Deuteronomy 28:32
What does Deuteronomy 28:32 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:32 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people; and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862`Thy sons and thy daughters <FI>are<Fi> given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God!
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752May thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languishing at the sight of them all the day, and may there be no strength in thy hand.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand [to help it].
Context
v.31Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.
v.32This passage
v.33The fruit of thy ground, and all thy labors, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Micah 4:10
Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, like a woman in travail; for now shalt thou go forth out of the city, and shalt dwell in the field, and shalt come even unto Babylon: there shalt thou be rescued; there will Jehovah redeem thee from the hand of thine enemies.
- Lamentations 4:17
Our eyes do yet fail in looking for our vain help: In our watching we have watched for a nation that could not save.
- Amos 5:27
Therefore will I cause you to go into captivity beyond Damascus, saith Jehovah, whose name is the God of hosts.
- Jeremiah 15:7
And I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land; I have bereaved them of children, I have destroyed my people; they returned not from their ways.
- Lamentations 5:17
For this our heart is faint; For these things our eyes are dim;
- Psalms 69:3
I am weary with my crying; my throat is dried: Mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
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