King James Version
Deuteronomy 32:19 in the King James Version says “And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. abhorred: or, de...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 32 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. abhorred: or, despised”
Deuteronomy 32:19 · KJV
They sacrificed unto devils, not to God; to gods whom they knew not, to new gods that came newly up, whom your fathers feared not. not to: or, which were not God
Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
And when the LORD saw it, he abhorred them, because of the provoking of his sons, and of his daughters. abhorred: or, despised
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.
They have moved me to jealousy with that which is not God; they have provoked me to anger with their vanities: and I will move them to jealousy with those which are not a people; I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“saw”
H7200to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)
“And when the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“it he abhorred”
H5006to scorn; or (in ecclesiastes 12:5), by interchange for h5132, to bloom
“of his sons”
H1121a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or
“and of his daughters”
H1323a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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