23 "I will heap calamities on them and spend my arrows against them.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 32:23

King James Version

23 I will heap mischiefs upon them; I will spend mine arrows upon them.

English Standard Version

23 "'And I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend my arrows on them;

The Message

23 I'll pile catastrophes on them, I'll shoot my arrows at them:

New King James Version

23 'I will heap disasters on them; I will spend My arrows on them.

New Living Translation

23 I will heap disasters upon them and shoot them down with my arrows.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:23

Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:19-25

(Read Deuteronomy 32:19-25)

The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the resolves of Divine justice as to them. We deceive ourselves, if we think that God will be mocked by a faithless people. Sin makes us hateful in the sight of the holy God. See what mischief sin does, and reckon those to be fools that mock at it.

24 I will send wasting famine against them, consuming pestilence and deadly plague; I will send against them the fangs of wild beasts, the venom of vipers that glide in the dust.

Other Translations of Deuteronomy 32:24

King James Version

24 They shall be burnt with hunger, and devoured with burning heat, heat: Heb. coals and with bitter destruction: I will also send the teeth of beasts upon them, with the poison of serpents of the dust.

English Standard Version

24 they shall be wasted with hunger, and devoured by plague and poisonous pestilence; I will send the teeth of beasts against them, with the venom of things that crawl in the dust.

The Message

24 Starvation, blistering heat, killing disease; I'll send snarling wild animals to attack from the forest and venomous creatures to strike from the dust.

New King James Version

24 They shall be wasted with hunger, Devoured by pestilence and bitter destruction; I will also send against them the teeth of beasts, With the poison of serpents of the dust.

New Living Translation

24 I will weaken them with famine, burning fever, and deadly disease. I will send the fangs of wild beasts and poisonous snakes that glide in the dust.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:24

Commentary on Deuteronomy 32:19-25

(Read Deuteronomy 32:19-25)

The revolt of Israel was described in the foregoing verses, and here follow the resolves of Divine justice as to them. We deceive ourselves, if we think that God will be mocked by a faithless people. Sin makes us hateful in the sight of the holy God. See what mischief sin does, and reckon those to be fools that mock at it.