Deuteronomy 28:32

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

30A woman will promise to marry you. But another man will take her and have sex with her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a garden, but you will never eat the fruit that grows in it. 31Someone will kill your bull while you watch. But you will not eat any of the meat. As you watch, someone will take your donkey from you. He will never give it back to you. Your enemies will take your sheep for themselves. There will be no one there to help you. Foreign people will take your children away to be their slaves. Every day, you will look for them to come back to you. But you will have no power to do anything. 33Strangers will eat the food that you have worked hard to grow in your fields. People will be cruel to you for the rest of your lives. 34When you see what is happening to you, you will become crazy.

Deuteronomy 28:32 word by word

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 28:18God will curse your children and the crops that you grow. Your cows and your sheep will not give birth to healthy babies.
• Numbers 21:29It will be very bad for you, people of Moab. Sihon has killed you people who worship the god Chemosh. Your god has let the king of the Amorites put you in prison.
• 2 Chronicles 29:9You know that cruel enemies killed our fathers. They took away our sons, our daughters and our wives as their prisoners. That was God's punishment.
• Nehemiah 5:2Many of them said, ‘We are big families, with many sons and daughters. We need to have food to eat so that we can stay alive.’
• Jeremiah 15:7I will punish the people of every town in the land. I will blow them away, like wind blows away straw. My people have refused to change the way that they live. So I will destroy them and their children too.
• Jeremiah 16:2‘You must not marry in this place. You must not have sons or daughters here.
• Joel 3:6You sold the people from Judah and Jerusalem to the Greek people. You wanted to send them a long way from their own country.
• Amos 5:27I will send you away as prisoners. Your enemies will take you beyond Damascus.’ That is what the Lord says, and he is God Almighty.
• Micah 4:10People in Zion, you will have a lot of pain, like a woman who is giving birth to a baby. She rolls about and she screams with pain. Soon you will have to leave your city and you will have to live in the fields. You will have to go to Babylon, but there the Lord will save you. He will make you free again from the authority of your enemies.
• Deuteronomy 28:65When you live among those nations, you will not be happy. You will not find a home where you can live safely in peace. The Lord will cause you to have troubles in your mind. Your eyes will not see well. You will be sad and upset.
• Job 11:20But wicked people will not find any help. They cannot escape from their troubles. They can only hope to die.’
• Job 17:5People may turn against their friends to get things for themselves. If they do that, their children should become blind.
• Psalms 69:3I have shouted so much for help that I am tired and weak. My mouth is so dry that it hurts. I have looked so long for help from you, my God, that my eyes have become weak.
• Psalms 119:82As I wait for you to do what you have promised, my eyes are too tired to stay open. I ask, ‘When will you come to help me?’
• Isaiah 38:14I cry like a swallow. I make a sad noise like a dove. My eyes are weak as I look up to heaven for help. Lord God, save me from my trouble!
• Lamentations 2:11I have cried so much that my eyes are red now. Even the parts inside my body hurt, because my people are dying. I feel ill because I am so sad. The children and babies fall in the city's streets because they are so weak.

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

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:32

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Disobedience to God
• Fear of God
• Holy Spirit
• Idolatry
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Reprobacy
• War
• Wicked (People)

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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