Deuteronomy 32:28
New International Version
They are a nation without sense, there is no discernment in them.

New Living Translation
“But Israel is a senseless nation; the people are foolish, without understanding.

English Standard Version
“For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them.

Berean Standard Bible
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

King James Bible
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

New King James Version
“For they are a nation void of counsel, Nor is there any understanding in them.

New American Standard Bible
“For they are a nation destitute of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

NASB 1995
“For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

NASB 1977
“For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

Legacy Standard Bible
“For they are a nation where counsel perishes, And there is no discernment in them.

Amplified Bible
“For they are a nation devoid of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

Christian Standard Bible
Israel is a nation lacking sense with no understanding at all.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Israel is a nation lacking sense with no understanding at all.

American Standard Version
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Because it is a people whose counsel is destroyed and they have no understanding in them.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
It is a nation that has lost counsel, neither is there understanding in them.

Contemporary English Version
People of Israel, that's what the LORD has said to you. But you don't have good sense, and you never listen to advice.

Douay-Rheims Bible
They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom.

English Revised Version
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My people have lost their good sense. They are not able to understand.

Good News Translation
"Israel is a nation without sense; they have no wisdom at all.

International Standard Version
They are a nation devoid of purpose and without insight.

JPS Tanakh 1917
For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

Literal Standard Version
For they [are] a nation lost to counsels, | And there is no understanding in them.

Majority Standard Bible
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

New American Bible
For they are a nation devoid of reason, having no understanding.

NET Bible
They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.

New Revised Standard Version
They are a nation void of sense; there is no understanding in them.

New Heart English Bible
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.

Webster's Bible Translation
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

World English Bible
For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.

Young's Literal Translation
For a nation lost to counsels are they, And there is no understanding in them.

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Context
The Song of Moses
27if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’ ” 28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them. 29If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:6
Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you?

Isaiah 27:11
When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.


Treasury of Scripture

For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

Deuteronomy 32:6
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?

Job 28:28
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Psalm 81:12
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

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Deuteronomy 32
1. Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance
46. He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it
48. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die














(28) Void of counsel.--Literally, perishing in counsels, or, perhaps, spoiling the plans of Jehovah. Yet they said, "Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet" (Jeremiah 18:18).



Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Israel
הֵ֑מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's 1992: They

is a nation
ג֛וֹי (ḡō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

devoid
אֹבַ֥ד (’ō·ḇaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish

of counsel
עֵצ֖וֹת (‘ê·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 6098: Advice, plan, prudence

with no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

understanding
תְּבוּנָֽה׃ (tə·ḇū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 8394: Intelligence, an argument, caprice

among them.
בָּהֶ֖ם (bā·hem)
Preposition | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew


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