Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces,
I will remove the memory of them from men,”

King James Version

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Holman Bible

“I would have said: I will cut them to pieces
and blot out the memory of them from mankind,

International Standard Version

"I said, "I will scatter them, erasing their memory from the human race,

A Conservative Version

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

American Standard Version

I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

Amplified


‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces [scattering them far away],
I will remove the memory of them from men,”

Bible in Basic English

I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:

Darby Translation

I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,

Julia Smith Translation

I have said I will blow them away, I will turn away their remembrance from man;

King James 2000

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Lexham Expanded Bible

I thought, "I will wipe them out; {I will make people forget they ever existed}."

Modern King James verseion

I said I would dash them to pieces; I would make the memory of them to cease from among men,

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I have determined to scatter them throughout the world, and to make away the remembrance of them from among men,

NET Bible

"I said, 'I want to cut them in pieces. I want to make people forget they ever existed.

New Heart English Bible

I said, I want to cut them to pieces. I will remove the memory of them from men;

The Emphasized Bible

I said, I would puff them away, I would destroy from mortals, their memory;

Webster

I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;

World English Bible

I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men;

Youngs Literal Translation

I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
פּאה 
Pa'ah 
Usage: 1

זכר זכר 
Zeker 
Usage: 23

of them to cease
שׁבת 
Shabath 
Usage: 71

References

Verse Info

Context Readings

Moses' Song

25 Outside the sword will bereave. Inside terror shall destroy both young man and virgin, babies and old man with gray hair. 26 ‘I would have said, “I will cut them to pieces,
I will remove the memory of them from men,”
27 I did not want their enemies to make me angry. I did not want their opponents to misunderstand and say: We won this victory! Jehovah did not do all this!

Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:64

Jehovah will scatter you among all the people of the world. He will scatter you from one end of the earth to the other. There you will serve gods made of wood and stone that neither you nor your ancestors ever knew.

Leviticus 26:33

I will scatter you among the nations. War will follow you. Your country will be in ruins. Your cities will be deserted.

Leviticus 26:38

They will be destroyed among the nations. The land of their enemies will devour them.

Deuteronomy 4:27

Jehovah will scatter you among the nations. You will become few in number among the heathen, where Jehovah will lead you.

Deuteronomy 28:25

Jehovah will cause you to be stricken before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and flee seven ways from them. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

Deuteronomy 28:37

You will become a thing of revulsion. All the nations where Jehovah will send you will make an example of you and laugh at you.

Psalm 34:16

Jehovah confronts those who do evil in order to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.

Isaiah 63:16

You are our Father. Even though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not pay attention to us, O Jehovah, you are our Father. Your name is our Defender From Everlasting.

Luke 21:24

They will be killed by the edge of the sword. Some will be led captive into all the nations. The people of the nations will tread down Jerusalem until the time of the Nations is fulfilled.

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