Deuteronomy 4:27 “Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of yo…”

Deuteronomy 4:27

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

World English Bible

The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will lead you away.

American Standard Version

And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.

Geneva Bible 1599

And the Lord shall scatter you among the people, and ye shall be left few in nomber among the nations, whither the Lord shall bring you:

Darby Translation

And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left a small company among the nations to which Jehovah will lead you.

Young's Literal Translation

and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,

Bible in Basic English

And the Lord will send you wandering among the peoples; only a small band of you will be kept from death among the nations where the Lord will send you.

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Cross references

“And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.”

Deuteronomy 28:62–64 Ezekiel 12:15 Ezekiel 32:26 Nehemiah 1:3 Nehemiah 1:8 Nehemiah 1:9

Deuteronomy 28:62–64 · BSB

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

Ezekiel 12:15 · BSB

And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.

Ezekiel 32:26 · BSB

Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.

Nehemiah 1:3 · BSB

And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates have been burned with fire.”

Nehemiah 1:8 · BSB

Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

Nehemiah 1:9 · BSB

but if you return to Me and keep and practice My commandments, then even if your exiles have been banished to the farthest horizon, I will gather them from there and bring them to the place I have chosen as a dwelling fo…

Also

Leviticus 26:33

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.

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

In context

26I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it, but will be utterly destroyed.

28And there you will serve man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

Read Deuteronomy 4