Deuteronomy 31:18

The NET Bible®

But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will certainly hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Hebrew Names Version
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.

King James Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Lexham English Bible
But I will certainly hide my face on that day, because of all of the evil that they did because they turned to other gods.

English Standard Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because they have turned to other gods.

New Century Version
I will surely turn away from them then, because they have done wrong and have turned to other gods.

Amplified Bible
"But I will certainly hide My face [from them] in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods [to worship lifeless idols, to honor handmade relics].

New American Standard Bible
"But I will assuredly hide My face on that day because of all the evil that they will have done, for they will have turned away to other gods.

Geneva Bible (1587)
But I will surely hide my face in that day, because of all the euill, which they shall commit, in that they are turned vnto other gods.

Legacy Standard Bible
But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

Contemporary English Version
They will pray to me, but I will ignore them because they were evil and started worshiping other gods.

Complete Jewish Bible
But I will be hiding my face from them because of all the evil they will have done in turning to other gods.

Darby Translation
And I will entirely hide my face in that day for all the evils that they have wrought, because they turned unto other gods.

Easy-to-Read Version
And I will refuse to help them, because they have done evil and worshiped other gods.

George Lamsa Translation
And I will surely turn away from them in that day for all the evils which they have done, in that they have gone astray after other gods.

Good News Translation
And I will refuse to help them then, because they have done evil and worshiped other gods.

Literal Translation
And hiding I will hide My face in that day, because of all the evil which this people has done, for it shall turn to other gods.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
But I shal hyde my face at the same tyme because of all the euell that they haue done, in that they haue turned vnto other goddes.

American Standard Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Bible in Basic English
Truly, my face will be turned away from them in that day, because of all the evil they have done in going after other gods.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
And I also wyll surely hyde away my face in that day, for all the euyls sake which they shall haue wrought, in that they are turned vnto straunge gods.

JPS Old Testament (1917)
And I will surely hide My face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

King James Version (1611)
And I will surely hide my face in that day, for all the euils which they shal haue wrought, in that they are turned vnto other gods.

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And I will surely turn away my face from them in that day, because of all their evil doings which they have done, because they turned aside after strange gods.

English Revised Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.

Berean Standard Bible
And on that day I will surely hide My face because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Forsothe Y schal hide, and schal hile `my face in that dai, for alle the yuels `whiche it dide, for it suede alien goddis.

Young's Literal Translation
and I certainly hide My face in that day for all the evil which it hath done, for it hath turned unto other gods.

Update Bible Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they have turned to other gods.

Webster's Bible Translation
And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned to other gods.

World English Bible
I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have worked, in that they are turned to other gods.

New King James Version
And I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they have done, in that they have turned to other gods.

New Living Translation
At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.

New Life Bible
But I will hide My face in that day because of all the sinful things they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

New Revised Standard
On that day I will surely hide my face on account of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
But, I, will utterly, hide, my face, in that day, because of all the wickedness which they have done, in that they have turned away unto other gods.

Douay-Rheims Bible
But I will hide, and cover my face in that day, for all the evils which they have done, because they have followed strange gods.

Revised Standard Version
And I will surely hide my face in that day on account of all the evil which they have done, because they have turned to other gods.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"But I will surely hide My face in that day because of all the evil which they will do, for they will turn to other gods.

Contextual Overview

¹⁴ Then the Lord said to Moses, "The day of your death is near. Summon Joshua and present yourselves in the tent of meeting so that I can commission him." So Moses and Joshua presented themselves in the tent of meeting. ¹⁵ The Lord appeared in the tent in a pillar of cloud that stood above the door of the tent. ¹⁶ Then the Lord said to Moses, "You are about to die, and then these people will begin to prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land into which they are going. They will reject me and break my covenant that I have made with them. ¹⁷ At that time my anger will erupt against them and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome them so that they will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters overcome us because our God is not among us?' ¹⁸ But I will certainly hide myself at that time because of all the wickedness they will have done by turning to other gods. ¹⁹ Now write down for yourselves the following song and teach it to the Israelites. Put it into their very mouths so that this song may serve as my witness against the Israelites! ²⁰ For after I have brought them to the land I promised to their ancestors—one flowing with milk and honey—and they eat their fill and become fat, then they will turn to other gods and worship them; they will reject me and break my covenant. ²¹ Then when many disasters and distresses overcome them this song will testify against them, for their descendants will not forget it. I know the intentions they have in mind today, even before I bring them to the land I have promised."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Deuteronomy 31:16, Deuteronomy 31:17

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:59 - General Deuteronomy 32:20 - I will hide Judges 2:14 - the anger 2 Kings 22:13 - great Isaiah 8:17 - hideth Isaiah 59:2 - hid Jeremiah 3:25 - for we have sinned Jeremiah 11:8 - therefore Jeremiah 23:33 - I Ezekiel 39:23 - hid I Daniel 9:11 - the curse Micah 3:4 - he will even

Cross-References

Genesis 27:41
So Esau hated Jacob because of the blessing his father had given to his brother. Esau said privately, "The time of mourning for my father is near; then I will kill my brother Jacob!"

Genesis 28:21
and I return safely to my father's home, then the Lord will become my God.

Genesis 31:1
Jacob heard that Laban's sons were complaining, "Jacob has taken everything that belonged to our father! He has gotten rich at our father's expense!"

Genesis 31:2
When Jacob saw the look on Laban's face, he could tell his attitude toward him had changed.

Genesis 31:27
Why did you run away secretly and deceive me? Why didn't you tell me so I could send you off with a celebration complete with singing, tambourines, and harps?

Genesis 31:29
I have the power to do you harm, but the God of your father told me last night, ‘Be careful that you neither bless nor curse Jacob.'

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will surely hide my face in that day,.... Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of; that he was the spring and source of all their good things, their sun and their shield, who being withdrawn from them, they would be deprived of every thing that was good, and be liable to all evil; and this he would do,

for all the evils which they shall have wrought; for all the immoralities they should be guilty of, every transgression of his law, whether of the first or second table, and especially idolatry:

in that they are turned unto other gods; to the worship and service of them, which of all evils would be the most provoking to God; and the way of speaking suggests as if all evils were included in idolatry, and sprang from it, or were committed with it.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The transaction recorded in these verses may be regarded as the solemn inauguration of Joshua to the office to which he had some time before Numbers 27:22 been called, and his recognition in it by God, which were manifested by his being summoned into the tabernacle with Moses while the Lord appeared in the pillar of cloud (compare Numbers 11:25; Numbers 12:5).

Deuteronomy 31:16

The future apostasy of the people is announced in the presence of Joshua that the latter might be fully aware of the danger and strive in his day to avert it. This he faithfully did (compare Joshua 24:31); but we find him in his own last address to Israel repeating Joshua 23:15-16 the self-same prediction and warning.

Deuteronomy 31:19

A witness for me against them - i. e., an attestation from their own mouths at once of God’s benefits, their own duties, and their deserts when they should fall away. Being in verse it would be the more easily learned and kept in memory. The use of songs for such didactic purposes was not unknown to the legislators of antiquity. Compare also the advice of Paul, “teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs” Colossians 3:16.

Deuteronomy 31:23

He gave - i. e., the Lord gave.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Deuteronomy 31:18. I will surely hide my face — Withdraw my approbation and my protection. This is a general meaning of the word in Scripture.