Catholic Public Domain Version
"They are a nation without counsel and without prudence. "
— Deuteronomy 32:28, Catholic Public Domain Version
“For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.”
“For they are a nation void of counsel, And there is no understanding in them. ”
“For they are a nation void of counsel. There is no understanding in them.”
“They are a nation devoid of wisdom, and there is no understanding among them.”
“They are a nation without counsel, and without wisdom.”
“For they are a nation without wisdom; there is no sense in them.”
“For they are a nation void of counsel, neither is there any understanding in them.”
Outside, the sword will devastate them; and inside, there will be dread, as much for the young man as for the maiden, and as much for the newborn as for the old man.
I said: Where are they? I will cause their memory to cease from among men.
But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: “Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things.”
They are a nation without counsel and without prudence.
I wish that they would be wise and understanding, and would provide for the very end.’
How is it that one pursues a thousand, and two chases ten thousand? Is it not because their God has sold them, and because the Lord has enclosed them?
For our God is not like their gods. And our enemies are judges.