Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Is this the way you repay the LORD, you foolish and unwise people? Is he not your Father, your Creator, who made you and formed you? New Living Translation Is this the way you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father who created you? Has he not made you and established you? English Standard Version Do you thus repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you? Berean Standard Bible Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? King James Bible 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? New King James Version Do you thus deal with the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father, who bought you? Has He not made you and established you? New American Standard Bible “Is this what you do to the LORD, You foolish and unwise people? Is He not your Father who has purchased you? He has made you and established you. NASB 1995 “Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. NASB 1977 “Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. Legacy Standard Bible Do you thus repay Yahweh, O people who are wickedly foolish and without wisdom? Is not He your Father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. Amplified Bible “Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is not He your Father who has acquired you [as His own]? He has made you and established you [as a nation]. Christian Standard Bible Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t he your Father and Creator? Didn’t he make you and sustain you? Holman Christian Standard Bible Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and senseless people? Isn’t He your Father and Creator? Didn’t He make you and sustain you? American Standard Version Do ye thus requite Jehovah, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee. Contemporary English Version Israel, the LORD is your Father, the one who created you, but you repaid him by being foolish. English Revised Version Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee. GOD'S WORD® Translation Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish and silly people? Isn't he your Father and Owner, who made you and formed you? Good News Translation Is this the way you should treat the LORD, you foolish, senseless people? He is your father, your Creator, he made you into a nation. International Standard Version This is not the way to repay the LORD, is it, you foolish and witless people? Is he not your father, who bought you, formed you, and established you? Majority Standard Bible Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? NET Bible Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your creator? He has made you and established you. New Heart English Bible Do you thus requite the LORD, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you. Webster's Bible Translation 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? World English Bible Is this the way you repay Yahweh, foolish and unwise people? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you and established you. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionDo you act thus to YHWH, "" O people foolish and not wise? Is He not your Father—He who bought you? He made you, and establishes you. Young's Literal Translation To Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father -- thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee. Smith's Literal Translation To Jehovah will ye recompense this, A people foolish and not wise? He thy father: did he not buy thee? He made thee, and he will protect thee. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleIs this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee? Catholic Public Domain Version How can this be the return you would offer to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is he himself not your Father, who has possessed you, and made you, and created you? New American Bible Is this how you repay the LORD, so foolish and unwise a people? Is he not your father who begot you, the one who made and established you? New Revised Standard Version Do you thus repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he your father, who created you, who made you and established you? Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleAre these the things that you return unto the LORD, O foolish and unwise people? Is he not your father who has redeemed you? Has he not made you and established you? Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Do you pay these things to LORD JEHOVAH? You are foolish people and are not wise! Was he not your father who possessed you, and he made you and he fashioned you? OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not He thy father that hath gotten thee? Hath He not made thee, and established thee? Brenton Septuagint Translation Do ye thus recompense the Lord? is the people thus foolish and unwise? did not he himself thy father purchase thee, and make thee, and form thee? Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Song of Moses…5His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation. 6Is this how you repay the LORD, O foolish and senseless people? Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? 7Remember the days of old; consider the years long past. Ask your father, and he will tell you, your elders, and they will inform you.… Cross References Isaiah 1:2-4 Listen, O heavens, and give ear, O earth, for the LORD has spoken: “I have raised children and brought them up, but they have rebelled against Me. / The ox knows its owner, and the donkey its master’s manger, but Israel does not know; My people do not understand.” / Alas, O sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a brood of evildoers, children who act corruptly! They have forsaken the LORD; they have despised the Holy One of Israel and turned their backs on Him. Malachi 1:6 “A son honors his father, and a servant his master. But if I am a father, where is My honor? And if I am a master, where is your fear of Me?” says the LORD of Hosts to you priests who despise My name. “But you ask, ‘How have we despised Your name?’ Isaiah 63:16 Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name. Jeremiah 3:19 Then I said, ‘How I long to make you My sons and give you a desirable land, the most beautiful inheritance of all the nations!’ I thought you would call Me ‘Father’ and never turn away from following Me. Hosea 11:1-4 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called My son. / But the more I called Israel, the farther they departed from Me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to carved images. / It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms, but they never realized that it was I who healed them. ... Psalm 78:8-11 Then they will not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, whose heart was not loyal, whose spirit was not faithful to God. / The archers of Ephraim turned back on the day of battle. / They failed to keep God’s covenant and refused to live by His law. ... Psalm 103:13 As a father has compassion on his children, so the LORD has compassion on those who fear Him. Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; we are the clay, and You are the potter; we are all the work of Your hand. Jeremiah 2:5-7 This is what the LORD says: “What fault did your fathers find in Me that they strayed so far from Me? They followed worthless idols, and became worthless themselves. / They did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD who brought us up from the land of Egypt, who led us through the wilderness, through a land of deserts and pits, a land of drought and darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’ / I brought you into a fertile land to eat its fruit and bounty, but you came and defiled My land and made My inheritance detestable. Psalm 95:6-7 O come, let us worship and bow down; let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. / For He is our God, and we are the people of His pasture, the sheep under His care. Today, if you hear His voice, Matthew 6:9 So then, this is how you should pray: ‘Our Father in heaven, hallowed be Your name. John 1:12-13 But to all who did receive Him, to those who believed in His name, He gave the right to become children of God— / children born not of blood, nor of the desire or will of man, but born of God. Romans 8:14-17 For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. / For you did not receive a spirit of slavery that returns you to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption to sonship, by whom we cry, “Abba! Father!” / The Spirit Himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children. ... 1 John 3:1 Behold what manner of love the Father has given to us, that we should be called children of God. And that is what we are! The reason the world does not know us is that it did not know Him. Ephesians 1:5 He predestined us for adoption as His sons through Jesus Christ, according to the good pleasure of His will, Treasury of Scripture Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you? requite Deuteronomy 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee. Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me. 2 Corinthians 5:14,15 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: … O foolish Psalm 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name. Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge. Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not: thy father Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn: Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting. Luke 15:18-20 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, … hath brought Exodus 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased. Psalm 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt. Isaiah 43:3,4 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee… made thee Job 10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me. Psalm 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker. Psalm 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Jump to Previous Act Bought Created Creator Establish Established Life Possessor Repay Requite Senseless Unwise Way WiseJump to Next Act Bought Created Creator Establish Established Life Possessor Repay Requite Senseless Unwise Way WiseDeuteronomy 32 1. Moses' song, which sets forth God's mercy and vengeance46. He exhorts them to set their hearts upon it 48. God sends him up to mount Nebo to see the land, and to die Is this how you repay the LORD The phrase challenges the Israelites' response to God's faithfulness. The Hebrew word for "repay" (גָּמַל, gamal) implies a return or recompense, often used in contexts of reward or punishment. Historically, this reflects Israel's tendency to forget God's past deliverances and blessings, despite His covenantal faithfulness. The rhetorical question underscores the ingratitude and spiritual amnesia of the people, urging them to reflect on their actions in light of God's unwavering commitment. O foolish and unwise people Is He not your Father and Creator? Has He not made you and established you? A people foolish and unwise! Is not He thy Father that hath gotten thee? He made thee and establisheth thee." The first line is an exclamatory question. A question and an exclamation have the same name in the Rabbinical writings. "Hath gotten" in the third line is the same expression which Eve used (in Genesis 4:1) at the birth of Cain, and occurs also in that magnificent saying in the history of Wisdom, Proverbs 8:22, "The Lord begat me (as) the beginning of his way." Verses 6, 7. - Instead of gratefully acknowledging the Divine beneficence, and dutifully obeying the Divine will, Israel had perversely and foolishly requited the Lord for all his benefits, by apostasy from him. Do ye thus requite? The verb here signifies primarily to do to any one either good or evil, whether in return for what he has done or not (cf. Genesis 1:15; 1 Samuel 24:18; Proverbs 3:30); then, as a secondary meaning, to reward, repay, requite, as here and Psalm 18:21. To bring more forcibly to their view the ingratitude and folly of their conduct, Moses dwells upon what God was and had been to the nation: their Father, in that he had, in his love, chosen, them to be his people (cf. Isaiah 63:16; Isaiah 64:7; Malachi 2:10); their Purchaser, who had acquired possession of them by delivering them out of Egypt (cf. Psalm 74:2); their Maker, who had constituted them a nation; and their Establisher, by whom they had been conducted through the wilderness and settled in Canaan. Days of old; the times of Israel's deliverance from bondage, and the times during which successive generations had lived and experienced the goodness of the Lord. The form of the word rendered "days" is poetical, and is found only here and in Psalm 90:15, which is also ascribed to Moses. The years of many generations; literally, years of generation and generation; "aetatum singularum annos" (Rosenmüller).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Is thisזֹ֔את (zōṯ) Pronoun - feminine singular Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that, how you repay תִּגְמְלוּ־ (tiḡ·mə·lū-) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's 1580: To deal fully or adequately with, deal out to, wean, ripen the LORD, הֲ־ (hă-) Interrogative Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel O foolish נָבָ֖ל (nā·ḇāl) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5036: Foolish, senseless and senseless וְלֹ֣א (wə·lō) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no people? עַ֥ם (‘am) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock Is He הוּא֙ (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are not הֲלוֹא־ (hă·lō·w-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no your Father אָבִ֣יךָ (’ā·ḇî·ḵā) Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1: Father and Creator? קָּנֶ֔ךָ (qā·ne·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 7069: To erect, create, to procure, by purchase, to own Has He not ה֥וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are made you עָֽשְׂךָ֖ (‘ā·śə·ḵā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make and established you? וַֽיְכֹנְנֶֽךָ׃ (way·ḵō·nə·ne·ḵā) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular Strong's 3559: To be erect Links Deuteronomy 32:6 NIVDeuteronomy 32:6 NLT Deuteronomy 32:6 ESV Deuteronomy 32:6 NASB Deuteronomy 32:6 KJV Deuteronomy 32:6 BibleApps.com Deuteronomy 32:6 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 32:6 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 32:6 French Bible Deuteronomy 32:6 Catholic Bible OT Law: Deuteronomy 32:6 Do you thus requite Yahweh foolish people (Deut. 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