Deuteronomy 28:16
What does Deuteronomy 28:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949You will be cursed in the town and cursed in the field.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou in the city, and cursed <FI>art<Fi> thou in the field.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
Context
v.15But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of Jehovah thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.
v.16This passage
v.17Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Lamentations 4:1
How is the gold become dim! how is the most pure gold changed! The stones of the sanctuary are poured out at the head of every street.
- Malachi 3:9
Ye are cursed with the curse; for ye rob me, even this whole nation.
- Lamentations 1:1
How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people! She is become as a widow, that was great among the nations! She that was a princess among the provinces is become tributary!
- 1 Kings 17:1
And Elijah the Tishbite, who was of the sojourners of Gilead, said unto Ahab, As Jehovah, the God of Israel, liveth, before whom I stand, there shall not be dew nor rain these years, but according to my word.
- Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith Jehovah of hosts, then will I send the curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
- Haggai 2:16
Through all that time, when one came to a heap of twenty measures, there were but ten; when one came to the winevat to draw out fifty vessels, there were but twenty.
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