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Young's Literal Translation

Deuteronomy 29:24

yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great 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?
Good News Translation
Then the whole world will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'
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?
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 `Ye are standing to-day, all of you, before Jehovah your God -- your heads, your tribes, your elders, and your authorities -- every man of Israel; 11 your infants, your wives, and thy sojourner who [is] in the midst of thy camps, from the hewer of thy wood unto the drawer of thy water -- 12 for thy passing over into the covenant of Jehovah thy God, and into His oath which Jehovah thy God is making with thee to-day; 13 in order to establish thee to-day to Him for a people, and He Himself is thy God, as He hath spoken to thee, and as He hath sworn to thy fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob. 14 `And not with you alone am I making this covenant and this oath; 15 but with him who is here with us, standing to-day before Jehovah our God, and with him who is not here with us to-day, 16 for ye have known how ye dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we passed by through the midst of the nations which ye have passed by; 17 and ye see their abominations, and their idols, wood and stone, silver and gold, which [are] with them, 18 lest there be among you a man or woman, or family or tribe, whose heart is turning to-day from Jehovah our God, to go to serve the gods of those nations, lest there be in you a root fruitful of gall and wormwood: 19 `And it hath been, in his hearing the words of this oath, and he hath blessed himself in his heart, saying, I have peace, though in the stubbornness of my heart I go on, in order to end the fulness with the thirst.

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
And Sarai, Abram's wife, hath not borne to him, and she hath an handmaid, an Egyptian, and her name [is] Hagar;
Genesis 24:59
And they send away Rebekah their sister, and her nurse, and Abraham's servant, and his men;
Genesis 29:9
He is yet speaking with them, and Rachel hath come with the flock which her father hath, for she [is] shepherdess;
Genesis 29:12
and Jacob declareth to Rachel that he [is] her father's brother, and that he [is] Rebekah's son, and she runneth and declareth to her father.
Genesis 46:18
These [are] sons of Zilpah, whom Laban gave to Leah his daughter, and she beareth these to Jacob -- sixteen persons.

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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