Deuteronomy 32:27
if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the Lord who did all this.’”
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.
Note Our…: or, Our high hand, and not the LORDhath done
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted; the Lord has not done all this.’”
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
Read Deuteronomy 32 in context
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- lest their
- 1 Samuel 12:22; Isaiah 37:28, 29, 35; Isaiah 47:7; Jeremiah 19:4; Lamentations 1:9; Ezekiel 20:13, 14; Ezekiel 20:20–22; Zechariah 1:14, 15
- they should
- Exodus 32:12; Numbers 14:15, 16; Joshua 7:9; Psalm 115:1, 2; Psalm 140:8; Isaiah 10:8–15; Isaiah 37:10, 12–23; Daniel 4:30–37