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 Living Translation (NLT)The most tenderhearted man among you will have no compassion for his own brother, his beloved wife, and his surviving children.

Context of Deuteronomy 28:54

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. 53You shall eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and your daughters whom the Lord your God has given you, in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you. 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, 55so that he will not give any of them the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he has nothing left in the siege and desperate straits in which your enemy shall distress you at all your gates. 56The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter,

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 15:9Beware lest there be a wicked thought in your heart, saying, ‘The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand,’ and your eye be evil against your poor brother and you give him nothing, and he cry out to the Lord against you, and it become sin among you.
• Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a miser, Nor desire his delicacies;
• Proverbs 28:22A man with an evil eye hastens after riches, And does not consider that poverty will come upon him.
• Matthew 20:15Is it not lawful for me to do what I wish with my own things? Or is your eye evil because I am good?’
• Deuteronomy 13:6“If your brother, the son of your mother, your son or your daughter, the wife of your bosom, or your friend who is as your own soul, secretly entices you, saying, ‘Let us go and serve other gods,’ which you have not known, neither you nor your fathers,
• 2 Samuel 12:3But the poor man had nothing, except one little ewe lamb which he had bought and nourished; and it grew up together with him and with his children. It ate of his own food and drank from his own cup and lay in his bosom; and it was like a daughter to him.
• Micah 7:5Do not trust in a friend; Do not put your confidence in a companion; Guard the doors of your mouth From her who lies in your bosom.
• Psalms 103:13As a father pities his children, So the Lord pities those who fear Him.
• Isaiah 49:15“Can a woman forget her nursing child, And not have compassion on the son of her womb? Surely they may forget, Yet I will not forget you.
• Matthew 7:9Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone?
• Luke 11:11If a son asks for bread from any father among you, will he give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent instead of a fish?

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