Deuteronomy 4:27
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.”
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“Then the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the Lord shall lead you.”
King James Version · Public Domain“And Jehovah will scatter you among the peoples, and ye shall be left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah shall lead you away.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“and Jehovah hath scattered you among the peoples, and ye have been left few in number among the nations, whither Jehovah leadeth you,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 4:27 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Leviticus 26:33But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.
- Deuteronomy 28:36The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.
- Deuteronomy 28:62You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 28:63Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
- Nehemiah 1:3And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile are there in the province, in great trouble and disgrace. The wall of Jerusalem is broken down, and its gates are burned with fire.”
- Nehemiah 1:8Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,
- Psalms 44:12You sell Your people for nothing; no profit do You gain from their sale.
- Ezekiel 11:16Therefore declare that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Although I sent them far away among the nations and scattered them among the countries, yet for a little while I have been a sanctuary for them in the countries to which they have gone.’
- Ezekiel 12:15And they will know that I am the LORD, when I disperse them among the nations and scatter them throughout the countries.
- Ezekiel 20:23However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.
- Ezekiel 32:26Meshech and Tubal are there with all their multitudes, with their graves all around them. All of them are uncircumcised, slain by the sword, because they spread their terror in the land of the living.
- Hosea 9:17My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.
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