Deuteronomy 29:24

Complete Jewish Bible

People will answer, ‘It's because they abandoned the covenant of Adonai , the God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them out of the land of Egypt.

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger?’

Hebrew Names Version
even all the nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?

King James Version
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Lexham English Bible
And all the nations will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done such a thing to this land? What caused the fierceness of this great anger?'

English Standard Version
all the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?'

New Century Version
All the other nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done this to the land? Why is he so angry?"

New English Translation
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"

Amplified Bible
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

New American Standard Bible
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done all this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

Geneva Bible (1587)
Then shall all nations say, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this lande? how fierce is this great wrath?

Legacy Standard Bible
And all the nations will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? Why this great burning anger?'

Contemporary English Version
People from other nations will ask, "Why did the Lord destroy this country? Why was he so furious?"

Darby Translation
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?

Easy-to-Read Version
"All the other nations will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to this land? Why was he so angry?'

George Lamsa Translation
And all the nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? And why has his anger kindled so much?

Good News Translation
Then the whole world will ask, ‘Why did the Lord do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'

Literal Translation
And all the nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger?

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Then shall all nacions saye: Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this londe? What greate wrothfull displeasure is this?

American Standard Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Bible in Basic English
Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?

Bishop's Bible (1568)
Euen then shal all nations say: Wherfore hath the Lord done on this fashion vnto this lande? O howe fierse is this great wrath?

JPS Old Testament (1917)
then men shall say: 'Because they forsook the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them forth out of the land of Egypt;

King James Version (1611)
Euen al nations shal say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus vnto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

English Revised Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Berean Standard Bible
All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And alle folkis schulen seie, Whi dide the Lord so to this lond? What is the greet ire of his stronge veniaunce?

Young's Literal Translation
yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

Update Bible Version
even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what [is the meaning of] the heat of this great anger?

Webster's Bible Translation
Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger?

World English Bible
even all the nations shall say, Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?

New King James Version
All nations would say, "Why has the LORD done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?'

New Living Translation
"And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was he so angry?'

New Life Bible
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why was He so angry?'

New Revised Standard
they and indeed all the nations will wonder, "Why has the Lord done thus to this land? What caused this great display of anger?"

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

Revised Standard Version
yea, all the nations would say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What means the heat of this great anger?'

THE MESSAGE
All the nations will ask, "Why did God do this to this country? What on earth could have made him this angry?"

New American Standard Bible (1995)
"All the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?'

Contextual Overview

¹⁰ along with your little ones, your wives and your foreigners here with you in your camp, from the one who chops your wood to the one who draws your water. ¹¹ The purpose is that you should enter into the covenant of Adonai your God and into his oath which Adonai your God is making with you today, ¹² (LY: ii) so that he can establish you today for himself as a people, and so that for you he will be God — as he said to you and as he swore to your ancestors, to Avraham, Yitz'chak and Ya‘akov. ¹³ "But I am not making this covenant and this oath only with you. ¹⁴ Rather, I am making it both with him who is standing here with us today before Adonai our God and also with him who is not here with us today. ¹⁵ (LY: iii) For you know how we lived in the land of Egypt and how we came directly through the nations you passed through; ¹⁶ and you saw their detestable things and their idols of wood, stone, silver and gold that they had with them. ¹⁷ So let there not be among you a man, woman, family or tribe whose heart turns away today from Adonai our God to go and serve the gods of those nations. Let there not be among you a root bearing such bitter poison and wormwood. ¹⁸ If there is such a person, when he hears the words of this curse, he will bless himself secretly, saying to himself, ‘I will be all right, even though I will stubbornly keep doing whatever I feel like doing; so that I, although "dry," [sinful,] will be added to the "watered" [righteous].' ¹⁹ But Adonai will not forgive him. Rather, the anger and jealousy of Adonai will blaze up against that person. Every curse written in this book will be upon him. Adonai will blot out his name from under heaven.

Bible Verse Review
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1 Kings 9:8, 1 Kings 9:9, 2 Chronicles 7:21, 2 Chronicles 7:22, Jeremiah 22:8, Jeremiah 22:9, Lamentations 2:15-17, Lamentations 4:12, Ezekiel 14:23, Romans 2:5

Reciprocal: Exodus 11:8 - a great anger Leviticus 26:32 - and your Deuteronomy 31:17 - Are not these Judges 6:13 - why then Judges 21:3 - why is 1 Samuel 4:3 - Wherefore 1 Kings 14:15 - this good land 2 Kings 18:12 - they obeyed not 2 Kings 22:17 - have forsaken 2 Chronicles 6:36 - thou be angry 2 Chronicles 28:6 - because Ezra 5:12 - he gave Job 18:20 - astonied Psalms 18:8 - went Isaiah 23:8 - Who hath Jeremiah 5:19 - Wherefore Jeremiah 6:18 - hear Jeremiah 16:10 - Wherefore Jeremiah 40:2 - The Lord Ezekiel 5:15 - an instruction Ezekiel 12:16 - and they Ezekiel 20:48 - General Ezekiel 21:5 - all Ezekiel 22:4 - have I Ezekiel 32:10 - amazed Amos 3:9 - and behold

Cross-References

Genesis 16:1
Now Sarai Avram's wife had not borne him a child. But she had an Egyptian slave-girl named Hagar;

Genesis 24:59
So they sent their sister Rivkah away, with her nurse, Avraham's servant and his men.

Genesis 29:9
While he was still speaking with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep, because she took care of them.

Genesis 29:12
Ya‘akov told Rachel that he was her father's relative, and that he was Rivkah's son; and she ran and told her father.

Genesis 46:18
These were the children of Zilpah, whom Lavan gave to Le'ah his daughter; she bore them to Ya‘akov — sixteen people.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even all nations shall say,.... For the destruction of this land, and the people of it, would be, as it has been, so very great and awful, and so very remarkable and surprising, that the fame of it would be heard among all the nations of the world, as it has been; who, upon hearing the sad report of it, would ask the following questions:

wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? so distinguished from all others for the fruitfulness and pleasantness of it; the people, the inhabitants of which, he chose, above all others, to be a special and peculiar people; and where he had a temple built for him, and where he had his residence, and worship used to be given unto him:

what [meaneth] the heat of this great anger? what is the reason of his stirring up his fierce wrath, and causing it to burn in so furious a manner? surely it must be something very horrible and provoking indeed!