Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
All the nations will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?'
New American Standard Bible
All the nations will say, ‘
King James Version
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Holman Bible
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the Lord done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
A Conservative Version
even all the nations shall say, Why has LORD done thus to this land? What is the meaning of the heat of this great anger?
American Standard Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
Amplified
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the Lord done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’
Bible in Basic English
Truly all the nations will say, Why has the Lord done so to this land? what is the reason for this great and burning wrath?
Darby Translation
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done thus to this land? whence the heat of this great anger?
Julia Smith Translation
And all the nations said, For what did Jehovah thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?
King James 2000
Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? what does the heat of this great anger mean?
Lexham Expanded Bible
And all the nations will say, '{Why} has Yahweh done {such a thing} to this land? What [caused] the fierceness of this great anger?'
Modern King James verseion
even all nations shall say, Why has Jehovah done this to this land? For what is the heat of this great anger?
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And then all nations also say, "Wherefore hath the LORD done of this fashion unto this land? O how fierce is this great wrath?'
NET Bible
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the Lord done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"
New Heart English Bible
even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"
The Emphasized Bible
yea all the nations will say, For what cause, hath Yahweh done, thus, unto this land? what meaneth this great heat of anger?
Webster
Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
World English Bible
even all the nations shall say, "Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"
Youngs Literal Translation
yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?
Themes
Covenant » The reward for transgressing the covenant of the lord
Heart » The reward for walking after the imagination of your own heart
Interlinear
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References
Fausets
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 29:24
Verse Info
Context Readings
Abandoning The Covenant
23 The whole land will be covered with salt pits and burning sulfur, with nothing planted, nothing sprouting, and producing no vegetation overthrown like Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, when the LORD overthrew them in his raging fury. 24 All the nations will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?' 25 Then they will answer themselves,
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 22:8-9
"Many nations will pass by this city and say to one another, "Why did the LORD do this to this great city?'
1 Kings 9:8-9
"This Temple will become a pile of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be so astounded that they will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land and to this Temple?'
2 Chronicles 7:21-22
"Furthermore, even though this Temple seems so exalted, everyone who passes by it will be so astounded that they will ask, "Why did the LORD do this to this land and to this Temple?'
Lamentations 2:15-17
Everyone who passes by on the road shake their fists at you. They hiss and shake their heads at cherished Jerusalem: "Is this the city men used to call "The Perfection of Beauty,' and "The Joy of the Entire Earth'"?
Lamentations 4:12
None of the kings of the earth would have believed, nor the world's inhabitants, that the adversary and the enemy could have breached the gates of Jerusalem.
Ezekiel 14:23
They'll comfort you when you see how they've lived and what they've done, because you'll know for certain that I haven't done anything that I've done against them without any reason," declares the Lord GOD.
Romans 2:5
But because of your stubborn and unrepentant heart you are reserving wrath for yourself on the day of wrath, when God's righteous judgment will be revealed.