Deuteronomy 32:28
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
KJV
Gens absque consilio est, et sine prudentia.
Vulgate
ἔθνος ἀπολωλεκὸς βουλήν ἐστιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτοῖς ἐπιστήμη.
LXX
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
ASV
כִּי ג֛וֹי אֹבַ֥ד עֵצ֖וֹת הֵ֑מָּה וְ/אֵ֥ין בָּ/הֶ֖ם תְּבוּנָֽה
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
אֵ֥ין
'yn
noun · 787×
גּוֹיִ֔ם
gvym
noun · 557×
הֵ֖מָּה
hmh
pronoun · 560×
כִּֽי
ky
pronoun · 4439×
ם
m
verb · 183×
עֲצַ֥ת
'tst
verb · 90×
תְּבוּנָֽה
tbvnh
noun · 43×
Historic Christian voices
1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- Deut 32:6 — Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
- Hos 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 will
- Isa 1:3 — The ox knoweth his owner, and the ass his master’s crib: but Israel doth not know, my people doth not consider.
- Isa 27:11 — When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, a
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Jer 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
- Job 28:28 — And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the LORD, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.
- Prov 1:7 — The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction.
- Ps 81:12 — So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.