DEUTERONOMY 32:29

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!”

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Deuteronomy 32:29 Translation & Meaning

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KJV Verse Original Hebrew Meaning/ Definition
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O that ל֥וּ A conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that! O
they were wise, חָֽכְמ֖וּ To be wise (in mind, word or act) wise
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
they understood יַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּ To be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent understood
this, זֹ֑את This (often used adverb) this
that (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
they would consider יָבִ֖ינוּ To separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e., (generally) understand would consider
their latter end! לְאַֽחֲרִיתָֽם׃ The last or end, hence, the future; also posterity latter end

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  • 27  Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.

  • 28  For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

  • 29  O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

  • 30  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?

  • 31  For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.




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