Tree of Life Version
Deuteronomy 28:45
45“All these curses will come upon you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed—because you did not listen to the voice of Adonai your God, to keep His mitzvot and statutes that He commanded you.
Deuteronomy 28:45 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
- New International Version (NIV)All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the Lord your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.
- English Standard Version (ESV)"All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“Moreover all these curses shall come upon you and pursue and overtake you, until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to keep His commandments and His statutes which He commanded you.
Context of Deuteronomy 28:45
43“The outsider who is in your midst will rise up higher and higher above you, and you will go down lower and lower. 44He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will become the head and you will become the tail. “All these curses will come upon you and pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed—because you did not listen to the voice of Adonai your God, to keep His mitzvot and statutes that He commanded you. 46They will be a sign and a wonder on you and your descendants forever. 47Instead of serving Adonai your God with joy and goodness of heart, out of the abundance of everything,
Read all of Deuteronomy 28Deuteronomy 28:45 word by word
וּבָ֨אוּ עָלֶ֜יךָ כָּל־הַקְּלָל֣וֹת הָאֵ֗לֶּה וּרְדָפ֙וּךָ֙ וְהִשִּׂיג֔וּךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּֽׁמְדָ֑ךְ כִּי־לֹ֣א שָׁמַ֗עְתָּ בְּקוֹל֙ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ לִשְׁמֹ֛ר מִצְוֹתָ֥יו וְחֻקֹּתָ֖יו אֲשֶׁ֥ר צִוָּֽךְ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- Moreover all these cursesקְלָלָהqelâlâh · curseH7045
- shall comeבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- upon thee, and shall pursueרָדַףrâdaph · to pursueH7291
- thee, and overtakeנָשַׂגnâώag · to overtakeH5381
- thee, till thou be destroyedשָׁמַדshâmad · to destroyH8045
- because thou hearkenedstשָׁמַעshâma‛ · to hear: obeyH8085
- not unto the voiceקוֹלqôl qôl · voiceH6963
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
- thy Godאֱלֹהִים'ĕlôhîym · GodH430
- to keepשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104
- his commandmentsמִצְוָהmitsvâh · commandmentH4687
- and his statutesחֻקָּהchûqqâh · statuteH2708
- which he commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
Cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:45
- Deuteronomy 28:5“Blessed will be your basket and your kneading bowl.
- Deuteronomy 29:20Adonai will single him out from all the tribes of Israel for calamity, according to all the oaths of the covenant written in this scroll of the Torah.
- Leviticus 26:28then I will walk contrary to you in wrath. So I will chastise you seven times for your sins.
- 2 Kings 17:20So Adonai spurned all the descendants of Israel and afflicted them and delivered them into the hand of plunderers, until He had cast them out of His sight.
- Proverbs 13:21Misfortune pursues sinners, but prosperity rewards the righteous.
- Isaiah 1:20But if you refuse and rebel, you will be devoured with the sword.” For the mouth of Adonai has spoken.
- Isaiah 65:14Behold, My servants will sing for joy with a happy heart, but you will cry from pain of heart, and wail out of a broken spirit.
- Jeremiah 24:9I will even give them as a horror, as an evil thing, among all the kingdoms of the earth—as a disgrace and a proverb, a taunt and a curse—in all places where I will drive them.
- Lamentations 2:15All who pass your way clap their hands at you. They hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem. “Is this the city of which they said, ‘The perfection of beauty,’ ‘the joy of the whole earth’?”
- Ezekiel 7:15Outside is the sword, inside plague and famine. Whoever is in the field will die by the sword. Whoever is in the city will be devoured by famine and plague.
- Ezekiel 14:21For thus Adonai says: “How much more if I send My four dreadful judgments against Jerusalem—the sword, the famine, the evil beasts and the plague—to cut man and beast off from it.
- Deuteronomy 11:27the blessing, if you listen to the mitzvot of Adonai your God that I am commanding you today,
- Psalms 119:21You rebuke the proud, who are cursed, who wander from Your mitzvot.
- Jeremiah 7:22For on the day that I brought your fathers out of the land of Egypt I did not speak to them nor did I command them concerning burnt offerings and sacrifices,
Commentaries on Deuteronomy 28:45
- 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. 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. 1-681. if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the Lord thy God--In this chapter the blessings and curses are enumerated at length, and in various minute details, so that on the first entrance of the Israelites into the land of promise, their whole destiny was laid before them, as it was to result from their obedience or the contrary.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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