Deuteronomy 32:29

In 11 translations

BSB

If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.

KJV

O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

WEB

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!

ASV

Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

LSV

If only they were wise, || They would deal wisely [with] this, || They would attend to their latter end!

YLT

If they were wise — They deal wisely [with] this; They attend to their latter end:

DBY

Oh that they had been wise! they would have understood this, They would have considered their latter end!

DRC

O that they would be wise and would understand, and would provide for their last end.

GNV

Oh that they were wise, then they would vnderstand this: they would consider their latter ende.

JPS

If they were wise, they would understand this, they would discern their latter end.

LXXE

They had not sense to understand: let them reserve these things against the time to come.

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Original-language editions

WLC

ל֥וּ חָכְמ֖וּ יַשְׂכִּ֣ילוּ זֹ֑את יָבִ֖ינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָֽם׃

LXX-Br

Οὐκ ἐφρόνησαν συνιέναι· ταῦτα καταδεξάσθωσαν εἰς τὸν ἐπιόντα χρόνον.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Psalms 81:13If only My people would listen to Me, if Israel would follow My ways,
• Deuteronomy 5:29If only they had such a heart to fear Me and keep all My commandments always, so that it might be well with them and with their children forever.
• Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
• Luke 19:41–42As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes.
• Psalms 107:43Let him who is wise pay heed to these things and consider the loving devotion of the LORD.
• Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
• Luke 16:19–25Now there was a rich man dressed in purple and fine linen, who lived each day in joyous splendor. And a beggar named Lazarus lay at his gate, covered with sores and longing to be fed with the crumbs that fell from the…
• Isaiah 10:3What will you do on the day of reckoning when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help? Where will you leave your wealth?
• Isaiah 48:18–19If only you had paid attention to My commandments, your peace would have been like a river, and your righteousness like waves of the sea. Your descendants would have been as countless as the sand, and your offspring as…
• Isaiah 47:7You said, ‘I will be queen forever.’ You did not take these things to heart or consider their outcome.
• Jeremiah 17:11Like a partridge hatching eggs it did not lay is the man who makes a fortune unjustly. In the middle of his days his riches will desert him, and in the end he will be the fool.”
• Lamentations 1:9Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
• Psalms 107:15Let them give thanks to the LORD for His loving devotion and His wonders to the sons of men.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

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