- Deuteronomy 32:29
לוּ חָכְמוּ יַשְׂכִּילוּ זֹאת יָבִינוּ לְאַחֲרִיתָם׃
Were they wise, they would think upon this, Gain insight into their future:
Targum Onkelos
אִלּוּ חֲכִימוּ אִסְתַּכַּלוּ בְּדָא סַבַּרוּ מָא יְהֵי בְּסוֹפְהוֹן׃
Were they wise they would grasp this, they would contemplate [what will be] their ending.
- Deuteronomy 32:30
אֵיכָה יִרְדֹּף אֶחָד אֶלֶף וּשְׁנַיִם יָנִיסוּ רְבָבָה אִם־לֹא כִּי־צוּרָם מְכָרָם וַיהֹוָה הִסְגִּירָם׃
“How could one have routed a thousand, Or two put ten thousand to flight, Unless their Rock had sold them, GOD had given them up?”
Targum Onkelos
אֵיכְדֵין יִרְדּוֹף חַד לְאַלְפָא וּתְרֵין יְעָרְקוּן לְרִבּוֹתָא אֱלָהֵין תַּקִּיפְהוֹן מְסַרִנּוּן וַייָ אַשְׁלֵימִנּוּן׃
How can one pursue a thousand, and two make ten thousand flee? Unless their Almighty [lit. rock] has dealt them away [handed them over], and Adonoy has delivered them?
- Deuteronomy 32:31
כִּי לֹא כְצוּרֵנוּ צוּרָם וְאֹיְבֵינוּ פְּלִילִים׃
For their rock is not like our Rock, In our enemies’ own estimation.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי לָא כְתוּקְפַנָא תּוּקְפְהוֹן וּבַעֲלֵי דְּבָבַנָא הֲווֹ דַּיָּינַנָא׃
For their mighty one is not like our Almighty, yet our enemies sit in judgement [became our judges].
- Deuteronomy 32:32
כִּי־מִגֶּפֶן סְדֹם גַּפְנָם וּמִשַּׁדְמֹת עֲמֹרָה עֲנָבֵמוֹ עִנְּבֵי־רוֹשׁ אַשְׁכְּלֹת מְרֹרֹת לָמוֹ׃
Ah! The vine for them is from Sodom, From the vineyards of Gomorrah; The grapes for them are poison, A bitter growth their clusters.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי כְפוּרְעָנוּת עַמָּא דִּסְדוֹם כָּס פּוּרְעָנוּתְהוֹן וְלָקוּתְהוֹן כְּעַם עֲמוֹרָה מַחָתְהוֹן בִּישָׁן כְּרֵישֵׁי חִוִּין וְתוּשְׁלְמַת עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן כִּמְרָרוּתְהוֹן׃
For their grapevine is of the grapevine [as the calamity of the nation] of Sedom and from the fields [the calamity and deficiency as the nation] of Amorah; their grapes are grapes of bitter herbs. clusters galling to them. [You hit them as bad as the heads of serpentss, and the retribution for their deeds will be as bitter.]
- Deuteronomy 32:33
חֲמַת תַּנִּינִם יֵינָם וְרֹאשׁ פְּתָנִים אַכְזָר׃
Their wine is the venom of asps, The pitiless poison of vipers.
Targum Onkelos
הָא כְמִרַת תַּנִּינַיָּא כָּס פּוּרְעָנוּתְהוֹן וּכְרֵישׁ פִּתְנֵי חִוִּין אַכְזְרָאִין׃
Like caustic [poison of] serpents’ venom is their wine [the cup of their calamity], and [like] the gall [heads] of adders, cruel.
- Deuteronomy 32:34
הֲלֹא־הוּא כָּמֻס עִמָּדִי חָתוּם בְּאוֹצְרֹתָי׃
Lo, I have it all put away, Sealed up in My storehouses,
Targum Onkelos
הֲלָא כָל עוֹבָדֵיהוֹן גְּלַן קֳדָמַי גְּנִיזִין לְיוֹם דִּינָא בְּאוֹצְרָי׃
Is this not sequestered with Me, sealed in My treasuries. [Are not all of their deeds revealed before Me, secreted away in my treasuries for the judgment day?]
- Deuteronomy 32:35
לִי נָקָם וְשִׁלֵּם לְעֵת תָּמוּט רַגְלָם כִּי קָרוֹב יוֹם אֵידָם וְחָשׁ עֲתִדֹת לָמוֹ׃
To be My vengeance and recompense, At the time that their foot falters. Yea, their day of disaster is near, And destiny rushes upon them.
Targum Onkelos
קֳדָמַי פּוּרְעָנוּתָא וַאֲנָא אֲשַׁלֵּים לְעִדָּן דְּיִגְלוֹן מֵאֲרַעְהוֹן אֲרֵי קָרִיב יוֹם תְּבָרְהוֹן וּמַבַּע דַּעֲתִיד לְהוֹן׃
Vengeance is [before] with Me, and I shall administer retribution at the time that they shall stumble [will be exiled from their land] for the day of their calamity [ruin] is close by, and destiny speeds towards them [and that which is prepared for them makes haste].
- Deuteronomy 32:36
כִּי־יָדִין יְהֹוָה עַמּוֹ וְעַל־עֲבָדָיו יִתְנֶחָם כִּי יִרְאֶה כִּי־אָזְלַת יָד וְאֶפֶס עָצוּר וְעָזוּב׃
For GOD will vindicate this people And take revenge for these servants, Upon seeing that their might is gone, And neither bond nor free is left.
Targum Onkelos
אֲרֵי יְדִין יְיָ דִּינָא דְּעַמֵּיהּ וּפוּרְעָנוּת עַבְדּוֹהִי צַדִּיקַיָּא יִתְפְּרַע אֲרֵי גְּלֵי קֳדָמוֹהִי דִּבְעִדָּן דְּתִתַּקַּף עֲלֵיהוֹן מַחַת שָׂנְאָה יְהוֹן מְטוּלְטְלִין וּשְׁבִיקִין׃
When Adonoy administers justice against His people and He will reconsider about His servants; when He sees the power surging, and none are structured or fortified. [When Hashem will decide the judgment of His people, and the cruelty to His just servants will be revenged; then it will be apparent before Him that when the clout of their enemies will grow stronger, they will be carried away and lost.]
- Deuteronomy 32:37
וְאָמַר אֵי אֱלֹהֵימוֹ צוּר חָסָיוּ בוֹ׃
[God] will say: Where are their gods, The rock in whom they sought refuge,
Targum Onkelos
וְיֵימַר אָן דַּחְלַתְהוֹן תַּקִּיפָא דַּהֲווֹ רְחִיצִין בֵּיהּ׃
He shall say, ‘‘Where is their god [idol] the rock [mighty] on which they relied for shelter?
- Deuteronomy 32:38
אֲשֶׁר חֵלֶב זְבָחֵימוֹ יֹאכֵלוּ יִשְׁתּוּ יֵין נְסִיכָם יָקוּמוּ וְיַעְזְרֻכֶם יְהִי עֲלֵיכֶם סִתְרָה׃
Who ate the fat of their offerings And drank their libation wine? Let them rise up to your help, And let them be a shield unto you!
Targum Onkelos
דִּתְרַב נִכְסַתְהוֹן הֲווֹ אָכְלִין שָׁתַן חֲמַר נִסְכֵּיהוֹן יְקוּמוּן כְּעַן וִיסַעֲדוּנְכוֹן יְהוֹן עֲלֵיכוֹן לְמַגִּין׃
They ate the fat of their sacrifices, they drank the wine of their libation? Let them arise and help you, let them serve as your shield.
- Deuteronomy 32:39
רְאוּ ׀ עַתָּה כִּי אֲנִי אֲנִי הוּא וְאֵין אֱלֹהִים עִמָּדִי אֲנִי אָמִית וַאֲחַיֶּה מָחַצְתִּי וַאֲנִי אֶרְפָּא וְאֵין מִיָּדִי מַצִּיל׃
See, then, that I, I am the One; There is no god beside Me. I deal death and give life; I wounded and I will heal: None can deliver from My hand.
Targum Onkelos
חֲזוֹ כְעַן דַּאֲנָא אֲנָא הוּא וְלֵית אֱלָהּ בָּר מִנִּי אֲנָא מְמִית וּמַחֵי מְחֵינָא וְאַף מַסֵּינָא וְלֵית מִן יְדִי מְשֵׁיזֵיב׃
Now observe! For it is I! I am the One! and no god matches Me; I put to death and make live, I smite and I heal and no one can rescue from My grasp.