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Deuteronomy 32

Deut. 32:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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λThey have corrupted
shachath (Hebrew #7843)
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, X utterly, waste(-r).
Pronounce: shaw-khath'
Origin: a primitive root
themselves, νtheir spot
m'uwm (Hebrew #3971)
as if passive participle from an unused root probably meaning to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)
KJV usage: blemish, blot, spot.
Pronounce: moom
Origin: usually muwm {moom}
is not the spot of his children
ben (Hebrew #1121)
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like 1, 251, etc.))
KJV usage: + afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-)ite, (anoint-)ed one, appointed to, (+) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-)ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, + (young) bullock, + (young) calf, X came up in, child, colt, X common, X corn, daughter, X of first, + firstborn, foal, + very fruitful, + postage, X in, + kid, + lamb, (+) man, meet, + mighty, + nephew, old, (+) people, + rebel, + robber, X servant born, X soldier, son, + spark, + steward, + stranger, X surely, them of, + tumultuous one, + valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
Pronounce: bane
Origin: from {SI 11129}1129{/SI}
: they are a perverse
`iqqesh (Hebrew #6141)
distorted; hence, false
KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Pronounce: ik-kashe'
Origin: from 6140
and crooked
pthaltol (Hebrew #6618)
tortuous (i.e. crafty)
KJV usage: crooked.
Pronounce: peth-al-tole'
Origin: from 6617
generation
dowr (Hebrew #1755)
from 1752; properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwelling
KJV usage: age, X evermore, generation, (n-)ever, posterity.
Pronounce: dore
Origin: or (shortened) dor {dore}
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He hath corrupted to himself.
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or, that they are not his children, that is their blot.

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They have corrupted themselves.
Heb. He hath corrupted tohimself.
Deut. 4:16• 16lest ye corrupt yourselves, and make you a graven image, the form of any figure, the pattern of male or female, (Deut. 4:16)
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Deut. 31:29• 29For I know that after my death ye will utterly corrupt yourselves, and will turn aside from the way which I have commanded you; and mischief will befall you at the end of days; because ye do evil in the sight of Jehovah, to provoke him to anger through the work of your hands. (Deut. 31:29)
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Gen. 6:12• 12And God looked upon the earth, and behold, it was corrupt; for all flesh had corrupted its way on the earth. (Gen. 6:12)
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Ex. 32:7• 7Then Jehovah said to Moses, Away, go down! for thy people, which thou hast brought out of the land of Egypt, is acting corruptly. (Ex. 32:7)
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Judg. 2:19• 19And it came to pass when the judge died, that they turned back and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down to them: they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way. (Judg. 2:19)
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Isa. 1:4• 4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward. (Isa. 1:4)
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Hos. 9:9• 9They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah. He will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins. (Hos. 9:9)
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Zeph. 3:7• 7I said, Only fear me, receive correction; so her dwelling shall not be cut off, howsoever I may punish her. But they rose early, they corrupted all their doings. (Zeph. 3:7)
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2 Cor. 11:3• 3But I fear lest by any means, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craft, so your thoughts should be corrupted from simplicity as to the Christ. (2 Cor. 11:3)
their spot, etc.
or, that they are not his children, that istheir blot.
a perverse.
Deut. 9:24• 24Ye have been rebellious against Jehovah from the day that I knew you. (Deut. 9:24)
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Psa. 78:8• 8And might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that prepared not their heart, and whose spirit was not stedfast with *God. (Psa. 78:8)
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Isa. 1:4• 4Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that corrupt themselves! They have forsaken Jehovah; they have despised the Holy One of Israel; they are turned away backward. (Isa. 1:4)
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Matt. 3:7• 7But seeing many of the Pharisees and Sadducees coming to his baptism, he said to them, Offspring of vipers, who has forewarned you to flee from the coming wrath? (Matt. 3:7)
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Matt. 16:4• 4A wicked and adulterous generation seeks after a sign, and a sign shall not be given to it save the sign of Jonas. And he left them and went away. (Matt. 16:4)
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Matt. 17:17• 17And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you? how long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to me. (Matt. 17:17)
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Luke 9:41• 41And Jesus answering said, O unbelieving and perverted generation, how long shall I be with you and suffer you? Bring hither thy son. (Luke 9:41)
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Acts 7:51• 51O stiffnecked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, *ye* do always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers, *ye* also. (Acts 7:51)
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Phil. 2:15• 15that ye may be harmless and simple, irreproachable children of God in the midst of a crooked and perverted generation; among whom ye appear as lights in the world, (Phil. 2:15)

J. N. Darby Translation

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They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children’s is their spote:—A crooked and perverted generation!

JND Translation Notes

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Or "blemish," as Cant. 4.7; Dan. 1.4.