KJV King James Version
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
Deuteronomy 32:20
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
He said: “I will hide My face from them; I will see what will be their end. For they are a perverse generation—children of unfaithfulness.
WEB World English Bible
He said, “I will hide my face from them. I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very perverse generation, children in whom is no faithfulness.
ASV American Standard Version
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: For they are a very perverse generation, Children in whom is no faithfulness.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
And He saith: I hide My face from them, I see what is their latter end; For a froward generation are they, Sons in whom is no stedfastness.
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
17 They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new [gods that] came newly up, whom your fathers feared not.
18 Of the Rock [that] begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
19 And when the LORD saw [it], he abhorred [them], because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters.
20 And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end [shall be]: for they [are] a very froward generation, children in whom [is] no faith.
21 They have moved me to jealousy with [that which is] not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with [those which are] not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, and shall burn unto the lowest hell, and shall consume the earth with her increase, and set on fire the foundations of the mountains.
23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.
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וַיֹּ֗אמֶרH559 · a.marto sayאַסְתִּ֤ירָהH5641 · sa.tarto hideפָנַי֙H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeמֵהֶ֔םH9038 · hemthemאֶרְאֶ֖הH7200 · ra.ahto see: seeמָ֣הH4100 · mahwhat?אַחֲרִיתָ֑םH319 · a.cha.ritendכִּ֣יH3588 · kiforד֤וֹרH1755 · dorgenerationתַּהְפֻּכֹת֙H8419 · tah.pu.khahperversityהֵ֔מָּהH1992 · hem.mahthey(masc.)בָּנִ֖יםH1121 · benson: childלֹא־H3808 · lonotאֵמֻ֥ןH529 · e.munfaithfulבָּֽם׃H9038 · hemthem
Cross-references
Deuteronomy 31:17-18Then my anger shall be kindled against them in that day, and I will forsake them, and I will hide my face from them, and they shall be devoured, and many evils and troubles shall befall them; so that they will say in that day, Are not these evils come upon us, because our God [is] not among us?Deuteronomy 32:5They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.Luke 7:31-32And the Lord said, Whereunto then shall I liken the men of this generation? and to what are they like?Isaiah 30:9That this [is] a rebellious people, lying children, children [that] will not hear the law of the LORD:Isaiah 64:7And [there is] none that calleth upon thy name, that stirreth up himself to take hold of thee: for thou hast hid thy face from us, and hast consumed us, because of our iniquities.Isaiah 7:9And the head of Ephraim [is] Samaria, and the head of Samaria [is] Remaliah’s son. If ye will not believe, surely ye shall not be established.Job 34:29When he giveth quietness, who then can make trouble? and when he hideth [his] face, who then can behold him? whether [it be done] against a nation, or against a man only:Deuteronomy 31:29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.Isaiah 65:2-5I have spread out my hands all the day unto a rebellious people, which walketh in a way [that was] not good, after their own thoughts;Luke 18:8I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?Matthew 11:16-17But whereunto shall I liken this generation? It is like unto children sitting in the markets, and calling unto their fellows,2 Chronicles 20:20And they rose early in the morning, and went forth into the wilderness of Tekoa: and as they went forth, Jehoshaphat stood and said, Hear me, O Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem; Believe in the LORD your God, so shall ye be established; believe his prophets, so shall ye prosper.Job 13:24Wherefore hidest thou thy face, and holdest me for thine enemy?Mark 9:19He answereth him, and saith, O faithless generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him unto me.Jeremiah 18:17I will scatter them as with an east wind before the enemy; I will shew them the back, and not the face, in the day of their calamity.Matthew 17:17Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.Hosea 9:12Though they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [that there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!Hebrews 11:6But without faith [it is] impossible to please [him]: for he that cometh to God must believe that he is, and [that] he is a rewarder of them that diligently seek him.
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