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Deuteronomy 4:27–28

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27And Yahweh will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in numberr among the nations to where Yahweh will lead you.s 28And you will there serve gods made by human hands,t of wood and stone, gods that cannot see and cannot hear and cannot eat and cannot smell.

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Footnotes

  1. rLiterally “people of number,” as opposed to people without number
  2. sLiterally “he will lead Yahweh you there”
  3. tLiterally “the work of the hands of human”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

And the Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the Lord will drive you. And there you will serve gods of wood and stone, the work of human hands, that neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the Lord will drive you. There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you. There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see, hear, eat, or smell.

NLTNew Living Translation

For the Lord will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive. There, in a foreign land, you will worship idols made from wood and stone—gods that neither see nor hear nor eat nor smell.

KJV 1900King James Version

And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you. And there ye shall serve gods, the work of men’s hands, wood and stone, which neither see, nor hear, nor eat, nor smell.