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Deuteronomy 28:17
17“Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Deuteronomy 28:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
- New International Version (NIV)Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
- English Standard Version (ESV)Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:17
15“But if you will not listen to the voice of Adonai your God, to take care to do all His mitzvot and statutes that I am commanding you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you: 16“Cursed will you be in the city, and cursed will you be in the field. “Cursed will be your basket and your kneading bowl. 18“Cursed will be the fruit of your womb, the produce of your soil, the increase of your herd and the young of your flock. 19“Cursed will you be when you come in, and cursed will you be when you go out.
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אָר֥וּר טַנְאֲךָ֖ וּמִשְׁאַרְתֶּֽךָ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:17
- Deuteronomy 28:5“Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.
- Psalms 69:22They put gall in my food, and for my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
- Proverbs 1:32For the backsliding of the naïve will kill them and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
- Haggai 1:6You sowed much but bring in little. You eat but are never satisfied. You drink but not enough to get filled. You put on clothes but no one is warm. And whoever earns wages works for a bag full of holes.”
- Zechariah 5:3He said to me: “This is the curse that goes out over the face of the whole land: everyone who steals will be swept away from here according to it, and everyone who swears will be swept away from here according to it.”
- Malachi 2:2If you will not listen, and if you will not take to heart to give glory to My Name” —says Adonai-Tzva’ot— “then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. Yes, indeed I have cursed them, because you did not take it to heart.
- Luke 16:25“But Abraham said, ‘Son, remember that in your life you received your good things, even as Lazarus received the bad things. But now he is comforted here, and you are tormented.
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:17
- 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. 17If Israel disobeyed the commands of the covenant, they could expect God to judge them. One form of judgment would be empty fields and failed crops (compare 28:5).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 15-2015-20. But ... if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.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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