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Deuteronomy 28:32
32Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do.
Deuteronomy 28:32 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
- New International Version (NIV)Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.
- New King James Version (NKJV)Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, and your eyes shall look and fail with longing for them all day long; and there shall be no strength in your hand.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:32
30You will be pledged to marry a wife, but another man will be intimate with her [before you]; you will build a house, but you will not live in it; you will plant a vineyard, but you will not use its fruit. 31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it; your donkey will be torn away from you, and it will not be returned to you; your sheep will be given to your enemies, and you will have no one to save you. Your sons and daughters will be given to another people, while your eyes look on and long for them continually; but there will be nothing you can do. 33A people whom you do not know will eat the produce of your land and all the products of your labors, and you will never be anything but oppressed and exploited and crushed continually. 34You shall be driven mad by the sight of the things you see.
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בָּנֶ֨יךָ וּבְנֹתֶ֜יךָ נְתֻנִ֨ים לְעַ֤ם אַחֵר֙ וְעֵינֶ֣יךָ רֹא֔וֹת וְכָל֥וֹת אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וְאֵ֥ין לְאֵ֖ל יָדֶֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Thy sonsבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
- and thy daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- givenנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
- unto anotherאַחֵר'achêr · anotherH312
- peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- and thine eyesעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eyeH5869
- shall lookרָאָהrâ'âh · to see: seeH7200
- and failכָּלֶהkâleh · longingH3616
- for them all the dayיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
- no mightאֵל'êl · god: powerH410
- in thine handיָדyâd · hand: powerH3027
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:32
- Deuteronomy 28:18“The offspring of your body and the produce of your land, the offspring of your herd and the young of your flock will be cursed.
- Numbers 21:29Woe (judgment is coming) to you, Moab! You are destroyed, O people of [the god] Chemosh! Moab has given his sons as fugitives [that is, survivors of battle], And his daughters into captivity To Sihon king of the Amorites.
- 2 Chronicles 29:9For behold, our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and our daughters and our wives are in captivity because of this.
- Nehemiah 5:2For there were some who were saying, “We, along with our sons and our daughters, are many; therefore allow us to get grain, so that we may eat and survive.”
- Jeremiah 15:7I will winnow (sort, separate) them with a winnowing fork At the gates of the land; I will deprive them of children, I will destroy My people; They did not repent and turn from their [evil] ways.
- Jeremiah 16:2“You shall not take a wife or have sons and daughters in this place (Jerusalem).”
- Joel 3:6and have sold the children of Judah and the children of Jerusalem to the Greeks, so that you may send them far away from their territory,
- Amos 5:27Therefore, I will send you to go into exile far beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is the God of hosts.
- Micah 4:10Writhe in pain and labor to give birth, O Daughter of Zion, Like a woman in childbirth; For now you shall go out of the city, Live in the field, And go to Babylon. There you will be rescued; There the Lord shall redeem you From the hand of your enemies.
- Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no peace (rest), and there will be no resting place for the sole of your foot; but there the Lord will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.
- Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, And they will not escape [the justice of God]; And their hope is to breathe their last [and die].”
- Job 17:5He who denounces and informs against his friends for a share of the spoil, The eyes of his children will also languish and fail.
- Psalms 69:3I am weary with my crying; my throat is parched; My eyes fail while I wait [with confident expectation] for my God.
- Psalms 119:82My eyes fail [with longing, watching] for [the fulfillment of] Your promise, Saying, “When will You comfort me?”
- Isaiah 38:14Like a swallow, like a crane, so I chirp; I coo like a dove. My eyes look wistfully upward; O Lord, I am oppressed, take my side and be my security.
- Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail because of tears [mourns Jeremiah], My spirit is deeply disturbed; My heart is poured out on the earth [in grief] Because of the destruction of the daughter of my people [Jerusalem], When little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:32
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people - In several countries, particularly in Spain and Portugal, the children of the Jews have been taken from them by order of government, and educated in the Popish faith. There have been some instances of Jewish children being taken from their parents even in Protestant countries.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 15-68Verses 15-68 The curses correspond in form and number Deuteronomy 28:15-19 to the blessings Deuteronomy 28:3-6, and the special modes in which these threats should be executed are described in five groups of denunciations Deuteronomy 28:20-26 First series of judgments. The curse of God should rest on all they did, and should issue in manifold forms of disease, in famine, and in defeat in war. Deuteronomy 28:20 Vexation - Rather, confusion: the word in the…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 15-44Verses 15-44 If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under a curse. All his…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-68This section explains the conditions for receiving the covenant blessing, the types of blessings, and the curses that will occur if people ignore or disobey these rules (28:1–14; 28:15–68).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 29-3329-33. thou shalt grope at noonday--a general description of the painful uncertainty in which they would live. During the Middle Ages the Jews were driven from society into hiding-places which they were afraid to leave, not knowing from what quarter they might be assailed and their children dragged into captivity, from which no friend could rescue, and no money ransom them.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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