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Deuteronomy 28:56-58
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 28:56-58
New English Translation
56 Likewise, the most[a] tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness,[b] will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters, 57 and will secretly eat her afterbirth[c] and her newborn children[d] (since she has nothing else),[e] because of the severity of the siege by which your enemy will constrict you in your villages.
The Curse of Covenant Termination
58 “If you refuse to obey[f] all the words of this law, the things written in this scroll, and refuse to fear this glorious and awesome name, the Lord your God,
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- Deuteronomy 28:56 tc The LXX adds σφόδρα (sphodra, “very”) to bring the description into line with v. 54.
- Deuteronomy 28:56 tn Heb “delicateness and tenderness.”
- Deuteronomy 28:57 tn Heb includes “that which comes out from between her feet.”
- Deuteronomy 28:57 tn Heb “her sons that she will bear.”
- Deuteronomy 28:57 tn Heb includes “in her need for everything.”
- Deuteronomy 28:58 tn Heb “If you are not careful to do.”
Deuteronomy 28:56-58
New International Version
Deuteronomy 28:56-58
New International Version
56 The most gentle and sensitive(A) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(B) 57 the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them(C) secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
58 If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law,(D) which are written in this book, and do not revere(E) this glorious and awesome name(F)—the Lord your God—
Deuteronomy 28:56-58
King James Version
Deuteronomy 28:56-58
King James Version
56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, The Lord Thy God;
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