Deuteronomy 32:6
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you?
American King James Version (AKJV)
Do you thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he your father that has bought you? has he not made you, and established you?
American Standard Version (ASV)
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.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Is this your answer to the Lord, O foolish people and unwise? Is he not your father who has given you life? He has made you and given you your place.
Webster's Revision
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
World English Bible
Do you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn't he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? Is not he thy father that hath bought thee? He hath made thee, and established thee.
Definitions for Deuteronomy 32:6
Barnes's Deuteronomy 32:6 Bible Commentary
Hath bought thee - Rather perhaps, "hath acquired thee for His own," or "possessed thee:" compare the expression "a peculiar people," margin "a purchased people," in 1 Peter 2:9.
Wesley's Deuteronomy 32:6 Bible Commentary
32:6 O foolish people and unwise! - Fools and double fools!Fools indeed, to disoblige one, on whom you so entirely depend!Who hath bewitched you! To forsake your own mercies for lying vanities!Bought thee - That hath redeemed thee from Egyptian bondage.Made thee - Not only in a general by creation, but in a peculiar manner by making thee his peculiar people. Established - That is, renewed and confirmed his favour to thee, and not taken it away, which thou hast often provoked him to do.