Deuteronomy

Deuteronomy 32:26–27

²⁶I would have said that I would cut them to pieces

and blot out their memory from mankind,

²⁷if 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.’”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
I would have said that	אָמַ֖רְתִּי	’ā·mar·tî	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular	H559 utter, say
I would cut them to pieces	אַפְאֵיהֶ֑ם	’ap̄·’ê·hem	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative if contextual - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H6284 cleave in pieces
and blot out	אַשְׁבִּ֥יתָה	’aš·bî·ṯāh	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect Cohortative - first person common singular	H7673 cease, desist, rest
their memory	זִכְרָֽם׃	ziḵ·rām	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H2143 remembrance, memorial
from mankind	מֵאֱנ֖וֹשׁ	mê·’ĕ·nō·wōš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H582 man, mankind

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
if I had not	לוּלֵ֗י	lū·lê	Conjunction	H3884 if not, unless
dreaded	אָג֔וּר	’ā·ḡūr	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H1481 sojourn
the taunt	כַּ֤עַס	ka·‘as	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3708 vexation, anger
of the enemy	אוֹיֵב֙	’ō·w·yêḇ	Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular	H341 be hostile to
lest	פֶּן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
their adversaries	צָרֵ֑ימוֹ	ṣā·rê·mōw	Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine plural	H6862 narrow, tight
misunderstand	יְנַכְּר֖וּ	yə·nak·kə·rū	Verb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5234 regard, recognize
and say	יֹֽאמְרוּ֙	yō·mə·rū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Our own hand	יָדֵ֣ינוּ	yā·ḏê·nū	Noun - feminine dual construct; first person common plural	H3027 hand
has prevailed	רָ֔מָה	rā·māh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person feminine singular	H7311 be high, exalted, rise
it was not	וְלֹ֥א	wə·lō	Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
the LORD	יְהוָ֖ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
who did	פָּעַ֥ל	pā·‘al	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6466 do, make
all	כָּל־	kāl-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3605 the whole, all
this	זֹֽאת׃	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Deuteronomy 32:26 Deuteronomy 28:64 · Isaiah 63:16 · Deuteronomy 28:25 · Deuteronomy 28:37 · Deuteronomy 4:27 · Leviticus 26:33 · Leviticus 26:38 · Psalm 34:16

Deuteronomy 32:27 Numbers 14:15–16 · Joshua 7:9 · 1 Samuel 12:22 · Zechariah 1:14–15 · Exodus 32:12 · Psalm 140:8

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.