Deuteronomy 28:54

Deuteronomy 28:54 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
• New International Version (NIV)Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,
• English Standard Version (ESV)The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces, and to the last of the children whom he has left,
• New King James Version (NKJV)The sensitive and very refined man among you will be hostile toward his brother, toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the rest of his children whom he leaves behind,

Context of Deuteronomy 28:54

52They will attack all your towns, everywhere in the land that the Lord your God has given to you. They will knock down the strong walls that you thought would keep you safe. They will make their camps around your towns until they can take the towns for themselves. 53When that happens, you will have no food, because your enemy's soldiers are all around your town. You will be so hungry that you eat your own children. Those are the sons and daughters that the Lord your God has given to you. Even the best and kindest man among you will turn against his brother. He will turn against the wife that he loves and against his children who are still alive. 55He will be so hungry that he eats meat from his own child, because there is no other food. He will not share it with any of his own family. He will do that because your enemy is so strong. The soldiers will stop any food from coming into your towns. 56Even the best and kindest woman among you will turn against the husband that she loves. She will turn against her sons and daughters. She has been rich enough to have everything that she needs.

Deuteronomy 28:54 word by word

הָאִישׁ֙ הָרַ֣ךְ בְּךָ֔ וְהֶעָנֹ֖ג מְאֹ֑ד תֵּרַ֨ע עֵינ֤וֹ בְאָחִיו֙ וּבְאֵ֣שֶׁת חֵיק֔וֹ וּבְיֶ֥תֶר בָּנָ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹתִֽיר׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• the manאִישׁ'îysh · manH376
• tenderרַךְrak · tenderH7390
• among you, and veryמְאֹדme'ôd · muchH3966
• delicateעָנֹג‛ânôg · daintyH6028
• his eyeעַ֫יִן‛ayin · eye: appearanceH5869
• shall be evilיָרַעyâra‛ · quiverH3415
• toward his brotherאָח'âch · brother: compatriotH251
• and toward the wifeאִשָּׁה'ishshâh nâshîym · woman: wifeH802
• of his bosomחֵיקchêyq chêq chôq · bosom: embraceH2436
• and toward the remnantיֶ֫תֶרyether · remainderH3499
• of his childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• which he shall leaveיָתַרyâthar · to remainH3498

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:54

• Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to think this wicked thought: ‘The seventh year will happen soon. That is the year when I must forgive people's debts. So I will not lend money to people at this time.’ Do not be cruel like that to another Israelite who is poor. Do not refuse to lend him anything. He might complain about you to the Lord. Then the Lord would say that you are guilty of a sin.
• Proverbs 23:68. Do not go and eat a meal with someone who hates to spend his money. His food may be good, but do not be greedy for it.
• Proverbs 28:22Greedy people hurry to become rich. They do not know that they will soon be poor.
• Matthew 20:15It is my money. I can choose what to do with it. I want to be kind to people and give them more than we agreed. Does that make you upset?” ’
• Deuteronomy 13:6Even someone in your own family may try to turn you away from the Lord. It may be your own brother, your son or your daughter. It may be your wife whom you love. It may be a friend that you like very much. They may say to you secretly, ‘We should worship other gods.’ Those are gods that you and your ancestors never knew about before.
• 2 Samuel 12:3But the poor man had only one little female lamb. He had bought it and he had taken care of it. It had grown up with his own children. It ate his bits of food and it drank water from his cup. It even slept while he held it. It was like a daughter for him.
• Micah 7:5Do not believe anyone, even somebody that you know well. You cannot be sure that your friend will always be honest with you. Be careful what you say to your wife. Be careful even when you are hugging her.
• Psalms 103:13As a father is kind to his children, the Lord is kind to us. He is kind to people who worship him.
• Isaiah 49:15The Lord replies, ‘Can a mother forget the baby who drinks milk at her breast? Can she refuse to be kind to the child that she has given birth to? Perhaps those mothers might forget their children. But I would not ever forget you, Zion.
• Matthew 7:9Some of you are fathers. If your son asks you for some bread, you would not give him a stone.
• Luke 11:11Some of you are fathers. If your son asks you for a fish, you would not give him a snake instead.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:54

• 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. 45-68Verses 45-68 If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upon mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those under the curse of God. What then will be the misery of that world where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched! Observe what is here said of the wrath of God, which should come and remain upon the Israelites for their sins. It is amazing to think that a people so long the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54gentle and refined man: He had lived a protected life. He had been kept away from suffering and hardship. He had never faced the terrible events that would soon come upon him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 53-5753-57. And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body--(See 2Ki 6:29; La 4:10). Such were the dreadful extremities to which the inhabitants during the siege were reduced that many women sustained a wretched existence by eating the flesh of their own children. Parental affection was extinguished, and the nearest relatives were jealously, avoided, lest they should discover and demand a share of the revolting viands.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:54

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Cannibalism
• Disobedience to God
• Famine
• Fear of God
• Holy Spirit
• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Reprobacy
• War
• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Above
• Command
• Crush
• Delicateness
• Doubt
• Dress
• Emerods
• Enjoy
• Fearful
• Hang

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