Parallel Verses
World English Bible
I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men;
New American Standard Bible
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
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;
Youngs Literal Translation
I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
Themes
Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
Judgments » Denounced against disobedience
Interlinear
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses' Song
25 Outside the sword shall bereave, and in the rooms, terror; on both young man and virgin, The nursing infant with the gray-haired man. 26 I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men; 27 were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, 'Our hand is exalted, Yahweh has not done all this.'"
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:64
Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even to the other end of the earth; and there you shall serve other gods, which you have not known, you nor your fathers, even wood and stone.
Leviticus 26:33
I will scatter you among the nations, and I will draw out the sword after you: and your land will be a desolation, and your cities shall be a waste.
Leviticus 26:38
You will perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies will eat you up.
Deuteronomy 4:27
Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you shall be left few in number among the nations, where Yahweh shall lead you away.
Deuteronomy 28:25
Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies; you shall go out one way against them, and shall flee seven ways before them: and you shall be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth.
Deuteronomy 28:37
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
Psalm 34:16
Yahweh's face is against those who do evil, to cut off the memory of them from the earth.
Isaiah 63:16
For you are our Father, though Abraham doesn't know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us: you, Yahweh, are our Father; our Redeemer from everlasting is your name.
Luke 21:24
They will fall by the edge of the sword, and will be led captive into all the nations. Jerusalem will be trampled down by the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles are fulfilled.