Deuteronomy 28:46
What does Deuteronomy 28:46 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:46 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
KJV
King James Version · 1611And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901and they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949These things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862and they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed--to the age.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752And they shall be as signs and wonders on thee, and on thy seed for ever.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Context
v.45And 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 Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
v.46This passage
v.47Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 1 Corinthians 10:11
Now these things happened unto them by way of example; and they were written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the ages are come.
- Deuteronomy 29:20
Jehovah will not pardon him, but then the anger of Jehovah and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and all the curse that is written in this book shall lie upon him, and Jehovah will blot out his name from under heaven.
- Ezekiel 36:20
And when they came unto the nations, whither they went, they profaned my holy name; in that men said of them, These are the people of Jehovah, and are gone forth out of his land.
- Ezekiel 23:32
Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup, which is deep and large; thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much.
- Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
- Ezekiel 14:8
and I will set my face against that man, and will make him an astonishment, for a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am Jehovah.
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