Deuteronomy 32:25
Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data
"The sword without, and terror within, shall destroy both the young man and the virgin, the suckling also with the man of gray hairs."
Word-by-Word Analysis
חֶרֶב
chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
חוּץ
chûwts
properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoors
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
שָׁחַת
shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
בְּתוּלָה
bᵉthûwlâh
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
אִישׁ
ʼîysh
a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
Key Terms in This Verse
בְּתוּלָה bᵉthûwlâh
a virgin (from her privacy); sometimes (by continuation) a bride; also (figuratively) a city or state
Study H1330 →שָׁחַת shâchath
to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)
Study H7843 →בֵּן bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
Study H1121 →חֶרֶב chereb
drought; also a cutting instrument (from its destructive effect), as a knife, sword, or other sharp implement
Study H2719 →Cross References
The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.
Behold, O LORD; for I am in distress: my bowels are troubled; mine heart is turned within me; for I have grievously rebelled: abroad the sword bereaveth, at home there is as death.
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that s...
But ye said, No; for we will flee upon horses; therefore shall ye flee: and, We will ride upon the swift; therefore shall they that pursue you be swift.
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
For death is come up into our windows, and is entered into our palaces, to cut off the children from without, and the young men from the streets.
The tongue of the sucking child cleaveth to the roof of his mouth for thirst: the young children ask bread, and no man breaketh it unto them.
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