Deuteronomy 32:27
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, and lest they should say, Our hand is high, and the Lord hath not done all this.”
נָכַר
properly, to scrutinize, i.e. look intently at; hence (with recognition implied), to acknowledge, be acquainted with, care for, respect, revere, or (with suspicion implied), to disregard, ignore, be strange toward, reject, resign, dissimulate (as if ignorant or disowning)
גּוּר
I was afraid
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גּוּר
properly, to turn aside from the road (for a lodging or any other purpose), i.e. sojourn (as a guest); also to shrink, fear (as in a strange place); also to gather forhostility (as afraid)
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צַר
opponents/ their
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צַר
Trouble, distress, enemy. Tsar. One who oppresses or a tight place of difficulty. God is a very present help in trouble. No tsar is too great for Him to deliver you from.
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רוּם
it was raised
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רוּם
To be high, to be exalted, to rise. Ruwm. I dwell on a high and holy place but also with the contrite. God is both transcendent and intimately near.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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יָד
hands/ our
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יָד
Hand. Yad. The hand as the symbol of power and action. When God's hand rests on a life nothing is impossible.
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פֵּן
lest
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פֵּן
properly, removal; used only (in the construction) adverb as conjunction, lest
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פָּעַל
he did
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פָּעַל
to do or make (systematically and habitually), especially to practise
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כַּעַס
the provocation of
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כַּעַס
vexation
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לוּלֵא
if not
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לוּלֵא
if not
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