And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
Deuteronomy 32:28 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 For they are a nation void of counsel, Neither is there any understanding in them. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition For they are a nation void of counsel, and there is no understanding in them. American Standard Version (1901) For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. Common English Bible because they are not a thoughtful nation; they lack any insight. Catholic Public Domain Version They are a nation without counsel and without prudence. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom. |
And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; And to depart from evil is understanding.
So I let them go after the stubbornness of their heart, That they might walk in their own counsels.
The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: But the foolish despise wisdom and instruction.
When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off; the women shall come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding; therefore he that made them will not have compassion upon them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder: and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.
For my people is foolish, they know me not; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken: lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what manner of wisdom is in them?
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
For I would not, brethren, have you ignorant of this mystery, lest ye be wise in your own conceits, that a hardening in part hath befallen Israel, until the fulness of the Gentiles be come in;
For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He that taketh the wise in their craftiness:
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.