Deuteronomy 32:27 in every translation
Leer en españolThe same verse in each translation we publish, grouped by language and by the tradition that made it. Numbering is matched for each text (for example, Psalms in the Septuagint).
English
Catholic
DRB Douay-Rheims (Challoner), American Edition 1899
But for the wrath of the enemies I have deferred it: lest perhaps their enemies might be proud, and should say: Our mighty hand, and not the Lord, hath done all these things.
CPDV Catholic Public Domain Version
But because of the wrath of the enemies, I have delayed it. Otherwise, perhaps their enemies would be arrogant and would say: “Our exalted hand, and not the Lord, has done all these things.”
Protestant
WEB World English Bible (Classic, with Deuterocanon)
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted; Yahweh has not done all this.’”
WEBBE World English Bible British Edition (with Deuterocanon)
were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, lest their adversaries should judge wrongly, lest they should say, ‘Our hand is exalted; the LORD has not done all this.’”
KJV King James Version (with Apocrypha)
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
RV Revised Version with Apocrypha
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misdeem, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And the LORD hath not done all this.
MSB Majority Standard Bible
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.’”
BSB Berean Standard Bible
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.’”
ASV American Standard Version (1901)
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, Lest their adversaries should judge amiss, Lest they should say, Our hand is exalted, And Jehovah hath not done all this.
LSV Literal Standard Version
If I do not fear the anger of an enemy, || Lest their adversaries know—Lest they say, Our hand is high, || And YHWH has not worked all this.
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Darby Darby Translation
If I did not fear provocation from the enemy, Lest their adversaries should misunderstand it, Lest they should say, Our hand is high, and Jehovah has not done all this.
Webster Noah Webster's Bible (1833)
Were it not that I feared the wrath of the enemy, lest their adversaries should behave themselves strangely, [and] lest they should say, Our hand [is] high, and the LORD hath not done all this.
GNV Geneva Bible (1599)
Saue that I feared the furie of the enemie, least their aduersaries should waxe proude, and least they should say, Our hie hande and not the Lord hath done all this:
ULB Unlocked Literal Bible
Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy, and that their enemies would judge mistakenly, and that they would say, 'Our hand is exalted,' I would have done all this.
Read in context · Unlocked Literal Bible. Copyright © 2017 Door43 World Missions Community. Text from eBible.org (https://ebible.org/engULB/), unaltered. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Jewish
JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)
Were it not that I dreaded the enemy's provocation, lest their adversaries should misdeem, lest they should say: Our hand is exalted, and not the LORD hath wrought all this.'
Individual translator
Brenton Brenton's English Septuagint
Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, lest their enemies should combine against them; lest they should say, Our own high arm, and not the Lord, has done all these things.
LXXUP Updated Brenton English Septuagint
Were it not for the wrath of the enemy, lest they should live long, Lest their enemies should combine against them; Lest they should say, Our own high arm, And not the Lord, has done all these things.
YLT Young's Literal Translation
If not — the anger of an enemy I fear, Lest their adversaries know — Lest they say, Our hand is high, And Jehovah hath not wrought all this.
FBV Free Bible Version
but I didn't want to hear their conquerors jeering, their enemies misunderstanding what had happened and saying, ‘We won all by ourselves, the Lord didn't have anything to do with it.’
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Scholarly edition
BBE Bible in Basic English
But for the fear that their haters, uplifted in their pride, might say, Our hand is strong, the Lord has not done all this.
Spanish
Protestant
RV1909 Reina-Valera 1909
Si no temiese la ira del enemigo, no sea que se envanezcan sus adversarios, no sea que digan: Nuestra mano alta ha hecho todo esto, no Jehová.
ONBV Biblica Open New Living Bible (Nueva Biblia Viva 2008)
Pero luego pensé: Mis enemigos se jactarán diciendo: ‘Israel ha sido destruida por nuestro poder. No fue el Señor quien lo hizo sino nosotros’ ”.
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PDT God's Word for You (Latin American Textual Bible)
Si no entendiera Yo el furor del enemigo, Y que lo entienden mal sus adversarios, No sea que digan: Nuestra mano venció, Yavé no hizo todo esto.
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Individual translator
VBL Free Bible Version (Spanish)
Pero no quería oír a sus conquistadores burlándose, sus enemigos malinterpretando lo que había pasado y diciendo: “Ganamos por nuestra propia cuenta, el Señor no tuvo nada que ver”.
Read in context · Versión Biblia Libre. Copyright © 2018-2020 Jonathan Gallagher y Shelly Barrios de Avila. Texto de eBible.org (https://ebible.org/spavbl/), sin cambios. Licencia CC BY-SA 4.0.
BES Bible in Simple Spanish (2026)
Pero temí que sus enemigos, llenos de orgullo, dijeran: “Nuestra mano es poderosa; el Señor no hizo todo esto”.
Read in context · La Biblia en Español Sencillo, traducida y editada por Irma Flores (AudioBiblia.org).
Greek
Scholarly edition
LXX Brenton's Greek Septuagint
Εἰ μὴ διʼ ὀργὴν ἐχθρῶν, ἵνα μὴ μακροχρονίσωσι, ἵνα μὴ συνεπιθῶνται οἱ ὑπεναντίοι· μὴ εἴπωσιν, ἡ χεὶρ ἡμῶν ἡ ὑψηλὴ, καὶ οὐχὶ Κύριος, ἐποίησε ταῦτα πάντα.
Hebrew
Scholarly edition
WLC Westminster Leningrad Codex
לוּלֵ֗י כַּ֤עַס אוֹיֵב֙ אָג֔וּר פֶּֽן־יְנַכְּר֖וּ צָרֵ֑ימוֹ פֶּן־יֹֽאמְרוּ֙ יָדֵ֣ינוּ רָ֔מָה וְלֹ֥א יְהוָ֖ה פָּעַ֥ל כָּל־זֹֽאת׃
Latin
Catholic
VUL Clementine Vulgate
Sed propter iram inimicorum distuli: ne forte superbirent hostes eorum, et dicerent: Manus nostra excelsa, et non Dominus, fecit hæc omnia.
Church Slavonic
Orthodox
Slavonic Church Slavonic Bible (Elizabeth Bible)
то́кмѡ за гнѣ́въ врагѡ́въ, да не долголѣ́тствꙋютъ, и҆ да не налѧ́гꙋтъ сꙋпоста́ти, да не рекꙋ́тъ: рꙋка̀ на́ша высока̀, и҆ не гдⷭ҇ь сотворѝ сїѧ̑ всѧ̑:
Read in context · Church Slavonic text: Ponomar Project (github.com/typiconman/ponomar), © 2006–2018 Aleksandr Andreev and others, licensed under the GNU General Public License v3 or later. Changes for this site (2026-10-18): lectionary pericope markers, marginal glosses and the closing note of Genesis removed, Psalm verses renumbered to the Russian Synodal numbering, joined verses noted; the words are unchanged.
Russian
Orthodox
Synodal Russian Synodal Bible (1876)
но отложил это ради озлобления врагов, чтобы враги его не возомнили и не сказали: наша рука высока, и не Господь сделал все сие.
Greek (modern)
Individual translator
Vamvas Modern Greek Bible: Vamvas (1850)
εάν δεν εφοβούμην την οργήν του εχθρού, μη πως υψηλοφρονήσωσιν οι εναντίοι αυτών, και είπωσιν, Η χειρ ημών η υψηλή, και ουχί ο Κύριος, έκαμε πάντα ταύτα.
Serbian
Individual translator
DK Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Cyrillic)
Да ми није до мржње непријатељеве, да се не би непријатељи њихови понели и рекли: Рука се наша узвисила, а није Господ учинио све ово.
DK latinica Serbian Bible: Daničić–Karadžić (Latin script)
Da mi nije do mržnje neprijateljeve, da se ne bi neprijatelji njihovi poneli i rekli: Ruka se naša uzvisila, a nije Gospod učinio sve ovo.
Arabic
Protestant
SVD Arabic Bible: Smith–Van Dyck (1865)
لَوْ لَمْ أَخَفْ مِنْ إِغَاظَةِ ٱلْعَدُوِّ، مِنْ أَنْ يُنْكِرَ أَضْدَادُهُمْ، مِنْ أَنْ يَقُولُوا: يَدُنَا ٱرْتَفَعَتْ وَلَيْسَ ٱلرَّبُّ فَعَلَ كُلَّ هَذِهِ.
Not in these translations (8)
Tyndale, Scío, PT1904, PT, RP2018, TR, Nestle 1904, SBLGNT