Deuteronomy 28:27

Deuteronomy 28:27 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:27

25The Lord will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the sky and the wild animals of the earth, with no one to scare them away. “The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumors, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured. 28The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion, 29so that at noon you will grope as a blind person gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.

Deuteronomy 28:27 word by word

יַכְּכָ֨ה יְהוָ֜ה בִּשְׁחִ֤ין מִצְרַ֙יִם֙ וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים וּבַגָּרָ֖ב וּבֶחָ֑רֶס אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא־תוּכַ֖ל לְהֵרָפֵֽא׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• will smiteנָכָהnâkâh · to smiteH5221
• thee with the botchשְׁחִיןshechîyn · boilH7822
• of Egyptמִצְרַ֫יִםmitsrayim · EgyptH4714
• and with the emerodsעֹ֫פֶל‛ôphel · hillH6076
• and with the emerodsטְחֹרţechôr · tumorH2914
• and with the scabגָּרָבgârâb · scabH1618
• and with the itchחֶ֫רֶסcheres charsâh · itchH2775
• whereof thou canstיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
• not be healedרָפָאrâphâ' râphâh · to healH7495

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:27

• Deuteronomy 28:35The Lord will afflict you with painful and incurable boils on your knees and thighs — from the sole of your foot to the top of your head.
• Exodus 9:9It will become fine dust over the entire land of Egypt. It will become festering boils on people and animals throughout the land of Egypt.”
• Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will carefully obey the Lord your God, do what is right in his sight, pay attention to his commands, and keep all his statutes, I will not inflict any illnesses on you that I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the Lord who heals you.”
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord’s hand was heavy on the people of Ashdod. He terrified the people of Ashdod and its territory and afflicted them with tumors.
• Psalms 78:66He beat back his foes; he gave them lasting disgrace.
• Leviticus 13:2“When a person has a swelling, scab, or spot on the skin of his body, and it may be a serious disease on the skin of his body, he is to be brought to the priest Aaron or to one of his sons, the priests.
• Leviticus 21:20or who is a hunchback or a dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
• Isaiah 3:17the Lord will put scabs on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will shave their foreheads bare.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:27

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 27The Lord will smite thee with the botch - שחין shechin, a violent inflammatory swelling. In Job ii., one of the Hexapla versions renders it , the elephantiasis, a disease the most horrid that can possibly afflict human nature. In this disorder, the whole body is covered with a most loathsome scurf; the joints are all preternaturally enlarged, and the skin swells up and grows into folds like that of an elephant, whence the disease has its name. The skin…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. 27the boils of Egypt: See Exodus 9:8–12. tumors: Compare 1 Samuel 5:6, 9, 12. scabs: This might refer to a skin condition called dermatitis. The itch is also a symptom of dermatitis.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2727. the botch of Egypt--a troublesome eruption, marked by red pimples, to which, at the rising of the Nile, the Egyptians are subject. emerods--fistulæ or piles. scab--scurvy. itch--the disease commonly known by that name; but it is far more malignant in the East than is ever witnessed in our part of the world.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:27

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Boil
• Disease
• Disobedience to God
• Fear of God
• Hemorrhoids
• Holy Spirit
• Idolatry
• Itch
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Reprobacy
• Sanitation
• Scab
• Skin
• War
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Egypt
• Egypt, Egyptian
• Above
• Blains
• Boil
• Botch
• Command
• Crush
• Delicateness
• Doubt

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