Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
How shall one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and Jehovah had shut them up?
New American Standard Bible
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their
And the Lord had given them up?
King James Version
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
Holman Bible
or two put ten thousand to flight,
unless their Rock had sold them,
unless the Lord had given them up?
International Standard Version
How can one person chase a thousand of them and two put a myriad to flight, unless their Rock delivers them and the LORD gives them up?
A Conservative Version
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight unless their Rock had sold them, and LORD had delivered them up?
American Standard Version
How should one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Except their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
Amplified
“How could one chase a thousand,
And two put ten thousand to flight,
Unless their Rock had sold them,
And the Lord had given them up?
Bible in Basic English
How would it be possible for one to overcome a thousand, and two to send ten thousand in flight, if their rock had not let them go, if the Lord had not given them up?
Darby Translation
How could one chase a thousand, And two put ten thousand to flight, Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And Jehovah had delivered them up?
Julia Smith Translation
How shall one chase a thousand; And two shall cause ten thousand to flee, If that their Rock had not sold them, And Jehovah delivered them up?
King James 2000
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had given them up?
Lexham Expanded Bible
How could one chase a thousand and two could cause a myriad to flee, if their Rock had not sold them, and Yahweh had [not] given them up?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
How cometh it that one shall chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand of them to flight - except their rock had sold them, and because the LORD had delivered them.
NET Bible
How can one man chase a thousand of them, and two pursue ten thousand; unless their Rock had delivered them up, and the Lord had handed them over?
New Heart English Bible
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had delivered them up?
The Emphasized Bible
Oh! how would one, have chased, a thousand! And, two, put, ten thousand to flight, - Were it not that their Rock had sold them, And, Yahweh, had abandoned them;
Webster
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
World English Bible
How could one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, and Yahweh had delivered them up?
Youngs Literal Translation
How doth one pursue a thousand, And two cause a myriad to flee! If not -- that their rock hath sold them, And Jehovah hath shut them up?
Themes
Arrows » Illustrative » Of God's judgment
Holy spirit » Withdrawn from incorrigible sinners
Interlinear
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Radaph
Tsuwr
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:30
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses' Song
29 If they were wise, they would understand this; they would consider their latter end! 30 How shall one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them and Jehovah had shut them up? 31 For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
Phrases
Names
Cross References
Leviticus 26:8
And five of you shall chase a hundred, and a hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight. And your enemies shall fall by the sword in front of you.
Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand. For Jehovah your God is He who fights for you, as He has promised you.
Psalm 44:12
You have sold Your people for nothing, and You did not increase by their price.
Isaiah 30:17
One thousand shall flee at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five you shall flee, until you are left as a pole on the top of a mountain, and as a sign on a hill.
Judges 2:14
And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and He delivered them into the hand of spoilers who spoiled them. And He sold them into the hand of their enemies all around, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies.
Judges 3:8
And the anger of Jehovah was hot against Israel, and He sold them into the hand of Chushan-rishathaim, king of Mesopotamia. And the sons of Israel served Chushan-rishathaim eight years.
Judges 7:22-23
And the three hundred blew the ram's horns. And Jehovah set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the army. And the army fled to Beth-shittah in Zererath, to the border of Abel-meholah, to Tabbath.
1 Samuel 14:15-17
And there was trembling in the army, in the field, and among all the people. The garrison and the spoilers also trembled, and the earth quaked, and it was a very great trembling.
2 Chronicles 24:24
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and Jehovah delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken the God of the fathers. And they executed judgment against Joash.
Job 11:10
If He passes through and shuts up, or gathers together, then who can turn Him back?
Job 16:11
God has delivered me to the perverse; and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
Psalm 31:8
and have not shut me up into the hand of the enemy; You have set my feet in a broad place.
Isaiah 50:1
So says Jehovah, Where is your mother's bill of divorce, whom I have put away? Or to which of My creditors have I sold you? Behold, you were sold for your iniquities, and your mother is put away for your sins.
Isaiah 52:3
For so says Jehovah, You were sold for nothing; and you shall not be redeemed with silver.
Matthew 18:25
But as he had nothing to pay, his lord commanded that he, and his wife and children, and all that he had, be sold, and payment be made.