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Deuteronomy 32:12

So the LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with him.

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יְהוָ֖הyehvahJehovahיְהֹוָהnoun, proper name — “Jehovah”H3068Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodJehovah, the Lord. Compare H3050 (יָהּ), H3069 (יְהֹוִה).בָּדָ֣דbadadaloneבָּדָדnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alone”, the ordinary formH910separate; adverb, separatelyalone, desolate, only, solitary.יַנְחֶ֑נּוּyanchenvguideנָחָהverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “guide”, an unfinished actionH5148to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.וְאֵ֥יןveeynand elseאַיִןconjunction, particle, negative — “and else”H369a non-entity; generally used as a negative particleelse, except, fail, (father-) less, be gone, in(-curable), neither, never, no (where), none, nor, (any, thing), not, nothing, to nought, past, un(-searchable), well-nigh, without. Compare H370 (אַיִן).עִמּ֖וֹimvowithעִםpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).אֵ֥לelidolאֵלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “idol”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH410strength; as adjective, mighty; especially the Almighty (but used also of any deity)God (god), [idiom] goodly, [idiom] great, idol, might(-y one), power, strong. Compare names in '-el.'נֵכָֽרnekharalienנֵכָרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “alien”, the ordinary formH5236foreign, or (concretely) a foreigner, or (abstractly) heathendomalien, strange ([phrase] -er).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Jehovah alone did lead him, And there was no foreign god with him.

Young’s Literal Translation

Jehovah alone doth lead him, And there is no strange god with him.

World English Bible

Yahweh alone led him. There was no foreign god with him.

Darby Translation

So Jehovah alone did lead him, And no strange god [was] with him.

Douay-Rheims

The Lord alone was his leader: and there was no strange god with him.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The LORD alone did lead him, and there was no strange god with Him.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

the Lord alone led them, there was no strange god with them.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Κύριος μόνος ἦγεν αὐτοὺς, οὐκ ἦν μετʼ αὐτῶν θεὸς ἀλλότριος.