Deuteronomy 4:27

27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

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Deuteronomy 4:27 in Other Translations

KJV

27 And the LORD shall scatter you among the nations, and ye shall be left few in number among the heathen, whither the LORD shall lead you.

ESV

27 And the LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be left few in number among the nations where the LORD will drive you.

NLT

27 For the LORD will scatter you among the nations, where only a few of you will survive.

MSG

27 God will scatter you far and wide; a few of you will survive here and there in the nations where God will drive you.

CSB

27 The Lord will scatter you among the peoples, and you will be reduced to a few survivors among the nations where the Lord your God will drive you.

Deuteronomy 4:27 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 4:27

And the Lord shall scatter you among the nations
As they were by both captivities; the ten tribes were dispersed among the cities of the Medes, and the two tribes throughout the empire of Babylon:

and ye shall be left few in number among the Heathen, whither the Lord
shall lead you;
or be "men of number" ^F9, so few that they might be easily numbered; which intimates that it should be other wise with them than when in Egypt; there they were multiplied and increased the more they were afflicted, but in these captivities they should be greatly diminished.

FOOTNOTES:

F9 (rpom ytm) "viri numeri", Montanus, Drusius.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 4:27 In-Context

25 After you have had children and grandchildren and have lived in the land a long time—if you then become corrupt and make any kind of idol, doing evil in the eyes of the LORD your God and arousing his anger,

26 I call the heavens and the earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live there long but will certainly be destroyed.

27 The LORD will scatter you among the peoples, and only a few of you will survive among the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

28 There you will worship man-made gods of wood and stone, which cannot see or hear or eat or smell.

29 But if from there you seek the LORD your God, you will find him if you seek him with all your heart and with all your soul.

Cross References 2

1. S Leviticus 26:33; Deuteronomy 28:36,64; Deuteronomy 29:28; 1 Kings 8:46; 2 Kings 17:6; Psalms 44:11; Psalms 106:27; Jeremiah 3:8; Micah 1:16; Nehemiah 1:8
2. Isaiah 17:6; Isaiah 21:17; Obadiah 1:5