Parallel Verses
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?
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?’
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?
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 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 the whole land shall be burned with brimstone, and salt; it shall not be sown; nor shall it sprout; nor shall there be any grass in it. It shall be like the overthrow of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which Jehovah overthrew in His anger, and in His wrath, 24 even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of Jehovah, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:8-9
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say each one to his neighbor, Why has Jehovah done this to this great city?
1 Kings 9:8-9
As to this house which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be amazed and shall hiss. And they shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land and to this house?
2 Chronicles 7:21-22
And this house, which is high, shall be a wonder to everyone who passes by it, so that they shall shudder and say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land and to this house?
Lamentations 2:15-17
All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and wag their head at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city which they called the perfection of beauty, the joy of the whole earth?
Lamentations 4:12
The kings of the earth, and all the people of the world, would not have believed that the foe and the hater would go into Jerusalem's gates.
Ezekiel 14:23
And they shall comfort you when you see their way and their doings. And you shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, says the Lord Jehovah.
Romans 2:5
But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up wrath for yourself in a day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgment of God,