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Deuteronomy 32:27 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Deuteronomy 32:27 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 32 verse 27 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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. Our: or, Our high hand, and not the LORD hath done”
Deuteronomy 32:27 (KJV)
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Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely—God reveals His restraint in judgment, not from inability to destroy Israel, but concern for His own name's glory. The phrase lulei ka'as oyev agur (לוּלֵי כַּעַס אוֹיֵב אָגוּר, 'were it not I feared provocation of the enemy') uses agur (אָגוּר), meaning to gather up, store up, or restrain—God holds back deserved wrath for strategic purposes.The concern: pen-yenakkeru tsareimu (פֶּן־יְנַכְּרוּ צָרֵימוֹ, 'lest their adversaries misunderstand'). Nakar means to regard as foreign, strange, o...
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Cross-References for Deuteronomy 32:27
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“then the nations which have heard the fame of you will speak”
“saying”
“and will compass us round”
“Proclaim, saying, 'Thus says Yahweh of Armies: I am jealous for Jerusalem and for Zion with a great jealousy.”
“don't grant the desires of the wicked. Don't let their evil plans succeed”
“because it has pleased Yahweh to make you a people to himself.”
“and they rejected my ordinances”
“Yahweh”
“that you may know that I am Yahweh your God.”
“for my own sake”