Deuteronomy 28:20
New English Translation
Curses by Disease and Drought
20 “The Lord will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you[a] in everything you undertake[b] until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.[c]
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- Deuteronomy 28:20 tn Heb “the curse, the confusion, and the rebuke” (NASB and NIV similar); NRSV “disaster, panic, and frustration.”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 tn Heb “in all the stretching out of your hand.”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 tc For the MT first person common singular suffix (“me”), the LXX reads either “Lord” (Lucian) or third person masculine singular suffix (“him”; various codices). The MT’s more difficult reading probably represents the original text.tn Heb “the evil of your doings wherein you have forsaken me”; CEV “all because you rejected the Lord.”
Deuteronomy 28:20
New International Version
20 The Lord will send on you curses,(A) confusion and rebuke(B) in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin(C) because of the evil(D) you have done in forsaking him.[a]
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- Deuteronomy 28:20 Hebrew me
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