Deuteronomy 32:26

Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

In context

24 They will be wasted from hunger and ravaged by pestilence and bitter plague; I will send the fangs of wild beasts against them, with the venom of vipers that slither in the dust.

25 Outside, the sword will take their children, and inside, terror will strike the young man and the young woman, the infant and the gray-haired man.

26 I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,

27 if I had not dreaded the taunt of the enemy, lest their adversaries misunderstand and say: ‘Our own hand has prevailed; it was not the LORD who did all this.’”

28 Israel is a nation devoid of counsel, with no understanding among them.

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Deuteronomy 32:26 in every translation

BSB Berean Standard Bible: I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
KJV King James Version: I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men:
WEB World English Bible: I said that I would scatter them afar. I would make their memory to cease from among men;
ASV American Standard Version: I said, I would scatter them afar, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;
YLT Young's Literal Translation: I have said: I blow them away, I cause their remembrance to cease from man;
DBY Darby Translation: I would say, I will scatter, I will make the remembrance of them to cease from among men,
WBS Webster Bible: I said, I would scatter them into corners, I would make the remembrance of them to cease from among men;