Deuteronomy 31:17

31:17 At that time20 my anger will erupt against them21 and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome22 them23 so that they24 will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters25 overcome us26 because our27 God is not among us28?’

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20	tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.
21	tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
22	tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”
23	tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
24	tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.
25	tn Heb “evils.”
26	tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.
27	tn Heb “my.”
28	tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.