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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)You will watch as your sons and daughters are taken away as slaves. Your heart will break for them, but you won’t be able to help them.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:32

30You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit. 31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them. 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. 33A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days. 34The sights you see will drive you mad.

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 28:18The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
• Numbers 21:29Woe to you, Moab! You are destroyed, people of Chemosh! He has given up his sons as fugitives and his daughters as captives to Sihon king of the Amorites.
• 2 Chronicles 29:9This is why our fathers have fallen by the sword and why our sons and daughters and our wives are in captivity.
• Nehemiah 5:2Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous; in order for us to eat and stay alive, we must get grain.”
• Jeremiah 15:7I will winnow them with a winnowing fork at the city gates of the land. I will bring bereavement and destruction on my people, for they have not changed their ways.
• Jeremiah 16:2“You must not marry and have sons or daughters in this place.”
• Joel 3:6You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, that you might send them far from their homeland.
• Amos 5:27Therefore I will send you into exile beyond Damascus,” says the Lord, whose name is God Almighty.
• Micah 4:10Writhe in agony, Daughter Zion, like a woman in labor, for now you must leave the city to camp in the open field. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued. There the Lord will redeem you out of the hand of your enemies.
• Deuteronomy 28:65Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the Lord will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.
• Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; their hope will become a dying gasp.”
• Job 17:5If anyone denounces their friends for reward, the eyes of their children will fail.
• Psalms 69:3I am worn out calling for help; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.
• Psalms 119:82My eyes fail, looking for your promise; I say, “When will you comfort me?”
• Isaiah 38:14I cried like a swift or thrush, I moaned like a mourning dove. My eyes grew weak as I looked to the heavens. I am being threatened; Lord, come to my aid!”
• Lamentations 2:11My eyes fail from weeping, I am in torment within; my heart is poured out on the ground because my people are destroyed, because children and infants faint in the streets of the city.

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