Deuteronomy 32:26 “I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their m…”

Deuteronomy 32:26

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

World English Bible

I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men;

American Standard Version

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

Geneva Bible 1599

I haue said, I would scatter them abroade: I would make their remembrance to cease from among men,

Darby Translation

I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

Young's Literal Translation

I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

Bible in Basic English

I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

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Cross references

“I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:”

Deuteronomy 28:64 Isaiah 63:16 Deuteronomy 28:25 Deuteronomy 28:37 Leviticus 26:33 Leviticus 26:38

Deuteronomy 28:64 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

Isaiah 63:16 · BSB

Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.

Deuteronomy 28:25 · BSB

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:37 · BSB

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Leviticus 26:33 · BSB

But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

Leviticus 26:38 · BSB

You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will consume you.

Also

Psalm 34:16 Deuteronomy 4:27

Psalm 34:16 · BSB

But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Deuteronomy 4:27 · BSB

Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

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