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Deuteronomy 28:46-48
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 28:46-48
New English Translation
46 These curses[a] will be a perpetual sign and wonder with reference to you and your descendants.[b]
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47 “Because you have not served the Lord your God joyfully and wholeheartedly with the abundance of everything you have, 48 instead in hunger, thirst, nakedness, and poverty[c] you will serve your enemies whom the Lord will send against you. They[d] will place an iron yoke on your neck until they have destroyed you.
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- Deuteronomy 28:46 tn Heb “they”; the referent (the curses mentioned previously) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
- Deuteronomy 28:46 tn Heb “seed” (so KJV, ASV).
- Deuteronomy 28:48 tn Heb “lack of everything.”
- Deuteronomy 28:48 tn Heb “he” (also later in this verse). The pronoun is a collective singular referring to the enemies (cf. CEV, NLT). Many translations understand the singular pronoun to refer to the Lord (cf. NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, NRSV, TEV).
Deuteronomy 28:46-48
New International Version
Deuteronomy 28:46-48
New International Version
46 They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.(A) 47 Because you did not serve(B) the Lord your God joyfully and gladly(C) in the time of prosperity, 48 therefore in hunger and thirst,(D) in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the Lord sends against you. He will put an iron yoke(E) on your neck(F) until he has destroyed you.
Deuteronomy 28:46-48
King James Version
Deuteronomy 28:46-48
King James Version
46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
47 Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the Lord shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
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