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Deuteronomy 32:5

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32:5His people have been unfaithful5 to him;

they have not acted like his children6—this is their sin.7

They are a perverse8 and deceitful generation.

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Footnotes

  1. 5 The 3rd person masculine singular שָׁחַת (shakhat) is rendered as 3rd person masculine plural by , a reading supported by the plural suffix on מוּם (mum, “defect”) as well as the plural of בֵּן (ben, “sons”). Heb “have acted corruptly” (so , , ); “have dealt falsely.”
  2. 6 Heb “(they are) not his sons.”
  3. 7 Heb “defect” (so ). This highly elliptical line suggests that Israel’s major fault was its failure to act like God’s people; in fact, they acted quite the contrary.
  4. 8 Heb “twisted,” “crooked.” See Ps 18:26.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They have dealt corruptly with him;

they are no longer his children because they are blemished;

they are a crooked and twisted generation.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They are corrupt and not his children;

to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

His people have acted corruptly toward him;

this is their defect—they are not his children

but a devious and crooked generation.

NLTNew Living Translation

“But they have acted corruptly toward him;

when they act so perversely,

are they really his children?

They are a deceitful and twisted generation.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They have behaved corruptly toward him;

they are not his children; this is their flaw,

a generation crooked and perverse.

KJV 1900King James Version

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children:

They are a perverse and crooked generation.