deuteronomy 32:28 for they are a nation void of counsel neither is there any understanding in them

Deuteronomy 32:28

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— For, a nation of vanished sagacity, they are,—And there is in them no understanding.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— For a nation lost to counsels [are] they, And there is no understanding in them.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— For they are a nation voide of counsel, neither is there any vnderstanding in them.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— For they are a nation voide of counsel, neither is there any vnderstanding in them.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— It is a nation that has lost counsel, neither is there understanding in them.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.

For x3588

(3588) Complement
כִּי
kiy
{kee}

A primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjugation or adverb; often largely modified by other particles annexed.

they x1992

(1992) Complement
הֵם
hem
{haym}

Masculine plural from H1931; they (only used when emphatic).

[are] a nation 1471

{1471} Prime
גּוֹי
gowy
{go'-ee}

Apparently from the same root as H1465 (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts.

void 6

{0006} Prime
אָבַד
'abad
{aw-bad'}

A primitive root; properly to wander away, that is lose oneself; by implication to perish (causatively, destroy).

z8802

<8802> Grammar

Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Participle Active (See H8814)
Count - 5386

of counsel, 6098

{6098} Prime
עֵצָה
`etsah
{ay-tsaw'}

From H3289; advice; by implication plan; also prudence.

neither x369

(0369) Complement
אַיִן
'ayin
{ah'-yin}

As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.

[is there any] understanding 8394

{8394} Prime
תָּבוּן
tabuwn
{taw-boon'}

The second and third forms being feminine; from H0995; intelligence; by implication an argument; by extension caprice.

in them.

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See commentary on Deuteronomy 32:26-38.

Deuteronomy 32:28

Void of counsel — Their enemies are foolish people, and therefore make so false and foolish a judgment upon things.

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Deuteronomy 32:6 Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? [is] not he thy father [that] hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Job 28:28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that [is] wisdom; and to depart from evil [is] understanding.

Psalms 81:12 So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: [and] they walked in their own counsels.

Proverbs 1:7 The fear of the LORD [is] the beginning of knowledge: [but] fools despise wisdom and instruction.

Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, [and] set them on fire: for it [is] a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Isaiah 29:14 Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, [even] a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise [men] shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent [men] shall be hid.

Jeremiah 4:22 For my people [is] foolish, they have not known me; they [are] sottish children, and they have none understanding: they [are] wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

Jeremiah 8:9 The wise [men] are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom [is] in them?

Hosea 4:6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

Matthew 13:14-15 And in them is fulfilled the prophecy of Esaias, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall not understand; and seeing ye shall see, and shall not perceive: ... For this people's heart is waxed gross, and [their] ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with [their] eyes, and hear with [their] ears, and should understand with [their] heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.

Romans 11:25 For I would not, brethren, that ye should be ignorant of this mystery, lest ye should be wise in your own conceits; that blindness in part is happened to Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in.

1 Corinthians 3:19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their own craftiness.

Dt 32:6. Jb 28:28. Ps 81:12. Pv 1:7. Is 27:11; 29:14. Jr 4:22; 8:9. Ho 4:6. Mt 13:14. Ro 11:25. 1Co 3:19.