Deuteronomy 32:26
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
American King James Version (AKJV)
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
American Standard Version (ASV)
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
Basic English Translation (BBE)
I said I would send them wandering far away, I would make all memory of them go from the minds of men:
Webster's Revision
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
World English Bible
I said, I would scatter them afar. I would make the memory of them to cease from among men;
English Revised Version (ERV)
I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
Barnes's Deuteronomy 32:26 Bible Commentary
Rather, I would utterly disperse them, etc., were it not that I apprehended the provocation of the enemy, i. e., that I should be provoked to wrath when the enemy ascribed the overthrow of Israel to his own prowess and not to my judgments. Compare Deuteronomy 9:28-29; Ezekiel 20:9, Ezekiel 20:14, Ezekiel 20:22.
Behave themselves strangely - Rather, misunderstand it, i. e., mistake the cause of Israel's ruin.
