Deuteronomy 32:30

New International Reader's Version

How could one person chase a thousand? How could two make ten thousand run away? It couldn’t happen unless their Rock had deserted them. It couldn’t take place unless the Lord had given them up.

Cross References

1 Kings 14:16

I will give Israel up because of the sins Jeroboam has committed. He has also caused Israel to commit those same sins.”

2 Kings 7:5

At sunset they got up and went to Aram’s army camp. They arrived at the edge of it. But no one was there.

1 Chronicles 12:14

All these men of Gad were army commanders. The least important of them was equal to 100 men. The most important was equal to 1,000.

2 Chronicles 24:24

The army of Aram had come with only a few men. But the Lord allowed them to win the battle over a much larger army. Judah had deserted the Lord, the God of their people. That’s why the Lord punished Joash.

Job 11:10

“Suppose God comes along and puts you in prison. Suppose he takes you to court. Then who can oppose him?

Job 16:11

God has turned me over to sinful people. He has handed me over to them.

Psalm 31:8

You have not handed me over to the enemy. You have put me in a wide and safe place.

Psalm 44:12

You sold your people for very little. You didn’t gain anything when you sold them.

Isaiah 30:17

When one of them dares you to fight, a thousand of you will run away. When five of them dare you, all of you will run away. So few of you will be left that you will be like a flagpole on top of a mountain. You will be like only one banner on a hill.”

Isaiah 50:1

The Lord says to the people in Jerusalem, “Do you think I divorced your people who lived before you? Is that why I sent them away? If it is, show me the letter of divorce. I did not sell you into slavery to pay someone I owe. You were sold because you sinned against me. Your people were sent away because of their lawless acts.

Isaiah 52:3

The Lord says, “When you were sold as slaves, no one paid anything for you. Now no one will pay any money to set you free.”

Leviticus 26:7

You will hunt down your enemies. You will kill them with your swords.

Leviticus 26:8

Five of you will chase 100. And 100 of you will chase 10,000. You will kill your enemies with your swords.

Matthew 18:25

The man was not able to pay. So his master gave an order. The man, his wife, his children, and all he owned had to be sold to pay back what he owed.

Deuteronomy 32:4

He is the Rock. His works are perfect. All his ways are right. He is faithful. He doesn’t do anything wrong. He is honest and fair.

Joshua 23:10

One of you can chase a thousand away. That’s because the Lord your God fights for you, just as he promised he would.

Judges 2:14

The Lord became angry with the Israelites. So he handed them over to robbers. The robbers stole everything from them. The Lord handed the Israelites over to their enemies all around them. Israel wasn’t able to fight against them anymore and win.

Judges 3:8

So the Lord was very angry with Israel. He handed them over to the power of Cushan-Rishathaim, the king of Aram Naharaim. For eight years Israel was under his rule.

1 Samuel 2:2

“There isn’t anyone holy like the Lord. There isn’t anyone except him. There isn’t any Rock like our God.