Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
Holman Bible
you foolish and senseless people?
Isn’t He your Father and Creator?
Didn’t He make you and sustain you?
International Standard Version
This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you?
A Conservative Version
Do ye thus requite LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father who has bought thee? He has made thee, and established thee.
American Standard Version
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
Amplified
“Do you thus repay the Lord,
O foolish and unwise people?
Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]?
He has made you and established you [as a nation].
Bible in Basic English
Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
Darby Translation
Do ye thus requite Jehovah, Foolish and unwise people? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee and established thee?
Julia Smith Translation
To Jehovah will ye recompense this, A people foolish and not wise? He thy father: did he not buy thee? He made thee, and he will protect thee.
King James 2000
Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you?
Lexham Expanded Bible
[Like] this do you treat Yahweh, foolish and {unwise} people? [Has] he not, your father, created you? He made you, and he established you.
Modern King James verseion
Do you thus give back to Jehovah, Oh foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who bought you? Has He not made you and established you?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
"Dost thou so reward the LORD? O foolish nation and unwise. Is not he thy father and thine owner? Hath he not made thee and ordained thee?
NET Bible
Is this how you repay the Lord, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you.
New Heart English Bible
Do you thus requite the LORD, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
The Emphasized Bible
Is it Yahweh, ye thus requite, O impious people and unwise? Is not, he, thy father who begat thee? He, that made thee and established thee?
Webster
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
World English Bible
Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
Youngs Literal Translation
To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.
Themes
Character » Of the wicked » Foolish
Character » Of the wicked » Unwise
Character of the wicked » Foolish
Character of the wicked » Unwise
God » Fatherhood of » God spoken of as the father of all men
God » Ownership of » Of the souls of men
Heavenly » Father » God spoken of as the father of all men
Ingratitude to God » Exceeding folly of
Obligation » A motive of obedience
divine Ownership » Of the souls of men
Privileges of saints » Having God for their » Father
Universal » Blessing, possible » God spoken of as the father of all men
Topics
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References
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 32:6
Verse Info
Context Readings
Moses' Song
5
They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation.
6
Names
Cross References
Isaiah 63:16
For you are our Father, though Abraham does not know us, and Israel does not acknowledge us; you, O LORD, are our Father, our Redeemer from of old is your name.
Psalm 74:2
Remember your congregation, which you have purchased of old, which you have redeemed to be the tribe of your heritage! Remember Mount Zion, where you have dwelt.
Deuteronomy 32:15
"But Jeshurun grew fat, and kicked; you grew fat, stout, and sleek; then he forsook God who made him and scoffed at the Rock of his salvation.
Isaiah 44:2
Thus says the LORD who made you, who formed you from the womb and will help you: Fear not, O Jacob my servant, Jeshurun whom I have chosen.
John 8:41
You are doing the works your father did." They said to him, "We were not born of sexual immorality. We have one Father--even God."
Acts 20:28
Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which he obtained with his own blood.
Exodus 4:22
Then you shall say to Pharaoh, 'Thus says the LORD, Israel is my firstborn son,
Exodus 15:16
Terror and dread fall upon them; because of the greatness of your arm, they are still as a stone, till your people, O LORD, pass by, till the people pass by whom you have purchased.
Deuteronomy 1:31
and in the wilderness, where you have seen how the LORD your God carried you, as a man carries his son, all the way that you went until you came to this place.'
Deuteronomy 32:18
You were unmindful of the Rock that bore you, and you forgot the God who gave you birth.
Job 10:8
Your hands fashioned and made me, and now you have destroyed me altogether.
Psalm 74:18
Remember this, O LORD, how the enemy scoffs, and a foolish people reviles your name.
Psalm 95:6
Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
Psalm 100:3
Know that the LORD, he is God! It is he who made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalm 116:12
What shall I render to the LORD for all his benefits to me?
Psalm 149:2
Let Israel be glad in his Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King!
Isaiah 1:2
Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth; for the LORD has spoken: "Childrenhave I reared and brought up, but they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 27:11
When its boughs are dry, they are broken; women come and make a fire of them. For this is a people without discernment; therefore he who made them will not have compassion on them; he who formed them will show them no favor.
Isaiah 43:3-4
For I am the LORD your God, the Holy One of Israel, your Savior. I give Egypt as your ransom, Cush and Seba in exchange for you.
Isaiah 43:7
everyone who is called by my name, whom I created for my glory, whom I formed and made."
Isaiah 64:8
But now, O LORD, you are our Father; we are the clay, and you are our potter; we are all the work of your hand.
Jeremiah 4:22
"For my people are foolish; they know me not; they are stupid children; they have no understanding. They are 'wise'--in doing evil! But how to do good they know not."
Jeremiah 5:21
"Hear this, O foolish and senseless people, who have eyes, but see not, who have ears, but hear not.
Luke 15:18-20
I will arise and go to my father, and I will say to him, "Father, I have sinned against heaven and before you.
Romans 8:15
For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the Spirit of adoption as sons, by whom we cry, "Abba! Father!"
1 Corinthians 6:20
for you were bought with a price. So glorify God in your body.
2 Corinthians 5:14-15
For the love of Christ controls us, because we have concluded this: that one has died for all, therefore all have died;
Galatians 3:1-3
O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you? It was before your eyes that Jesus Christ was publicly portrayed as crucified.
Galatians 3:26
for in Christ Jesus you are all sons of God, through faith.
Galatians 4:6
And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into our hearts, crying, "Abba! Father!"
Titus 2:11-14
For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people,
2 Peter 2:1
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, bringing upon themselves swift destruction.
1 John 3:1
See what kind of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God; and so we are. The reason why the world does not know us is that it did not know him.