Deuteronomy 28:37
What does Deuteronomy 28:37 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:37 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.
Context
v.36Jehovah will bring thee, and thy king whom thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation that thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
v.37This passage
v.38Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Jeremiah 24:9
I will even give them up to be tossed to and fro among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil; to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of Jehovah, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Jehovah, and give not thy heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the peoples, Where is their God?
- Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about; and I will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- Deuteronomy 29:22
And the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick;
- Zechariah 8:13
And it shall come to pass that, as ye were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel, so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing. Fear not, but let your hands be strong.
- Psalms 44:13
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbors, A scoffing and a derision to them that are round about us.
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