Deuteronomy 32:28

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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.	For they [are] a nation void of counsel, neither [is there any] understanding in them.	O that they were wise, [that] they understood this, [that] they would consider their latter end!

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

For they are a nation^H1471 void^H6 of counsel^H6098, neither is there any understanding^H8394 in them.

Original Hebrew

כִּי־גֹוי אֹבַד עֵצֹות הֵמָּה וְאֵין בָּהֶם תְּבוּנָה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
כִּי	ki-	H3588	HC	for
ג֛וֹי	Goy	H1471	HNcmsa	(are) a nation
אֹבַ֥ד	'o.Vad	H6	HVqrmsc	perishing
עֵצ֖וֹת	e.Tzot	H6098	HNcfpa	of counsel(s)
הֵ֑מָּה	He.mah	H1992	HPp3mp	they
וְ/אֵ֥ין	ve./'Ein	H369	HC/Tn	and/ there not
בָּ/הֶ֖ם	ba./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	in (the)/ them
תְּבוּנָֽה	te.vu.Nah	H8394	HNcfsa	(is) understanding

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

H6 — אָבַד (ʼâbad, aw-bad'): a primitive root; properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy); break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.
H1471 — גּוֹי (gôwy, go'-ee): rarely (shortened) גֹּי; apparently from the same root as גֵּוָה (in the sense of massing); a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locusts; Gentile, heathen, nation, people.
H6098 — עֵצָה (ʻêtsâh, ay-tsaw'): from יָעַץ; advice; by implication, plan; also prudence; advice, advisement, counsel(l-(or)), purpose.
H8394 — תָּבוּן (tâbûwn, taw-boon'): and (feminine) תְּבוּנָה; or תּוֹבֻנָה; from בִּין; intelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice; discretion, reason, skilfulness, understanding, wisdom.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

H369 — אַיִן (ʼayin, ah'-yin): as if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle; else, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare אַיִן.
H1992 — הֵם (hêm, haym): or (prolonged) הֵמָּה; masculine plural from הֲלַךְ; they (only used when emphatic); it, like, [idiom] (how, so) many (soever, more as) they (be), (the) same, [idiom] so, [idiom] such, their, them, these, they, those, which, who, whom, withal, ye.
H3588 — כִּי (kîy, kee): a primitive particle (the full form of the prepositional prefix) indicating causal relations of all kinds, antecedent or consequent; (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed; and, + (forasmuch, inasmuch, where-) as, assured(-ly), + but, certainly, doubtless, + else, even, + except, for, how, (because, in, so, than) that, + nevertheless, now, rightly, seeing, since, surely, then, therefore, + (al-) though, + till, truly, + until, when, whether, while, whom, yea, yet.

Cross References

Reciprocal references (2): Psalms 106:7, Isaiah 1:3

Related Topics

Thompson Chain: DISCERNMENT-DULLNESS
Nave’s: BACKSLIDERS, BLINDNESS, DEATH, INSTRUCTION, JUDGMENTS, PSALMS

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