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Deuteronomy 32:21–22

21  bThey have made me jealous with what is no god;

they have provoked me to anger cwith their idols.

So dI will make them jealous with those who are no people;

I will provoke them to anger with ea foolish nation.

22  For fa fire is kindled by my anger,

and it burns to gthe depths of Sheol,

devours the earth and its increase,

and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

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Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — The New International Version (NIV)

21 They made me jealous by what is no god

and angered me with their worthless idols.

I will make them envious by those who are not a people;

I will make them angry by a nation that has no understanding.

22 For a fire will be kindled by my wrath,

one that burns down to the realm of the dead below.

It will devour the earth and its harvests

and set afire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

21 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.

22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger,

And shall burn unto the lowest hell,

And shall consume the earth with her increase,

And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — New Living Translation (NLT)

21 They have roused my jealousy by worshiping things that are not God;

they have provoked my anger with their useless idols.

Now I will rouse their jealousy through people who are not even a people;

I will provoke their anger through the foolish Gentiles.

22 For my anger blazes forth like fire

and burns to the depths of the grave.

It devours the earth and all its crops

and ignites the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

21 They have provoked Me to jealousy by what is not God;

They have moved Me to anger by their foolish idols.

But I will provoke them to jealousy by those who are not a nation;

I will move them to anger by a foolish nation.

22 For a fire is kindled in My anger,

And shall burn to the lowest hell;

It shall consume the earth with her increase,

And set on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — New Century Version (NCV)

21 They used things that are not gods to make me jealous

and worthless idols to make me angry.

So I will use those who are not a nation to make them jealous;

I will use a nation that does not understand to make them angry.

22 My anger has started a fire

that burns down to the place of the dead.

It will burn up the ground and its crops,

and it will set fire to the base of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — American Standard Version (ASV)

21 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 that are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation.

22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger,

And burneth unto the lowest Sheol,

And devoureth the earth with its increase,

And setteth on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

21 They have moved me to jealousy with that which is no •God; They have exasperated me with their vanities; And I will move them to jealousy with that which is not a people; With a foolish nation will I provoke them to anger. 22 For a fire is kindled in mine anger, And it shall burn into the lowest Sheol, And shall consume the earth and its produce, And set fire to the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

21 They made him furious because they worshiped foreign gods 

and angered him because they worshiped worthless idols. 

So I will use those who are not my people to make them jealous 

and a nation of godless fools to make them angry. 

22 My anger has started a fire 

that will burn to the depths of hell. 

It will consume the earth and its crops 

and set the foundations of the mountains on fire. 

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

21 They have provoked My jealousy

with their so-called gods;

they have enraged Me with their worthless idols.

So I will provoke their jealousy

with an inferior people;

I will enrage them with a foolish nation.

22 For fire has been kindled because of My anger

and burns to the depths of Sheol;

it devours the land and its produce,

and scorches the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

21 They made me jealous with what is no god,

provoked me with their idols.

So I will make them jealous with what is no people,

provoke them with a foolish nation.

22 For a fire is kindled by my anger,

and burns to the depths of Sheol;

it devours the earth and its increase,

and sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

21 They annoyed me with what is not a god;

they provoked me with their idols.

So I will make them jealous with those not a people,

with a foolish nation I will provoke them.

22 For a fire was kindled by my anger,

and it burned up to the depths of Sheol,

and it devoured the earth and its produce,

and it set afire the foundation of the mountains.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

21 They made me jealous by serving what is not even a god.

They made me angry by worshiping worthless statues of gods.

I will use people who are not a nation to make them jealous.

I will use a nation that has no understanding to make them angry.

22 My anger has started a fire.

It burns down to the kingdom of the dead.

It will eat up the earth and its crops.

It will set the base of the mountains on fire.

Deuteronomy 32:21–22 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

21 ‘They have made Me jealous with what is not God;

They have provoked Me to anger with their idols.

So I will make them jealous with those who are not a people;

I will provoke them to anger with a foolish nation,

22 For a fire is kindled in My anger,

And burns to the lowest part of Sheol,

And consumes the earth with its yield,

And sets on fire the foundations of the mountains.


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