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Deuteronomy 28:50
50a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young.
Deuteronomy 28:50 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
- New International Version (NIV)a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young.
- English Standard Version (ESV)a hard-faced nation who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young.
- New Living Translation (NLT)a fierce and heartless nation that shows no respect for the old and no pity for the young.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:50
48therefore you shall serve your enemies, whom the Lord will send against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedness, and in need of everything; and He will put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you. 49The Lord will bring a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flies, a nation whose language you will not understand, a nation of fierce countenance, which does not respect the elderly nor show favor to the young. 51And they shall eat the increase of your livestock and the produce of your land, until you are destroyed; they shall not leave you grain or new wine or oil, or the increase of your cattle or the offspring of your flocks, until they have destroyed you. 52“They shall besiege you at all your gates until your high and fortified walls, in which you trust, come down throughout all your land; and they shall besiege you at all your gates throughout all your land which the Lord your God has given you.
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:50 word by word
גּ֖וֹי עַ֣ז פָּנִ֑ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר לֹא־יִשָּׂ֤א פָנִים֙ לְזָקֵ֔ן וְנַ֖עַר לֹ֥א יָחֹֽן׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- A nationגּוֹיgôy gôy · nationH1471
- of fierceעַז‛az · strongH5794
- countenanceפָּנֶהpânîym · faceH6440
- which shall not regardנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: kindnessH5375
- the personפָּנֶהpânîym · face: kindnessH6440
- of the oldזָקֵןzâqên · oldH2205
- nor shew favourחָנַןchânan · be graciousH2603
- to the youngנַ֫עַרna‛ar · youthH5288
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:50
- Proverbs 7:13So she caught him and kissed him; With an impudent face she said to him:
- Ecclesiastes 8:1Who is like a wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, And the sternness of his face is changed.
- Daniel 7:7“After this I saw in the night visions, and behold, a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, exceedingly strong. It had huge iron teeth; it was devouring, breaking in pieces, and trampling the residue with its feet. It was different from all the beasts that were before it, and it had ten horns.
- Daniel 8:23“And in the latter time of their kingdom, When the transgressors have reached their fullness, A king shall arise, Having fierce features, Who understands sinister schemes.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand.
- Isaiah 47:6I was angry with My people; I have profaned My inheritance, And given them into your hand. You showed them no mercy; On the elderly you laid your yoke very heavily.
- Luke 19:44and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.”
- Luke 21:23But woe to those who are pregnant and to those who are nursing babies in those days! For there will be great distress in the land and wrath upon this people.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:50
- 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. 50The Assyrians were known for harsh treatment of their defeated enemies. They showed little mercy. One method of execution was impalement. They placed victims on a sharp stake while they were still alive (see Isaiah 33:19; Nahum 2:1–7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5050. A nation of fierce countenance--a just description of the Romans, who were not only bold and unyielding, but ruthless and implacable.Read the comment
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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
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