Deuteronomy 32:28
Strong's Lexicon
כִּי־ (kî-)
Conjunction
Strong's Hebrew 3588: 1) that, for, because, when, as though, as, because that, but, then, certainly, except, surely, since 1a) that 1a1) yea, indeed 1b) when (of time) 1b1) when, if, though (with a concessive force) 1c) because, since (causal connection) 1d) but (after negative) 1e) that if, for if, indeed if, for though, but if 1f) but rather, but 1g) except that 1h) only, nevertheless 1i) surely 1j) that is 1k) but if 1l) for though 1m) forasmuch as, for therefore

Israel
הֵ֑מָּה (hêm·māh)
Pronoun - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 1992: 1) they, these, the same, who

is a nation
ג֛וֹי (ḡō·w)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1471: n m 1) nation, people 1a) nation, people 1a1) usually of non-Hebrew people 1a2) of descendants of Abraham 1a3) of Israel 1b) of swarm of locusts, other animals (fig.) n pr m 1c) Goyim? = 'nations'

devoid
אֹבַ֥ד (’ō·ḇaḏ)
Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 6: 1) perish, vanish, go astray, be destroyed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) perish, die, be exterminated 1a2) perish, vanish (fig.) 1a3) be lost, strayed 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to destroy, kill, cause to perish, to give up (as lost), exterminate 1b2) to blot out, do away with, cause to vanish, (fig.) 1b3) cause to stray, lose 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to destroy, put to death 1c1a) of divine judgment 1c2) object name of kings (fig.)

of counsel
עֵצ֖וֹת (‘ê·ṣō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6098: 1) counsel, advice, purpose

with no
וְאֵ֥ין (wə·’ên)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: 1) nothing, not, nought n 1a) nothing, nought neg 1b) not 1c) to have not (of possession) adv 1d) without w/prep 1e) for lack of

understanding
תְּבוּנָֽה׃ (tə·ḇū·nāh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8394: 1) understanding, intelligence 1a) the act of understanding 1a1) skill 1b) the faculty of understanding 1b1) intelligence, understanding, insight 1c) the object of knowledge 1d) teacher (personification)

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

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

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

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

New American Standard Bible
"For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

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

New American Standard Bible
"For they are a nation lacking in counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

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

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

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.

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

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
















Cross References
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?

Isaiah 27:11
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.

Deuteronomy 1:1
These be the words which Moses spake unto all Israel on this side Jordan in the wilderness, in the plain over against the Red sea, between Paran, and Tophel, and Laban, and Hazeroth, and Dizahab.

Deuteronomy 32:27
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the LORD hath not done all this.

Deuteronomy 32:26
I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:

Deuteronomy 32:25
The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs.

Deuteronomy 32:29
O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

Deuteronomy 32:30
How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?

Deuteronomy 32:31
For their rock is not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves being judges.
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