KJV King James Version
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.
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Deuteronomy 25:18
How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
how they met you on your journey when you were tired and weary, and they attacked all your stragglers; they had no fear of God.
WEB World English Bible
how he met you by the way, and struck the hindmost of you, all who were feeble behind you, when you were faint and weary; and he didn’t fear God.
ASV American Standard Version
how he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, all that were feeble behind thee, when thou wast faint and weary; and he feared not God.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
that he hath met thee in the way, and smiteth in all those feeble behind thee (and thou wearied and fatigued), and is not fearing God.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 25
15 [But] thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
16 For all that do such things, [and] all that do unrighteously, [are] an abomination unto the LORD thy God.
17 Remember what Amalek did unto thee by the way, when ye were come forth out of Egypt;
18 How he met thee by the way, and smote the hindmost of thee, [even] all [that were] feeble behind thee, when thou [wast] faint and weary; and he feared not God.
19 Therefore it shall be, when the LORD thy God hath given thee rest from all thine enemies round about, in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee [for] an inheritance to possess it, [that] thou shalt blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven; thou shalt not forget [it].
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אֲשֶׁ֨רH834 · a.sherwhichקָֽרְךָ֜H7136 · qa.rahto meetבַּדֶּ֗רֶךְH1870 · de.rekhway: conductוַיְזַנֵּ֤בH2179 · za.navto cut off the tailבְּךָ֙H9031 · kayouכָּל־H3605 · kolallהַנֶּחֱשָׁלִ֣יםH2826 · cha.shalbe feebleאַֽחַרֶ֔יךָH310 · a.charafterוְאַתָּ֖הH859 · at.tahyou(m.s.)עָיֵ֣ףH5889 · a.yephfaintוְיָגֵ֑עַH3023 · ya.ge.awearyוְלֹ֥אH3808 · lonotיָרֵ֖אH3372 · ya.reto fearאֱלֹהִֽים׃H430 · e.lo.himGod
Cross-references
Psalm 36:1To the chief Musician, [A Psalm] of David the servant of the LORD. The transgression of the wicked saith within my heart, [that there is] no fear of God before his eyes.Romans 3:18There is no fear of God before their eyes.Nehemiah 5:15But the former governors that [had been] before me were chargeable unto the people, and had taken of them bread and wine, beside forty shekels of silver; yea, even their servants bare rule over the people: but so did not I, because of the fear of God.Nehemiah 5:9Also I said, It [is] not good that ye do: ought ye not to walk in the fear of our God because of the reproach of the heathen our enemies?Proverbs 16:6By mercy and truth iniquity is purged: and by the fear of the LORD [men] depart from evil.
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