Deuteronomy 29:24
New International Version
All the nations will ask: “Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?”

New Living Translation
“And all the surrounding nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why was he so angry?’

English Standard Version
all the nations will say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?’

Berean Standard Bible
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

King James Bible
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

New King James Version
All nations would say, ‘Why has the LORD done so to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?’

New American Standard Bible
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the LORD done all this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

NASB 1995
“All the nations will say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

NASB 1977
“And all the nations shall say, ‘Why has the LORD done thus to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

Legacy Standard Bible
And all the nations will say, ‘Why has Yahweh done thus to this land? Why this great burning anger?’

Amplified Bible
All the nations will say, ‘Why has the LORD done this thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

Christian Standard Bible
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this intense outburst of anger? ’

Holman Christian Standard Bible
All the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

American Standard Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
And all of the nations will say: ‘Why has LORD JEHOVAH done so to this land and why was this his great wrath enraged?.’

Brenton Septuagint Translation
and all the nations shall say, Why has the Lord done thus to this land? what is this great fierceness of anger?

Contemporary English Version
People from other nations will ask, "Why did the LORD destroy this country? Why was he so furious?"

Douay-Rheims Bible
And all the nations shall say: Why hath the Lord done thus to this land? what meaneth this exceeding great heat of his wrath?

English Revised Version
even all the nations shall say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Then all the other nations in the world will ask, "Why has the LORD done this to their land? Why is he so angry?"

Good News Translation
Then the whole world will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to their land? What was the reason for his fierce anger?'

International Standard Version
All the nations will ask, 'Why did the LORD do this to this land? What is the meaning of this fierce and great anger?'

JPS Tanakh 1917
even all the nations shall say 'Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?'

Literal Standard Version
Indeed, all the nations have said, Why has YHWH done thus to this land? Why the heat of this great anger?

Majority Standard Bible
So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’

New American Bible
they and all the nations will ask, “Why has the LORD dealt thus with this land? Why this great outburst of wrath?”

NET Bible
Then all the nations will ask, "Why has the LORD done all this to this land? What is this fierce, heated display of anger all about?"

New Revised Standard Version
they and indeed all the nations will wonder, “Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused this great display of anger?”

New Heart English Bible
even all the nations shall say, "Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?"

Webster's Bible Translation
Even all the nations shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus to this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

World English Bible
Even all the nations will say, “Why has Yahweh done this to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?”

Young's Literal Translation
yea, all the nations have said, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus to this land? what the heat of this great anger?

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
The Covenant in Moab
23All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. 24So all the nations will ask, ‘Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land? Why this great outburst of anger?’ 25And the people will answer, ‘It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their fathers, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt.…

Cross References
1 Kings 9:8
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and will hiss and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'

2 Chronicles 7:21
And when this temple has become a heap of rubble, all who pass by it will be appalled and say, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this land and to this temple?'

Isaiah 65:11
But you who forsake the LORD, who forget My holy mountain, who set a table for Fortune and fill bowls of mixed wine for Destiny,

Jeremiah 5:19
And when the people ask, 'For what offense has the LORD our God done all these things to us?' You are to tell them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so will you serve foreigners in a land that is not your own.'"

Jeremiah 16:10
When you tell these people all these things, they will ask you, 'Why has the LORD pronounced all this great disaster against us? What is our guilt? What is the sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?'

Jeremiah 22:8
And many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

Jeremiah 40:2
The captain of the guard found Jeremiah and said to him, "The LORD your God decreed this disaster on this place,


Treasury of Scripture

Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? what means the heat of this great anger?

1 Kings 9:8,9
And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and to this house? …

2 Chronicles 7:21,22
And this house, which is high, shall be an astonishment to every one that passeth by it; so that he shall say, Why hath the LORD done thus unto this land, and unto this house? …

Jeremiah 22:8,9
And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city? …

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(24) All nations shall say, Wherefore . . .?--The people of Israel are represented as asking a similar question in Jeremiah 5:19, "And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the Lord our God all these things unto us? Then shalt thou answer them, Like as ye have forsaken me, and served strange gods in your land; so shall ye serve strangers in a land that is not yours." Compare also the warning given to Solomon after the completion of the Temple (marginal reference).

Verse 24. - What meaneth the heat of this great anger? The reply to this question comes in what follows (vers. 25-28).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
All
כָּל־ (kāl-)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the nations
הַגּוֹיִ֔ם (hag·gō·w·yim)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 1471: A foreign nation, a Gentile, a troop of animals, a flight of locusts

will ask,
וְאָֽמְרוּ֙ (wə·’ā·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

‘Why
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against

has the LORD
יְהוָ֛ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

done
עָשָׂ֧ה (‘ā·śāh)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6213: To do, make

this
כָּ֖כָה (kā·ḵāh)
Adverb
Strong's 3602: Just so

to this
הַזֹּ֑את (haz·zōṯ)
Article | Pronoun - feminine singular
Strong's 2063: Hereby in it, likewise, the one other, same, she, so much, such deed, that,

land?
לָאָ֣רֶץ (lā·’ā·reṣ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 776: Earth, land

Why
מֶ֥ה (meh)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

this
הַזֶּֽה׃ (haz·zeh)
Article | Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's 2088: This, that

great
הַגָּד֖וֹל (hag·gā·ḏō·wl)
Article | Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 1419: Great, older, insolent

outburst
חֳרִ֛י (ḥo·rî)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 2750: A burning, anger

of anger?’
הָאַ֥ף (hā·’ap̄)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 639: The nose, nostril, the face, a person, ire


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