Deuteronomy 32:5New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “They have acted corruptly toward Him, [They are] not His children, because of their defect; [But are] a perverse and crooked generation.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot:—A crooked and perverted generation!
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— They have broken faith with him, to be no sons of his—their fault,—A generation twisted and crooked.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— They have sinned against him, and are none of his children in their filth: they are a wicked and perverse generation.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— They haue corrupted them selues towarde him by their vice, not being his children, but a frowarde and crooked generation.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— They haue corrupted themselues, their spot is not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a peruerse and crooked generation.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— They have corrupted themselves, and they are not his children because of blemish; they are a perverse and crooked generation.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— They have sinned, not [pleasing] him; spotted children, a froward and perverse generation.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation. |
They have corrupted
7843 {7843} Primeשָׁחַתshachath{shaw-khath'}
A primitive root; to decay, that is, (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively).
z8765 <8765> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840) Mood - Perfect (See H8816) Count - 2121
themselves, their spot
3971 {3971} Primeמאוּםm'uwm{moom}
As if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain; a blemish (physical or moral).
[ is] not
x3808 (3808) Complementלֹאlo'{lo}
lo; a primitive particle; not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication no; often used with other particles.
[ the spot] of his children:
1121 {1121} Primeבֵּןben{bane}
From H1129; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like H0001, H0251, etc.).
[ they are] a perverse
6141 {6141} Primeעִקֵּשׁ`iqqesh{ik-kashe'}
From H6140; distorted; hence false.
and crooked
6618 {6618} Primeפְּתַלְתֹּלp@thaltol{peth-al-tole'}
From H6617; tortuous (that is, crafty).
generation.
1755 {1755} Primeדּוֹרdowr{dore}
From H1752; properly a revolution of time, that is, an age or generation; also a dwelling. |
Deuteronomy 32:5
_ _ They have corrupted themselves — that is, the Israelites by their frequent lapses and their inveterate attachment to idolatry.
_ _ their spot is not the spot of his children — This is an allusion to the marks which idolaters inscribe on their foreheads or their arms with paint or other substances, in various colors and forms — straight, oval, or circular, according to the favorite idol of their worship. |
Deuteronomy 32:5
They — The Israelites. Their spot — The wickedness with which they are stained, is not of his children — Plainly shews they are not his children, but the devil's. God's children have no such spot. Indeed this text does not affirm, they have any spot at all. Perverse — Froward and untractable: Crooked — Irregular and disorderly. |
- They have corrupted themselves:
- Heb. He hath corrupted to himself,
Deuteronomy 4:16 Lest ye corrupt [yourselves], and make you a graven image, the similitude of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
Deuteronomy 31:29 For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt [yourselves], and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
Genesis 6:12 And God looked upon the earth, and, behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted his way upon the earth.
Exodus 32:7 And the LORD said unto Moses, Go, get thee down; for thy people, which thou broughtest out of the land of Egypt, have corrupted [themselves]:
Judges 2:19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, [that] they returned, and corrupted [themselves] more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Hosea 9:9 They have deeply corrupted [themselves], as in the days of Gibeah: [therefore] he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
Zephaniah 3:7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear me, thou wilt receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, howsoever I punished them: but they rose early, [and] corrupted all their doings.
2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
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- their spot:
- etc. or, that they are not his children, that is their blot,
John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, [even] God.
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- a perverse:
Deuteronomy 9:24 Ye have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.
Psalms 78:8 And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation [that] set not their heart aright, and whose spirit was not stedfast with God.
Isaiah 1:4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.
Matthew 3:7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
Matthew 16:4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeketh after a sign; and there shall no sign be given unto it, but the sign of the prophet Jonas. And he left them, and departed.
Matthew 17:17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.
Luke 9:41 And Jesus answering said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you, and suffer you? Bring thy son hither.
Acts 7:51 Ye stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost: as your fathers [did], so [do] ye.
Philippians 2:15 That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
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