Catholic Public Domain Version
"How can this be the return you would offer to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is he himself not your Father, who has possessed you, and made you, and created you? "
— Deuteronomy 32:6, Catholic Public Domain Version
“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?”
“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. ”
“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.”
“Is this how you repay the LORD, you foolish, unwise people? Is he not your father, your Creator? He has made you and established you.”
“Is this the return thou makest to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is not he thy father, that hath possessed thee, and made thee, and created thee?”
“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.”
“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?”
For I will invoke the name of the Lord. Acknowledge the magnificence of our God!
The works of God are perfect, and all his ways are judgments. God is faithful and without any iniquity. He is just and upright.
They have sinned against him, and in their filth they are not his sons. They are a depraved and perverse generation.
How can this be the return you would offer to the Lord, O foolish and senseless people? Is he himself not your Father, who has possessed you, and made you, and created you?
Remember the days of antiquity. Consider each generation. Question your father, and he will declare it to you. Question your elders, and they will tell it to you.
When the Most High divided the nations, when he separated the sons of Adam, he appointed the limits of the peoples according to the number of the sons of Israel.
But the Lord’s portion is his people: Jacob, the lot of his inheritance.