Deuteronomy 28:50
What does Deuteronomy 28:50 mean?
A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 28:50 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
KJV
King James Version · 1611A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young,
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young:
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862a nation--fierce of countenance--which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour;
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752A most insolent nation, that will shew no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant,
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young;
Context
v.49Jehovah will bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
v.50This passage
v.51and shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy ground, until thou be destroyed; that also shall not leave thee grain, new wine, or oil, the increase of thy cattle, or the young of thy flock, until they have caused thee to perish.
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Proverbs 7:13
So she caught him, and kissed him, Andwith an impudent face she said unto him:
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall bear her guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword; their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- Daniel 8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Luke 21:23
Woe unto them that are with child and to them that give suck in those days! for there shall be great distress upon the land, and wrath unto this people.
- Luke 19:44
and shall dash thee to the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.
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