Deuteronomy 31:17

At that time ¹  my anger will erupt against them ²  and I will abandon them and hide my face from them until they are devoured. Many disasters and distresses will overcome ³  them ⁴  so that they ⁵  will say at that time, ‘Have not these disasters ⁶  overcome us ⁷  because our ⁸  God is not among us ⁹ ?’

Nu 14:42; De 29:20; De 29:24-27; De 32:20; De 32:21,22; Jud 2:14,15; Jud 6:13; 1Ch 28:9; 2Ch 15:2; Ne 9:32; Job 13:24; Job 34:11; Ps 2:12; Ps 27:9; Ps 30:7; Ps 89:46; Ps 90:11; Ps 104:29; Isa 8:17; Isa 63:17; Isa 64:7; Jer 23:33,39; Eze 39:23,24,29; Ho 9:12

¹ tn Heb “on that day.” This same expression also appears later in the verse and in v. 18.

² tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

³ tn Heb “find,” “encounter.”

⁴ tn Heb “him.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “them.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁵ tn Heb “he.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “they.” See note on the first occurrence of “they” in v. 16.

⁶ tn Heb “evils.”

⁷ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.

⁸ tn Heb “my.”

⁹ tn Heb “me.” Smr, LXX, and the Targums read the plural “us,” which is necessary in any case in the translation because of contemporary English style.