Verse 38
Deuteronomy 28:38
GOD'S WORD Translation
38
You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in; for the locust will consume it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
זֶ֥רַע רַ֖ב תּוֹצִ֣יא הַ/שָּׂדֶ֑ה וּ/מְעַ֣ט תֶּאֱסֹ֔ף כִּ֥י יַחְסְלֶ֖/נּוּ הָ/אַרְבֶּֽה
English Translation
A great seed will produce the field, and a little will be gathered because the locust will consume us.
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Chapter 28 Context
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It shall happen, if you shall listen diligently to Yahweh your God (Elohim)’s voice, to observe to d...
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All these blessings will come upon you, and overtake you, if you listen to Yahweh your God (Elohim)’...
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You shall be blessed in the city, and you shall be blessed in the field.
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You shall be blessed in the fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the fruit of your animals,...
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Your basket and your kneading trough shall be blessed.
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You shall be blessed when you come in, and you shall be blessed when you go out.
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7
Yahweh will cause your enemies who rise up against you to be struck before you. They will come out a...
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8
Yahweh will command the blessing on you in your barns, and in all that you put your hand to. He will...
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9
Yahweh will establish you for a holy people to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you shall keep th...
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10
All the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by Yahweh’s name, and they will be afraid...
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11
Yahweh will grant you abundant prosperity, in the fruit of your body, in the fruit of your livestock...
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12
Yahweh will open to you his good treasure in the sky, to give the rain of your land in its season, a...
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13
Yahweh will make you the head, and not the tail. You will be above only, and you will not be beneath...
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14
and shall not turn away from any of the words which I command you today, to the right hand, or to th...
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15
But it shall come to pass, if you will not listen to Yahweh your God (Elohim)’s voice, to observe to...
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You will be cursed in the city, and you will be cursed in the field.
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Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
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The fruit of your body, the fruit of your ground, the increase of your livestock, and the young of y...
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19
You will be cursed when you come in, and you will be cursed when you go out.
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20
Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until y...
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21
Yahweh will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land, where you...
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22
Yahweh will strike you with consumption, with fever, with inflammation, with fiery heat, with the sw...
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23
Your sky that is over your head will be brass, and the earth that is under you will be iron.
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24
Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until...
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25
Yahweh will cause you to be struck before your enemies. You will go out one way against them, and wi...
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26
Your dead body will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will...
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27
Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch,...
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28
Yahweh will strike you with madness, with blindness, and with astonishment of heart.
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29
You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways....
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30
You will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t d...
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31
Your ox will be slain before your eyes, and you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be violentl...
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32
Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look, and fail with lon...
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33
A nation which you don’t know will eat the fruit of your ground and all of your work. You will only...
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34
so that the sights that you see with your eyes will drive you mad.
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35
Yahweh will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you can not be healed...
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36
Yahweh will bring you, and your king whom you will set over yourselves, to a nation that you have no...
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37
You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where Yahweh will lea...
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38
You will carry much seed out into the field, and will gather little in; for the locust will consume...
39
You will plant vineyards and dress them, but you will neither drink of the wine, nor harvest, becaus...
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40
You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil; f...
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41
You will father sons and daughters, but they will not be yours; for they will go into captivity.
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42
Locusts will consume all of your trees and the fruit of your ground.
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43
The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down low...
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44
He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.
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45
All these curses will come on you, and will pursue you, and overtake you, until you are destroyed; b...
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46
They will be for a sign and for a wonder to you and to your offspring forever.
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47
Because you didn’t serve Yahweh your God (Elohim) with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by re...
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48
therefore you will serve your enemies whom Yahweh sends against you, in hunger, in thirst, in nakedn...
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49
Yahweh will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies; a na...
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50
a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young...
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51
and they will eat the fruit of your livestock, and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed...
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52
They will besiege you in all your gates, until your high and fortified walls come down, in which you...
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53
You will eat the fruit of your own body, the flesh of your sons and of your daughters, whom Yahweh y...
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54
The man who is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye will be evil toward his brother, toward...
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55
so that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he will eat, because he ha...
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56
The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the gr...
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57
toward her young one who comes out from between her feet, and toward her children whom she bears; fo...
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58
If you will not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may...
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59
then Yahweh will make your plagues fearful, and the plagues of your offspring, even great plagues, a...
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60
He will bring on you again all the diseases of Egypt, which you were afraid of; and they will cling...
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61
Also every sickness and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, Yahweh will brin...
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62
You will be left few in number, even though you were as the stars of the sky for multitude; because...
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63
It will happen that as Yahweh rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you, so Yahweh will...
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64
Yahweh will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other end of the earth....
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65
Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but...
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66
Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be afraid night and day, and will have no assuranc...
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67
In the morning you will say, “I wish it were evening!” and at evening you will say, “I wish it were...
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68
Yahweh will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told to you that you would...
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Verse Information
- Book
- Deuteronomy
- Chapter
- Chapter 28 (68 verses)
- Version
- GOD'S WORD Translation