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
New King James Version
56 The [a]tender and [b]delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, [c]will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter, 57 her [d]placenta which comes out (A)from between her feet and her children whom she bears; for she will eat them secretly for lack of everything in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates.
58 “If you do not carefully observe all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear (B)this glorious and awesome name, THE LORD YOUR GOD,
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- Deuteronomy 28:56 sensitive
- Deuteronomy 28:56 refined
- Deuteronomy 28:56 Lit. her eye shall be evil toward
- Deuteronomy 28:57 afterbirth
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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Deuteronomy 28:56-58
English Standard Version
56 (A)The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces,[a] to her son and to her daughter, 57 her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, (B)in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.
58 “If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, (C)the Lord your God,
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- Deuteronomy 28:56 Hebrew the husband of her bosom
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