Deuteronomy 32:5
Strong's Lexicon
[His people] have acted corruptly
שִׁחֵ֥ת (ši·ḥêṯ)
Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7843: 1) to destroy, corrupt, go to ruin, decay 1a) (Niphal) to be marred, be spoiled, be corrupted, be corrupt, be injured, be ruined, be rotted 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to spoil, ruin 1b2) to pervert, corrupt, deal corruptly (morally) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to spoil, ruin, destroy 1c2) to pervert, corrupt (morally) 1c3) destroyer (participle) 1d) (Hophal) spoiled, ruined (participle)

toward Him;
ל֛וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew :

their spot [is]
מוּמָ֑ם (mū·mām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3971: 1) blemish, spot, defect 1a) of physical defect 1b) of moral stain

not
לֹ֖א ()
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time)

that of His children,
בָּנָ֣יו (bā·nāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1121: 1) son, grandson, child, member of a group 1a) son, male child 1b) grandson 1c) children (pl. - male and female) 1d) youth, young men (pl.) 1e) young (of animals) 1f) sons (as characterisation, i.e. sons of injustice [for un- righteous men] or sons of God [for angels] 1g) people (of a nation) (pl.) 1h) of lifeless things, i.e. sparks, stars, arrows (fig.) 1i) a member of a guild, order, class

but of a perverse
עִקֵּ֖שׁ (‘iq·qêš)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6141: 1) twisted, distorted, crooked, perverse, perverted

and crooked
וּפְתַלְתֹּֽל׃ (ū·p̄ə·ṯal·tōl)
Conjunctive waw | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6618: 1) twisted, tortuous

generation.
דּ֥וֹר (dō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1755: 1) period, generation, habitation, dwelling 1a) period, age, generation (period of time) 1b) generation (those living during a period) 1c) generation (characterised by quality, condition, class of men) 1d) dwelling-place, habitation

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

Young's Literal Translation
It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons’, A generation perverse and crooked!

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; this is their defect  — they are not His children but a devious and crooked generation.

New American Standard Bible
"They have acted corruptly toward Him, [They are] not His children, because of their defect; [But are] a perverse and crooked generation.

King James Bible
They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
They are corrupt and not his children; to their shame they are a warped and crooked generation.

New Living Translation
"But they have acted corruptly toward him; when they act so perversely, are they really his children? They are a deceitful and twisted generation.

English Standard Version
They have dealt corruptly with him; they are no longer his children because they are blemished; they are a crooked and twisted generation.

New American Standard Bible
"They have acted corruptly toward Him, They are not His children, because of their defect; But are a perverse and crooked generation.

King James Bible
They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His people have acted corruptly toward Him; this is their defect--they are not His children but a devious and crooked generation.

International Standard Version
But those who are not his children acted corruptly against him; they are a defective and perverted generation.

NET Bible
His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children--this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.

American Standard Version
They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.

English Revised Version
They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.

Young's Literal Translation
It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!
















Cross References
Matthew 17:17
Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him hither to me.

Acts 2:40
And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.

Philippians 2:15
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;

Numbers 23:21
He hath not beheld iniquity in Jacob, neither hath he seen perverseness in Israel: the LORD his God is with him, and the shout of a king is among them.

Deuteronomy 4:25
When thou shalt beget children, and children's children, and ye shall have remained long in the land, and shall corrupt yourselves, and make a graven image, or the likeness of any thing, and shall do evil in the sight of the LORD thy God, to provoke him to anger:

Deuteronomy 31:29
For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because ye will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.

Deuteronomy 32:20
And he said, I will hide my face from them, I will see what their end shall be: for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith.

Proverbs 8:8
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

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 32:4
He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.

Deuteronomy 32:3
Because I will publish the name of the LORD: ascribe ye greatness unto our God.
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