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nations

Meaning of “nations”

Sense 1: Distinct peoples or political communities. Sense 2: The Gentile peoples as distinguished from Israel.

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First occurrence: Genesis 10:5

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Deuteronomy 28:12
The Lord shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:12 · retained source text

The LORD shal open vnto thee his good treasure, the heauen to giue the raine vnto thy land in his season, and to blesse all the worke of thine hand: and thou shalt lend vnto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.

1611 marginal noteChap. 15.6.

Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:37 · retained source text

And thou shalt become an astonishment, a prouerbe, and a by-worde, among all nations whither the LORD shall leade thee.

1611 marginal note1.King. 9.7. ier. 24.9. and 25.9.

Deuteronomy 28:65
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the Lord shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 28:65 · retained source text

And among these nations shalt thou finde no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest: but the LORD shall giue thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, & sorrow of minde.

Deuteronomy 29:16
(For ye know how we have dwelt in the land of Egypt; and how we came through the nations which ye passed by;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:16 · retained source text

(For ye know how we haue dwelt in the land of Egypt, and how we came thorow the nations which ye passed by.

Deuteronomy 29:18
Lest there should be among you man, or woman, or family, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day from the Lord our God, to go and serve the gods of these nations; lest there should be among you a root that beareth gall and wormwood;
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:18 · retained source text

Lest there should be among you man or woman, or familie, or tribe, whose heart turneth away this day frō the LORD our God, to goe and serue the gods of these nations: lest there should bee among you a root that beareth gall and wormewood,

1611 marginal noteOr, a poisonfull herbe Heb. Rosh.

Deuteronomy 29:24
Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 29:24 · retained source text

Euen al nations shal say, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus vnto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger?

1611 marginal note1.King. 9.8. iere. 22.8.

Deuteronomy 30:1
AND it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath driven thee,
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:1 · retained source text

¶ And it shall come to passe when all these things are come vpon thee, the blessing, and the curse, which I haue set before thee, and thou shalt call them to minde among all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath driuen thee,

Deuteronomy 30:3
That then the Lord thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the Lord thy God hath scattered thee.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 30:3 · retained source text

That then the LORD thy God will turne thy captiuitie, and haue compassion vpon thee, and wil returne and gather thee from all the nations whither the LORD thy God hath scattered thee.

Deuteronomy 31:3
The Lord thy God, he will go over before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possess them: and Joshua, he shall go over before thee, as the Lord hath said.
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1611 witness · Deuteronomy 31:3 · retained source text

The LORD thy God, hee will goe ouer before thee, and he will destroy these nations from before thee, and thou shalt possesse them: and Ioshua, hee shall goe ouer before thee, as the LORD hath said.

1611 marginal noteNum. 27.21.

Deuteronomy 32:8
When the most High divided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sons of Adam, he set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading
1611 witness · Deuteronomy 32:8 · retained source text

When the most High diuided to the nations their inheritance, when he separated the sonnes of Adam, hee set the bounds of the people according to the number of the children of Israel.

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