Deuteronomy 32:28

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

כִּי־ג֛וֹי אֹבַ֥ד עֵצ֖וֹת הֵ֑מָּה וְאֵ֥ין בָּהֶ֖ם תְּבוּנָֽה׃

Transliteration

For gôy ʾōḇaḏ ʿêṣôṯ hēmmāh, and-there-is-not in-them təḇûnāh.

Grammar Details

*kî*: conjunction - for/because
*gôy*: noun, masculine, singular - nation
*ʾōḇaḏ*: adjective, masculine, singular - perishing/lacking/void of
*ʿêṣôṯ*: noun, feminine, plural - counsels/advice
*hēmmāh*: pronoun, 3rd person, masculine, plural - they
*wə*: conjunction - and
*ʾên*: particle of negation - there is not
*bāhem*: preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - in them
*təḇûnāh*: noun, feminine, singular - understanding/insight/discernment

Word Meanings

*gôy*: nation/people/gentiles
*ʾōḇaḏ*: perishing/lacking/void of/bereft of
*ʿêṣôṯ*: counsels/advice/wisdom/plans
*təḇûnāh*: understanding/insight/discernment/intelligence

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Referenced Verses

Jer 4:22 : 22 For my people are foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Deut 32:6 : 6 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.
Isa 27:11 : 11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire; for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will show them no favor.
Isa 29:14 : 14 therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
Job 28:28 : 28 And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Ps 81:12 : 12 So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
Prov 1:7 : 7 The fear of Jehovah is the beginning of knowledge; [But] the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
Jer 8:9 : 9 The wise men are put to shame, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of Jehovah; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
Hos 4:6 : 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
Matt 13:14-15 : 14 And unto them is fulfilled the prophecy of Isaiah, which saith, By hearing ye shall hear, and shall in no wise understand; And seeing ye shall see, and shall in no wise perceive: 15 For this people's heart is waxed gross, And their ears are dull of hearing, And their eyes they have closed; Lest haply they should perceive with their eyes, And hear with their ears, And understand with their heart, And should turn again, And I should heal them.
Rom 11:25 : 25 For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest {G3361} ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
1 Cor 3:19 : 19 For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:

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