Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
New American Standard Bible
All the nations will say, ‘
King James Version
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Holman Bible
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
International Standard Version
All the nations will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?'
A Conservative Version
even all the nations shall say, Why has LORD done thus to this land? What is the meaning of the heat of this great anger?
American Standard Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Amplified
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Darby Translation
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?
Julia Smith Translation
And all the nations said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?
King James 2000
Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? what does the heat of this great anger mean?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'
Modern King James verseion
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And then all nations also say, "Wherefore hath the LORD done of this fashion unto this land? O how fierce is this great wrath?'
NET Bible
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"
New Heart English Bible
even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"
The Emphasized Bible
yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?
Webster
Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
World English Bible
even all the nations shall say, "Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"
Youngs Literal Translation
yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?
Themes
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 29:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abandoning The Covenant
23 And that all the land is a salt and smoking waste, not planted or giving fruit or clothed with grass, but wasted like Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, on which the Lord sent destruction in the heat of his wrath: 24 Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath? 25 Then men will say, Because they gave up the agreement of the Lord, the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he took them out of the land of Egypt:
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:8-9
And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?
1 Kings 9:8-9
And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder at it and make whistling sounds; and they will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
2 Chronicles 7:21-22
And this house will become a mass of broken walls, and everyone who goes by will be overcome with wonder, and will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land and to this house?
Lamentations 2:15-17
All who go by make a noise with their hands at you; they make hisses, shaking their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, and saying, Is this the town which was the crown of everything beautiful, the joy of all the earth?
Lamentations 4:12
To the kings of the earth and to all the people of the world it did not seem possible that the attackers and the haters would go into the doors of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 14:23
They will give you comfort when you see their ways and their doings: and you will be certain that not for nothing have I done all the things I have done in it, says the Lord.
Romans 2:5
But by your hard and unchanged heart you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of the revelation of God's judging in righteousness;