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Good News Translation

Deuteronomy 29:24

Then the whole world will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Backsliders;   Judgments;   The Topic Concordance - Covenant;   Curses;   Forsaking;   Heart;   Idolatry;   Service;   Turning;   Worship;  

Dictionaries:

- Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Life;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Nebuzaradan;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Deuteronomy, the Book of;   Sodom and Gomorrah;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Gomorrha;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Deuteronomy;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Arzareth;   Gentile;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger?’
Hebrew Names Version
even all the nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?
King James Version
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Lexham English Bible
And all the nations will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done such a thing to this land? What caused the fierceness of this great anger?'
English Standard Version
all the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?'
New Century Version
All the other nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done this to the land? Why is he so angry?"
New English Translation
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"
Amplified Bible
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'
New American Standard Bible
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done all this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'
Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall all nations say, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this lande? how fierce is this great wrath?
Legacy Standard Bible
And all the nations will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? Why this great burning anger?'
Contemporary English Version
People from other nations will ask, "Why did the Lord destroy this country? Why was he so furious?"
Complete Jewish Bible
People will answer, ‘It's because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai , the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.
Darby Translation
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?
Easy-to-Read Version
"All the other nations will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land? Why was he so angry?'
George Lamsa Translation
And all the nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? And why has his anger kindled so much?
Literal Translation
And all the nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger?
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shall all nacions saye: Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe? What greate wrothfull displeasure is this?
American Standard Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Bible in Basic English
Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen then shal all nations say: Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande? O howe fierse is this great wrath?
JPS Old Testament (1917)
then men shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;
King James Version (1611)
Euen al nations shal say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?
English Revised Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Berean Standard Bible
All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle folkis schulen seie, Whi dide the Lord so to this lond? What is the greet ire of his stronge veniaunce?
Young's Literal Translation
yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?
Update Bible Version
even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what [is the meaning of] the heat of this great anger?
Webster's Bible Translation
Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger?
World English Bible
even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?
New King James Version
All nations would say, "Why has the LORD done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?'
New Living Translation
"And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?'
New Life Bible
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was He so angry?'
New Revised Standard
they and indeed all the nations will wonder, "Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused this great display of anger?"
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?
Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?
Revised Standard Version
yea, all the nations would say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What means the heat of this great anger?'
THE MESSAGE
All the nations will ask, "Why did God do this to this country? What on earth could have made him this angry?"
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

Contextual Overview

10 "Today you are standing in the presence of the Lord your God, all of you—your leaders and officials, your men, 11 women, and children, and the foreigners who live among you and cut wood and carry water for you. 12 You are here today to enter into this covenant that the Lord your God is making with you and to accept its obligations, 13 so that the Lord may now confirm you as his people and be your God, as he promised you and your ancestors, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 14 You are not the only ones with whom the Lord is making this covenant with its obligations. 15 He is making it with all of us who stand here in his presence today and also with our descendants who are not yet born. 16 "You remember what life was like in Egypt and what it was like to travel through the territory of other nations. 17 You saw their disgusting idols made of wood, stone, silver, and gold. 18 Make sure that no man, woman, family, or tribe standing here today turns from the Lord our God to worship the gods of other nations. This would be like a root that grows to be a bitter and poisonous plant. 19 Make sure that there is no one here today who hears these solemn demands and yet convinces himself that all will be well with him, even if he stubbornly goes his own way. That would destroy all of you, good and evil alike.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, 2 Chronicles 7:21, 2 Chronicles 7:22, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Lamentations 2:15-17, Lamentations 4:12, Ezekiel 14:23, Romans 2:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 11:8 - a great anger Leviticus 26:32 - and your Deuteronomy 31:17 - Are not these Judges 6:13 - why then Judges 21:3 - why is 1 Samuel 4:3 - Wherefore 1 Kings 14:15 - this good land 2 Kings 18:12 - they obeyed not 2 Kings 22:17 - have forsaken 2 Chronicles 6:36 - thou be angry 2 Chronicles 28:6 - because Ezra 5:12 - he gave Job 18:20 - astonied Psalms 18:8 - went Isaiah 23:8 - Who hath Jeremiah 5:19 - Wherefore Jeremiah 6:18 - hear Jeremiah 16:10 - Wherefore Jeremiah 40:2 - The Lord Ezekiel 5:15 - an instruction Ezekiel 12:16 - and they Ezekiel 20:48 - General Ezekiel 21:5 - all Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 32:10 - amazed Amos 3:9 - and behold

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Abram's wife Sarai had not borne him any children. But she had an Egyptian slave woman named Hagar,
Genesis 24:59
So they let Rebecca and her old family servant go with Abraham's servant and his men.
Genesis 29:9
While Jacob was still talking with them, Rachel arrived with the flock.
Genesis 29:12
He told her, "I am your father's relative, the son of Rebecca." She ran to tell her father;
Genesis 46:18
These sixteen are the descendants of Jacob by Zilpah, the slave woman whom Laban gave to his daughter Leah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even all nations shall say,.... For the destruction of this land, and the people of it, would be, as it has been, so very great and awful, and so very remarkable and surprising, that the fame of it would be heard among all the nations of the world, as it has been; who, upon hearing the sad report of it, would ask the following questions:

wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? so distinguished from all others for the fruitfulness and pleasantness of it; the people, the inhabitants of which, he chose, above all others, to be a special and peculiar people; and where he had a temple built for him, and where he had his residence, and worship used to be given unto him:

what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger? what is the reason of his stirring up his fierce wrath, and causing it to burn in so furious a manner? surely it must be something very horrible and provoking indeed!


 
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