Deuteronomy 28:21

Deuteronomy 28:21 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
• New International Version (NIV)The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
• English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord will make the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.
• New King James Version (NKJV)The Lord will make the plague cling to you until He has consumed you from the land which you are going to possess.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:21

19You will be cursed when you come and cursed when you go. 20The Lord will send you curses, panic, and frustration in everything you do until you’re destroyed and quickly disappear for the evil you will do by abandoning the Lord. The Lord will send one plague after another on you until he wipes you out of the land you’re about to enter and take possession of. 22The Lord will strike you with disease, fever, and inflammation; heat waves, drought, scorching winds, and ruined crops. They will pursue you until you die. 23The sky above will look like bronze, and the ground below will be as hard as iron.

Deuteronomy 28:21 word by word

יַדְבֵּ֧ק יְהוָ֛ה בְּךָ֖ אֶת־הַדָּ֑בֶר עַ֚ד כַּלֹּת֣וֹ אֹֽתְךָ֔ מֵעַל֙ הָֽאֲדָמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־אַתָּ֥ה בָא־שָׁ֖מָּה לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• The Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• shall make the pestilenceדֶּ֫בֶרdeber · pestilenceH1698
• cleaveדָּבַקdâbaq · to cleaveH1692
• unto thee, until he have consumedכָּלָהkâlâh · to end: destroyH3615
• thee from off the landאֲדָמָה'ădâmâh · land: soilH127
• whither thou goestבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
• to possessיָרַשׁyârash yârêsh · to possess: takeH3423

Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:21

• Exodus 5:3They replied, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please let us travel three days into the desert to offer sacrifices to the Lord our God. If we don’t go, he may kill us with a plague or a war.”
• Leviticus 26:5Threshing time will last until grape gathering, and grape gathering will last until planting. You will eat all you want and live securely in your land.
• Numbers 14:12I’ll strike them with a plague, I’ll destroy them, and I’ll make you into a nation larger and stronger than they are.”
• Numbers 16:46Moses said to Aaron, “Take your incense burner, put burning coals from the altar and incense in it, and go quickly into the community to make peace with the Lord for the people. The Lord is showing his anger; a plague has started.”
• Numbers 25:9However, 24,000 people died from that plague.
• 2 Samuel 24:15So the Lord sent a plague among the Israelites from that morning until the time he had chosen. Of the people from Dan to Beersheba, 70,000 died.
• Jeremiah 15:2When they ask you where they should go, say to them, ‘This is what the Lord says: Those who are destined to die will die. Those who are destined to die in wars will die in wars. Those who are destined to die in famines will die in famines. Those who are destined to die in captivity will die in captivity.’
• Jeremiah 16:4They will die horrible deaths. No one will mourn for them or bury them. They will be like manure on the ground. Wars and famines will bring them to an end. Their bodies will be food for birds and animals.
• Jeremiah 21:6I will defeat those who live in this city, both people and animals. They will die from a terrible plague.
• Jeremiah 24:10I will send wars, famines, and plagues until they disappear from the land that I gave to them and their ancestors.’ ”
• Matthew 26:7While Jesus was sitting there, a woman went to him with a bottle of very expensive perfume and poured it on his head.

Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21The pestilence cleave unto thee - הדבר אה בך יהוה ידבק yadbek Yehovah becha eth haddaber, the Lord shall cement the pestilence or plague to thee. Sept., , The Lord will glue - inseparably attach, the death unto thee. How dreadful a plague it must be that ravages without intermission, any person may conceive who has ever heard the name.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. 21the plague cling to you: This means the sickness would continue for a long time. It would not leave them until the nation was destroyed.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. pestilence--some fatal epidemic. There is no reason, however, to think that the plague, which is the great modern scourge of the East, is referred to.Read the comment

Topics related to Deuteronomy 28:21

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Backsliders
• Disobedience to God
• Fear of God
• Holy Spirit
• Idolatry
• Judgments
• Obedience
• Reprobacy
• Sanitation
• 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