quiet, who can condemn Him? If He hides His face, who can see Him? Yet He is over a nation and an individual alike,
- Isaiah 64:7But now, Adonai, You are our Father. We are the clay and You are our potter, We are all the work of Your hand.
- Jeremiah 18:17Like an east wind, I will scatter them before the enemy. I will see their back, not their face, in the day of their calamity.”
- Hosea 9:12For if they should raise their children, I would make them childless to the last man. Yes, woe to them when I depart from them!
- Deuteronomy 32:5Did it corrupt Him? No! The blemish is His children’s— a generation crooked and twisted.
- Isaiah 65:2I have stretched out My hands all day to a rebellious people, who walk in a way that is not good, following their own thoughts.
- Matthew 11:16“But to what shall I compare this generation? It’s like children sitting in the marketplaces who call to one other, saying,
- Luke 7:31“So then, to what shall I compare the people of this generation? What are they like?
- 2 Chronicles 20:20Early in the morning they arose and went out into the wilderness of Tekoa. As they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, “Listen to me, O Judah and inhabitants of Jerusalem! Believe in Adonai your God and you will be confirmed. Trust in His prophets and you will succeed.”
- Isaiah 7:9The head of Ephraim is Samaria, and the head of Samaria is Remaliah’s son. If you do not trust, you will not stand.”
- Isaiah 30:9For this is a rebellious people, lying children, children unwilling to obey the Torah of Adonai.
- Matthew 17:17And answering, Yeshua said, “O faithless and twisted generation! How long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him here to Me.”
- Mark 9:19And answering them, He said, “Oh faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I put up with you? Bring him to Me.”
- Luke 18:8I tell you, He will quickly give them justice. But when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the 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
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