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

25“The Lord will allow you to be struck down before your enemies; you will attack them from one direction but flee from them in seven directions and will become an object of terror to all the kingdoms of the earth. 26Your carcasses will be food for every bird of the sky and wild animal of the earth, and there will be no one to chase them off. The Lord will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed. 28The Lord will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind. 29You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one 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 afflict you in your knees and on your legs with painful, incurable boils – from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
• Exodus 9:9It will become fine dust over the whole land of Egypt and will cause boils to break out and fester on both people and animals in all the land of Egypt.”
• Exodus 15:26He said, “If you will diligently obey the Lord your God, and do what is right in his sight, and pay attention to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, then all the diseases that I brought on the Egyptians I will not bring on you, for I, the Lord, am your healer.”
• 1 Samuel 5:6The Lord attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.
• Psalms 78:66He drove his enemies back; he made them a permanent target for insults.
• Leviticus 13:2“When someone has a swelling or a scab or a bright spot on the skin of his body that may become a diseased infection, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or one of his sons, the priests.
• Leviticus 21:20or a hunchback, or a dwarf, or one with a spot in his eye, or a festering eruption, or a feverish rash, or a crushed testicle.
• Isaiah 3:17So the sovereign master will afflict the foreheads of Zion’s women with skin diseases, the Lord will make the front of their heads 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