Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “
And the Lord has not done all this.”’
King James Version
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.
Holman Bible
or feared that these foes might misunderstand
and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed;
it wasn’t the Lord who did all this.’”
International Standard Version
if it weren't for dreading the taunting of their enemies otherwise, their adversary might misinterpret and say, "Our power is great. It isn't the LORD who made all of this happen."'"
A Conservative Version
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge amiss, lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, and LORD has not done all this.
American Standard Version
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
Amplified
Had I not feared the provocation of the enemy,
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “Our [own] hand has prevailed,
And the Lord has not done all this.”’
Bible in Basic English
But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.
Darby Translation
If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this.
Julia Smith Translation
Unless I shall fear the enemy's their adversaries shall dissemble, Lest they shall say, Our high hand And not Jehovah did all this
King James 2000
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should misunderstand, and lest they should say, Our hand has triumphed, and the LORD has not done all this.
Lexham Expanded Bible
If I had not feared a provocation of [the] enemy, lest their foes might misunderstand, lest they should say, "Our hand is {triumphant}, and Yahweh [did] not do all this." '
Modern King James verseion
were it not the provocation of an enemy I feared, lest their enemies should misconstrue; lest they should say, Our hand is high and Jehovah has not done all this.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
were it not that I feared the railing of their enemies - lest their adversaries would be proud and say: Our high hand hath done all these works, and not the LORD.
NET Bible
But I fear the reaction of their enemies, for their adversaries would misunderstand and say, "Our power is great, and the Lord has not done all this!"'
New Heart English Bible
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, the LORD has not done all this.'"
The Emphasized Bible
Were it not that the taunt of the foe, I feared, Lest their adversaries should mistake, - Lest they should say - Our own hand, is exalted, It is not Yahweh, therefore who hath wrought all this!
Webster
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.
World English Bible
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.'"
Youngs Literal Translation
If not -- the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know -- Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
Interlinear
Guwr
Tsar
Nakar
Yad
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:27
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses' Song
26
I would have said, "I will cut them to pieces; I will wipe them from human memory,"
27
That their adversaries would misjudge,
That they would say, “
And the Lord has not done all this.”’
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Psalm 140:8
Grant not, O LORD, the desires of the wicked; do not further their evil plot, or they will be exalted! Selah
Exodus 32:12
Why should the Egyptians say, 'With evil intent did he bring them out, to kill them in the mountains and to consume them from the face of the earth'? Turn from your burning anger and relent from this disaster against your people.
Numbers 14:15-16
Now if you kill this people as one man, then the nations who have heard your fame will say,
Joshua 7:9
For the Canaanites and all the inhabitants of the land will hear of it and will surround us and cut off our name from the earth. And what will you do for your great name?"
1 Samuel 12:22
For the LORD will not forsake his people, for his great name's sake, because it has pleased the LORD to make you a people for himself.
Psalm 115:1-2
Not to us, O LORD, not to us, but to your name give glory, for the sake of your steadfast love and your faithfulness!
Isaiah 10:8-15
for he says: "Are not my commanders all kings?
Isaiah 37:10
"Thus shall you speak to Hezekiah king of Judah: 'Do not let your God in whom you trust deceive you by promising that Jerusalem will not be given into the hand of the king of Assyria.
Isaiah 37:12-23
Have the gods of the nations delivered them, the nations that my fathers destroyed, Gozan, Haran, Rezeph, and the people of Eden who were in Telassar?
Isaiah 37:28-29
"'I know your sitting down and your going out and coming in, and your raging against me.
Isaiah 37:35
For I will defend this city to save it, for my own sake and for the sake of my servant David."
Isaiah 47:7
You said, "I shall be mistress forever," so that you did not lay these things to heart or remember their end.
Jeremiah 19:4
Because the people have forsaken me and have profaned this place by making offerings in it to other gods whom neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have known; and because they have filled this place with the blood of innocents,
Lamentations 1:9
Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; therefore her fall is terrible; she has no comforter. "O LORD, behold my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!"
Ezekiel 20:13-14
But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not walk in my statutes but rejected my rules, by which, if a person does them, he shall live; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. "Then I said I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness, to make a full end of them.
Ezekiel 20:20-22
and keep my Sabbaths holy that they may be a sign between me and you, that you may know that I am the LORD your God.
Daniel 4:30-37
and the king answered and said, "Is not this great Babylon, which I have built by my mighty power as a royal residence and for the glory of my majesty?"
Zechariah 1:14-15
So the angel who talked with me said to me, 'Cry out, Thus says the LORD of hosts: I am exceedingly jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion.