Deuteronomy 29:28

What does Deuteronomy 29:28 mean?

A plain-English look at Deuteronomy 29:28 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as at this day.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Rooting them out of their land, in the heat of his wrath and passion, and driving them out into another land, as at this day.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

and Jehovah doth pluck them from off their ground in anger, and in fury, and in great wrath, and doth cast them unto another land, as <FI>at<Fi> this day.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

And he hath cast them out of their land, in anger and in wrath, and in very great indignation, and hath thrown them into a strange land, as it is seen this day.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

and Jehovah rooted them out of their land in anger, and in fury, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as [it appears] this day.

Context

v.27therefore the anger of Jehovah was kindled against this land, to bring upon it all the curse that is written in this book;

v.28This passage

v.29The secret things belong unto Jehovah our God; but the things that are revealed belong unto us and to our children for ever, that we may do all the words of this law.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Deuteronomy 6:24

    And Jehovah commanded us to do all these statutes, to fear Jehovah our God, for our good always, that he might preserve us alive, as at this day.

  • Deuteronomy 28:36

    Jehovah 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.

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 28:25

    Jehovah will cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies; thou shalt go out one way against them, and shalt flee seven ways before them: and thou shalt be tossed to and from among all the kingdoms of the earth.

  • Proverbs 2:22

    But the wicked shall be cut off from the land, And the treacherous shall be rooted out of it.

  • Deuteronomy 8:18

    But thou shalt remember Jehovah thy God, for it is he that giveth thee power to get wealth; that he may establish his covenant which he sware unto thy fathers, as at this day.

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