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Deuteronomy 32:42-45
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 32:42-45
Contemporary English Version
42 My arrows will get drunk
on enemy blood;
my sword will taste the flesh
and the blood of the enemy.
It will kill prisoners,
and cut off the heads
of their leaders.”[a]
43 (A) Tell the heavens to celebrate
and all gods to bow down
to the Lord,[b]
because he will take revenge
on those hateful enemies
who killed his people.
He will forgive the sins of Israel
and purify their land.[c]
44-45 Moses spoke the words of the song so that all the Israelites could hear, and Joshua[d] helped him. When Moses had finished,
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- 32.42 leaders: Or “long-haired warriors,” who let their hair grow to show that they had made sacred promises to their gods.
- 32.43 Tell … Lord: The Dead Sea Scrolls and one ancient translation; the Standard Hebrew Text “Let the nations, his people, celebrate.”
- 32.43 because he will … land: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
- 32.44,45 Joshua: The Hebrew text has “Hoshea,” another form of Joshua's name.
Deuteronomy 32:42-44
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32:42-44
New International Version
42 I will make my arrows drunk with blood,(A)
while my sword devours flesh:(B)
the blood of the slain and the captives,
the heads of the enemy leaders.”
43 Rejoice,(C) you nations, with his people,[a][b]
for he will avenge the blood of his servants;(D)
he will take vengeance on his enemies(E)
and make atonement for his land and people.(F)
44 Moses came with Joshua[c](G) son of Nun and spoke all the words of this song in the hearing of the people.
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Or Make his people rejoice, you nations
- Deuteronomy 32:43 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) people, / and let all the angels worship him, /
- Deuteronomy 32:44 Hebrew Hoshea, a variant of Joshua
Deuteronomy 32:42-44
King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:42-44
King James Version
42 I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
43 Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: for he will avenge the blood of his servants, and will render vengeance to his adversaries, and will be merciful unto his land, and to his people.
44 And Moses came and spake all the words of this song in the ears of the people, he, and Hoshea the son of Nun.
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