Deuteronomy 31:18

18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:18 in Other Translations

King James Version (KJV)
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evils which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
English Standard Version (ESV)
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day because of all the evil that they have done, because they have turned to other gods.
New Living Translation (NLT)
18 At that time I will hide my face from them on account of all the evil they commit by worshiping other gods.
The Message Bible (MSG)
18 But I'll stay out of their lives, keep looking the other way because of all their evil: they took up with other gods!
American Standard Version (ASV)
18 And I will surely hide my face in that day for all the evil which they shall have wrought, in that they are turned unto other gods.
GOD'S WORD Translation (GW)
18 On that day I will certainly turn away from them because of all the evil they've done in turning to other gods.
Holman Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
18 I will certainly hide My face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.
New International Reader's Version (NIRV)
18 "I will certainly turn away from them on that day. I will do it because they did a very evil thing when they turned to other gods.

Deuteronomy 31:18 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 31:18

I will surely hide my face in that day
Which is repeated for the certainty of it, and that it might be taken notice of; that he was the spring and source of all their good things, their sun and their shield, who being withdrawn from them, they would be deprived of every thing that was good, and be liable to all evil; and this he would do,

for all the evils which they shall have wrought;
for all the immoralities they should be guilty of, every transgression of his law, whether of the first or second table, and especially idolatry:

in that they are turned unto other gods;
to the worship and service of them, which of all evils would be the most provoking to God; and the way of speaking suggests as if all evils were included in idolatry, and sprang from it, or were committed with it.

Deuteronomy 31:18 In-Context

16 And the LORD said to Moses: “You are going to rest with your ancestors, and these people will soon prostitute themselves to the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake me and break the covenant I made with them.
17 And in that day I will become angry with them and forsake them; I will hide my face from them, and they will be destroyed. Many disasters and calamities will come on them, and in that day they will ask, ‘Have not these disasters come on us because our God is not with us?’
18 And I will certainly hide my face in that day because of all their wickedness in turning to other gods.
19 “Now write down this song and teach it to the Israelites and have them sing it, so that it may be a witness for me against them.
20 When I have brought them into the land flowing with milk and honey, the land I promised on oath to their ancestors, and when they eat their fill and thrive, they will turn to other gods and worship them, rejecting me and breaking my covenant.
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