Deuteronomy 32:6 (KJV)

Words Then and Now

requite to repay Still heard today: unrequited love, love not repaid Webster’s 1828 · Requite

What these words mean in the King James Bible, and where you’ll still hear them today.

Thou and Ye

thy, thee one person
ye more than one

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

Matthew Henry

The character of God, The character of Israel"He is a Rock." This is the first time God is called so in Scripture. The expression denotes that the Divine power, faithfulness, and love, as revealed in...

Thompson Chains

FoolsSee the chain from Psalms 53:1 · 13 links
Universal FatherStarts here · next 1 Samuel 8:20 · 6 links
Divine Ownership (2)Starts here · next Ezekiel 18:4 · 4 links
EstablishedSee the chain from 2 Chronicles 20:20 · 6 links
Ingratitude (1)Starts here · next Nehemiah 9:26 · 3 links
Creator (2)See the chain from Genesis 1:26 · 8 links

Cross References

Isaiah 63:16 Doubtless thou art our father, though Abraham be ignorant of us, and Israel acknowledge us not: thou, O LORD, art our father, our redeemer; thy name is from everlasting.
Psalms 74:2 Remember thy congregation, which thou hast purchased of old; the rod of thine inheritance, which thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, wherein thou hast dwelt.
Isaiah 44:2 Thus saith the LORD that made thee, and formed thee from the womb, which will help thee; Fear not, O Jacob, my servant; and thou, Jesurun, whom I have chosen.
1 John 3:1 Behold, what manner of love the Father hath bestowed upon us, that we should be called the sons of God: therefore the world knoweth us not, because it knew him not.
Deuteronomy 1:31 And in the wilderness, where thou hast seen how that the LORD thy God bare thee, as a man doth bear his son, in all the way that ye went, until ye came into this place.
Deuteronomy 32:15 But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
Deuteronomy 32:18 Of the Rock that begat thee thou art unmindful, and hast forgotten God that formed thee.
Psalms 100:3 Know ye that the LORD he is God: it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Psalms 149:2 Let Israel rejoice in him that made him: let the children of Zion be joyful in their King.
Isaiah 43:7 Even every one that is called by my name: for I have created him for my glory, I have formed him; yea, I have made him.
Isaiah 64:8 But now, O LORD, thou art our father; we are the clay, and thou our potter; and we all are the work of thy hand.
John 8:41 Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.
Acts 20:28 Take heed therefore unto yourselves, and to all the flock, over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you overseers, to feed the church of God, which he hath purchased with his own blood.
Romans 8:15 For ye have not received the spirit of bondage again to fear; but ye have received the Spirit of adoption, whereby we cry, Abba, Father.
1 Corinthians 6:20 For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are God's.
Galatians 3:26 For ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus.
Galatians 4:6 And because ye are sons, God hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, Abba, Father.
Exodus 4:22 And thou shalt say unto Pharaoh, Thus saith the LORD, Israel is my son, even my firstborn:
Exodus 15:16 Fear and dread shall fall upon them; by the greatness of thine arm they shall be as still as a stone; till thy people pass over, O LORD, till the people pass over, which thou hast purchased.
Job 10:8 Thine hands have made me and fashioned me together round about; yet thou dost destroy me.
Psalms 74:18 Remember this, that the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and that the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
Psalms 95:6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our maker.
Psalms 116:12 What shall I render unto the LORD for all his benefits toward me?
Isaiah 1:2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, O earth: for the LORD hath spoken, I have nourished and brought up children, and they have rebelled against me.
Isaiah 27:11 When the boughs thereof are withered, they shall be broken off: the women come, and set them on fire: for it is a people of no understanding: therefore he that made them will not have mercy on them, and he that formed them will shew them no favour.
Isaiah 43:3–4 For I am the LORD thy God, the Holy One of Israel, thy Saviour: I gave Egypt for thy ransom, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. …
Jeremiah 4:22 For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 5:21 Hear now this, O foolish people, and without understanding; which have eyes, and see not; which have ears, and hear not:
Luke 15:18–20 I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and before thee, …
2 Corinthians 5:14–15 For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead: …
Galatians 3:1–3 O foolish Galatians, who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth, before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth, crucified among you? …
Titus 2:11–14 For the grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, …
2 Peter 2:1 But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction.

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Topics

Adoption Spiritual
Backsliders Backsliding of Israel
Character Foolish
Death Death of Moses
God Creator of man
Ingratitude Of man to God
Instruction In religion
Moab The law rehearsed in, by Moses
Obligation A motive of obedience
Poetry Moses’ song
Psalms Didactic songs composed by Moses, celebrating the providence, righteousness, and judgments of God
Religion Moses
Song Didactic

Timeline

Timeline of the Bible1491–1451 BC · Israel in the Wilderness

Bible Dictionary

LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

Do ye thus requite תִּגְמְלוּ tigmĕlû גָּמַל Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine plural זֹאת zōʾt Pronoun
the LORD הֲ hă Interrogative לַיְהוָה layhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name · with preposition
O foolish נָבָל nābāl נָבָל Adjective · masculine singular
people עַם ʿam עַם Noun · masculine singular
and unwise חָכָם ḥākām חָכָם Adjective · masculine singular
not he thy father וְלֹא wĕlōʾ Negative · with and הֲלוֹא hălôʾ Negative · with question הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular אָבִיךָ ʾābîkā אָב Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: second person masculine singular
hath bought קָּנֶךָ qānekā קָנָה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: second person masculine singular
thee? hath he not made הוּא hûʾ Pronoun · third person masculine singular עָשְׂךָ ʿāśĕkā עָשָׂה Verb · qal perfect, third person masculine singular · with suffix: second person masculine singular
thee, and established וַיְכֹנְנֶךָ waykōnĕnekā כּוּן Verb · polel sequential imperfect, third person masculine singular · with and, suffix: second person masculine singular

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