Deuteronomy 32:18

32:18 You have forgotten the Rock who fathered you,

and put out of mind the God who gave you birth.

Deuteronomy 32:30-31

32:30 How can one man chase a thousand of them,

and two pursue ten thousand;

unless their Rock had delivered them up,

and the Lord had handed them over?

32:31 For our enemies’ rock is not like our Rock,

as even our enemies concede.


tc The Hebrew text is corrupt here; the translation follows the suggestion offered in HALOT 1477 s.v. שׁיה. Cf. NASB, NLT “You neglected”; NIV “You deserted”; NRSV “You were unmindful of.”

tn The words “man” and “of them” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “sold them” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV, NLT).

tn Heb “their,” but the referent (enemies) is specified in the translation for the sake of clarity.