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 let your enemies knock you down. You will attack them from one direction, but you will run away from them in seven directions. When the people of other nations see what has happened to you, they will see it is a terrible thing. 26Your dead bodies will be food for all the birds and the wild animals. No one will be there to chase them away. The Lord will cause you to have boils on your bodies. That is what he did to the Egyptians. He will also cause you to have tumours and other bad diseases on your skin. You will not be able to get well again. 28The Lord will make you crazy and blind. He will confuse your thoughts. 29Even at midday, you will not see your way. You will be in the dark, like a blind person. You will not be able to go anywhere, whatever you do. Every day, people will be cruel to you. People will rob you. No one will be there to save 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 cause you to have boils on your knees and on your legs. They will give you much pain and they will never get better. They will soon cover your whole body, from your toes to the top of your head.
• Exodus 9:9They will become very small dust over the whole country of Egypt. The dust will cause boils to appear on the skin of people and animals. It will happen all over Egypt.’
• Exodus 15:26He said, ‘Be careful to listen to what the Lord your God says to you. Let him see that you are doing things that are right. Obey his commands and his rules. Then I will not give to you the diseases that I gave to the Egyptians. I am the Lord. I am the one who gives you health.’
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord punished the people who lived in Ashdod. He caused them to have a lot of pain, as well as the people in the places near Ashdod. He caused tumours to grow on their bodies.
• Psalms 78:66He chased his enemies away. He caused them to be ashamed for ever.
• Leviticus 13:2‘A person may have a kind of mark on his skin that might be a disease. He might give the disease to other people. If he has a mark like that, you must bring him to the priest.
• Leviticus 21:20A priest with a back that is not straight must not offer food to God. Neither must a priest who is very small offer a food gift. A priest who has an eye disease or a skin disease must not offer food to God. Neither must a priest offer food if his testicles are spoiled.
• Isaiah 3:17Because of that, the Lord God will give them sores on their heads. Those beautiful women will be bald!’

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