King James Version

Deuteronomy 32:5

They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

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שִׁחֵ֥תshichetbatterשָׁחַתverb, piel, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “batter”, a completed actionH7843to decay, i.e. (causatively) ruin (literally or figuratively)batter, cast off, corrupt(-er, thing), destroy(-er, -uction), lose, mar, perish, spill, spoiler, [idiom] utterly, waste(-r).ל֛וֹlvotoל֛וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toלֹ֖אlono , -r,לֹאparticle, negative — “no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…בָּנָ֣יוbanayvsonבֵּןnoun, common, masculine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “son”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH1121a 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.)[phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, […מוּמָ֑םmumamblemishמאוּםnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “blemish”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3971to stain; a blemish (physically or morally)blemish, blot, spot.דּ֥וֹרdorageדּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “age”, the ordinary formH1755properly, a revolution of time, i.e. an age or generation; also a dwellingage, [idiom] evermore, generation, (n-) ever, posterity.עִקֵּ֖שׁiqeshcrookedעִקֵּשׁadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “crooked”, the ordinary formH6141distorted; hence, falsecrooked, froward, perverse.וּפְתַלְתֹּֽלufetaltoland crookedפְּתַלְתֹּלconjunction, adjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “and crooked”, the ordinary formH6618tortuous (i.e. crafty)crooked.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.

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American Standard Version (1901)

They have dealt corruptly with him, they are not his children, it is their blemish; They are a perverse and crooked generation.

Young’s Literal Translation

It hath done corruptly to Him; Their blemish is not His sons', A generation perverse and crooked!

World English Bible

They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.

Darby Translation

They have dealt corruptly with him; Not his children's is their spot: — A crooked and perverted generation!

Douay-Rheims

They have sinned against him, and are nose of his children in their filth: they are a wicked and perverse generation.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Is corruption His? No; His children's is the blemish; a generation crooked and perverse.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

They have sinned, not pleasing him; spotted children, a froward and perverse generation.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Ἡμάρτοσαν οὐκ αὐτῷ τέκνα μωμητά· γενεὰ σκολιὰ καὶ διεστραμμένη.