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Deuteronomy 32:30–31

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30How could one chase a thousand

and two could cause a myriad to flee,

if their Rock had not sold them,

and Yahweh had not given them up?

31For the fact of the matter is,

their rock is not like our Rock,

and our enemies recognizeg this.

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Footnotes

  1. gThe meaning of this expression is uncertain, but “discerns” or “judges” seem good choices; see HALOT 932, which allows for “judges” or “in the estimation of our enemies”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

How could one have chased a thousand,

and two have put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

and the Lord had given them up?

For their rock is not as our Rock;

our enemies are by themselves.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

How could one man chase a thousand,

or two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the Lord had given them up?

For their rock is not like our Rock,

as even our enemies concede.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

How could one pursue a thousand,

or two put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the Lord had given them up?

But their “rock” is not like our Rock,

as even our enemies concede.

NLTNew Living Translation

How could one person chase a thousand of them,

and two people put ten thousand to flight,

unless their Rock had sold them,

unless the Lord had given them up?

But the rock of our enemies is not like our Rock,

as even they recognize.

KJV 1900King James Version

How should one chase a thousand,

And two put ten thousand to flight,

Except their Rock had sold them,

And the Lord had shut them up?

For their rock is not as our Rock,

Even our enemies themselves being judges.