Deuteronomy 32:5

KJV1611 – Modern English

They have corrupted themselves, their blemish is not the blemish of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    They have acted corruptly toward Him; they are not His children because of their defect—a crooked and perverse generation.

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    They have dealt corruptly{H7843} with him, [they]{H3971} [are] not his children,{H1121} [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse{H6141} and crooked{H6618} generation.{H1755}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    They have corrupted{H7843}{(H8765)} themselves, their spot{H3971} is not the spot of his children{H1121}: they are a perverse{H6141} and crooked{H6618} generation{H1755}.

  • Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

    The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himward, ad are not his sonnes for their deformities sake,

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    The frowarde and ouerthwarte generacion hath marred them selues to himwarde and are not his children, because of their deformyte.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    They haue corrupted them selues towarde him by their vice, not being his children, but a frowarde and crooked generation.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    Frowardly haue they done agaynst hym by their vices, not beyng his owne children, but a wicked and frowarde generation.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    They have corrupted themselves, their spot [is] not [the spot] of his children: [they are] a perverse and crooked generation.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They have dealt corruptly with him, `they are' not his children, `it is' their blemish; `They are' a perverse and crooked generation.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish; [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    They have become false, they are not his children, the mark of sin is on them; they are an evil and hard-hearted generation.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    They have dealt corruptly with him, [they are] not his children, [it is] their blemish. [They are] a perverse and crooked generation.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    His people have been unfaithful to him; they have not acted like his children– this is their sin. They are a perverse and deceitful generation.

Referenced Verses

  • Isa 1:4 : 4 Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children who are corrupters: they have forsaken the LORD, they have provoked the Holy One of Israel to anger, they have gone away backward.
  • Matt 17:17 : 17 Then Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I suffer you? bring him here to me.
  • Deut 31:29 : 29 For I know that after my death you will utterly corrupt yourselves, and turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and evil will befall you in the latter days; because you will do evil in the sight of the LORD, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands.
  • Phil 2:15 : 15 That you may be blameless and harmless, children of God, without fault, in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world;
  • Luke 9:41 : 41 And Jesus answered and said, O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you and bear with you? Bring your son here.
  • John 8:41 : 41 You do the deeds of your father. Then they said to him, We were not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
  • Acts 7:51 : 51 You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, you always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you.
  • 2 Cor 11:3 : 3 But I fear, lest somehow, as the serpent deceived Eve through his craftiness, so your minds might be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
  • Judg 2:19 : 19 And it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they returned and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them and to bow down to them; they did not cease from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
  • Ps 78:8 : 8 And might not be like their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation; a generation that did not set their heart aright, and whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
  • Hos 9:9 : 9 They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
  • Zeph 3:7 : 7 I said, Surely you will fear me, you will receive instruction; so their dwelling should not be cut off, however I punished them: but they rose early, and corrupted all their deeds.
  • Matt 3:7 : 7 But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, O generation of vipers, who warned you to flee from the wrath to come?
  • Matt 16:4 : 4 A wicked and adulterous generation seeks a sign, and no sign will be given to it except the sign of the prophet Jonah. And He left them and departed.
  • Gen 6:12 : 12 And God looked upon the earth, and indeed it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted their way on the earth.
  • Exod 32:7 : 7 The LORD said to Moses, "Go down at once; for your people whom you brought out of the land of Egypt have corrupted themselves.
  • Deut 4:16 : 16 Lest you corrupt yourselves, and make for yourselves a carved image, the likeness of any figure, the likeness of male or female,
  • Deut 9:24 : 24 You have been rebellious against the LORD from the day that I knew you.

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