Deuteronomy 32:30 · KJV
“How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?”
— Deuteronomy 32:30
O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!
For their rock {is} not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves {being} judges.
Deuteronomy 32 — Context
For they {are} a nation void of counsel, neither {is there any} understanding in them.
29O that they were wise, {that} they understood this, {that} they would consider their latter end!
30How should one chase a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, except their Rock had sold them, and the LORD had shut them up?
31For their rock {is} not as our Rock, even our enemies themselves {being} judges.
32For their vine {is} of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes {are} grapes of gall, their clusters {are} bitter: {of the vine: or, worse than the vine}
Cross References
Leviticus 26:8
And five of you shall chase an hundred, and an hundred of you shall put ten thousand to flight: and your enemies shall fall before you by the sword.
Joshua 23:10
One man of you shall chase a thousand: for the LORD your God, he {it is} that fighteth for you, as he hath promised you.
Isaiah 30:17
One thousand {shall flee} at the rebuke of one; at the rebuke of five shall ye flee: till ye be left as a beacon upon the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on an hill. {a beacon: or, a tree bereft of branches, or, boughs: or, a mast}
Psalms 31:8
And hast not shut me up into the hand of the enemy: thou hast set my feet in a large room.
Judges 7:22-23
And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the LORD set every man's sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Bethshittah in Zererath, {and} to the border of Abelmeholah, unto Tabbath. {in: or, toward} {border: Heb. lip}
Psalms 44:12
Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase {thy wealth} by their price. {for...: Heb. without riches}
1 Samuel 14:15-17
And there was trembling in the host, in the field, and among all the people: the garrison, and the spoilers, they also trembled, and the earth quaked: so it was a very great trembling. {a very...: Heb. a trembling of God}
Judges 3:8
Therefore the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of Chushanrishathaim king of Mesopotamia: and the children of Israel served Chushanrishathaim eight years. {Mesopotamia: Heb. Aramnaharaim}