Deuteronomy 32:28
Modern Translations
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 Study Bible
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

King James 2000 Bible
For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.

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

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

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

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

A Faithful Version
For they are a nation without wisdom; neither is there any understanding in them.

Darby Bible Translation
For they are a nation void of counsel, And understanding is not in them.

English Revised Version
For they are a nation void of counsel, And 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.

Early Modern
Geneva Bible of 1587
For they are a nation voide of counsel, neither is there any vnderstanding in them.

Bishops' Bible of 1568
For it is a nation voyde of counsayle, neither is there any vnderstandyng in them.

Coverdale Bible of 1535
For it is a people, wherin is no councell, and there is no vnderstondinge in them.

Tyndale Bible of 1526
For it is a nacion that hath an vnhappy forcast, and hath no vnderstonge in them.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
For they [are] a nation lost to counsels, "" And 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.

Smith's Literal Translation
For they a nation destroying counsels, And no understanding in them.

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

Catholic Public Domain Version
They are a nation without counsel and without prudence.

Translations from Aramaic
Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Because it is a people whose counsel is destroyed and they have no understanding in them.

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

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

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
















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