Deuteronomy 32:30 “How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight…”

Deuteronomy 32:30

How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

World English Bible

How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?

American Standard Version

How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

Geneva Bible 1599

How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousande to flight, except their strong God had sold the, and the Lord had shut them vp?

Darby Translation

How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?

Young's Literal Translation

How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not — that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?

Bible in Basic English

How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?

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Cross references

“one chase”

Leviticus 26:8 Joshua 23:10 Isaiah 30:17 1 Samuel 14:15–17 2 Chronicles 24:24 Judges 7:22

Leviticus 26:8 · BSB

Five of you will pursue a hundred, and a hundred of you will pursue ten thousand, and your enemies will fall by the sword before you.

Joshua 23:10 · BSB

One of you can put a thousand to flight, because the LORD your God fights for you, just as He promised.

Isaiah 30:17 · BSB

A thousand will flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you will all flee, until you are left alone like a pole on a mountaintop, like a banner on a hill.

1 Samuel 14:15–17 · BSB

Then panic struck the Philistines in the camp, in the field, and among all the people. Even those in the outposts and raiding parties trembled. Indeed, the earth quaked, and panic spread from God.

2 Chronicles 24:24 · BSB

Although the Aramean army had come with only a few men, the LORD delivered into their hand a very great army. Because Judah had forsaken the LORD, the God of their fathers, judgment was executed on Joash.

Judges 7:22 · BSB

And when the three hundred rams’ horns sounded, the LORD set all the men in the camp against one another with their swords. The army fled to Beth-shittah toward Zererah as far as the border of Abel-meholah near Tabbath.

“sold them”

Psalm 44:12 Judges 3:8 Isaiah 52:3 Judges 2:14 Isaiah 50:1 Matthew 18:25

Psalm 44:12 · BSB

You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.

Judges 3:8 · BSB

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram-naharaim, and the Israelites served him eight years.

Isaiah 52:3 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: “You were sold for nothing, and without money you will be redeemed.”

Judges 2:14 · BSB

Then the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He delivered them into the hands of those who plundered them. He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, whom they were no longer able to resist.

Isaiah 50:1 · BSB

This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your…

Matthew 18:25 · BSB

Since the man was unable to pay, the master ordered that he be sold to pay his debt, along with his wife and children and everything he owned.

“shut them”

Psalm 31:8 Job 11:10 Job 16:11

Psalm 31:8 · BSB

You have not delivered me to the enemy; You have set my feet in the open.

Job 11:10 · BSB

If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?

Job 16:11 · BSB

God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

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

In context

29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

31For their rock is not like our Rock, even our enemies concede.

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