KJV King James Version
O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
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Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
WEB World English Bible
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
ASV American Standard Version
Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
If they were wise—They deal wisely with this; They attend to their latter end:
Surrounding context — Deuteronomy 32
26 I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
27 Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
28 For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
29 O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!
30 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?
31 For their rock [is] not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves [being] judges.
32 For their vine [is] of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes [are] grapes of gall, their clusters [are] bitter:
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Psalm 81:13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, [and] Israel had walked in my ways!Deuteronomy 5:29O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever!Hosea 14:9Who [is] wise, and he shall understand these [things]? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD [are] right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.Luke 19:41-42And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,Luke 12:20But God said unto him, [Thou] fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?Psalm 107:43Whoso [is] wise, and will observe these [things], even they shall understand the lovingkindness of the LORD.Luke 16:19-25There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day:Isaiah 10:3And what will ye do in the day of visitation, and in the desolation [which] shall come from far? to whom will ye flee for help? and where will ye leave your glory?Isaiah 47:7And thou saidst, I shall be a lady for ever: [so] that thou didst not lay these [things] to thy heart, neither didst remember the latter end of it.Isaiah 48:18-19O that thou hadst hearkened to my commandments! then had thy peace been as a river, and thy righteousness as the waves of the sea:Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love [to have it] so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?Lamentations 1:9Her filthiness [is] in her skirts; she remembereth not her last end; therefore she came down wonderfully: she had no comforter. O LORD, behold my affliction: for the enemy hath magnified [himself].Psalm 107:15Oh that [men] would praise the LORD [for] his goodness, and [for] his wonderful works to the children of men!Jeremiah 17:11[As] the partridge sitteth [on eggs], and hatcheth [them] not; [so] he that getteth riches, and not by right, shall leave them in the midst of his days, and at his end shall be a fool.
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