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Deuteronomy 32:7-9
Contemporary English Version
Deuteronomy 32:7-9
Contemporary English Version
7 Think about past generations.
Ask your parents
or any of your elders.
They will tell you
8 (A) that God Most High
gave land to every nation.
He assigned a guardian angel
to each of them,[a]
9 but the Lord himself
takes care of Israel.[b]
Deuteronomy 32:7-9
New International Version
Deuteronomy 32:7-9
New International Version
7 Remember the days of old;(A)
consider the generations long past.(B)
Ask your father and he will tell you,
your elders, and they will explain to you.(C)
8 When the Most High(D) gave the nations their inheritance,
when he divided all mankind,(E)
he set up boundaries(F) for the peoples
according to the number of the sons of Israel.[a](G)
9 For the Lord’s portion(H) is his people,
Jacob his allotted inheritance.(I)
Footnotes
- Deuteronomy 32:8 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls (see also Septuagint) sons of God
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