Treasury of Scripture Knowledge The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter, and delicate Isaiah 3:16 And the Lord said: Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with stretched out necks, and wanton glances of their eyes, and made a noise as they walked with their feet and moved in a set pace: Lamentations 4:3-6 Ghimel. Even the sea monsters have drawn out the breast, they have given suck to their young: the daughter of my people is cruel, like the ostrich in the desert. . . . her eye shall be evil Deuteronomy 28:54 The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom, Context The Curses of Disobedience…55So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates. 56The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter,57And the filth of the afterbirths, that come forth from between her thighs, and the children that are born the same hour. For they shall eat them secretly for the want of all things, in the siege and distress, wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee within thy gates.… Cross References Matthew 11:8 But what went you out to see? a man clothed in soft garments? Behold they that are clothed in soft garments, are in the houses of kings. Deuteronomy 28:55 So that he will not give them of the flesh of his children, which he shall eat: because he hath nothing else in the siege and the want, wherewith thy enemies shall distress thee within all thy gates. Isaiah 47:1 Come down, sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne for the daughter of the Chaldeans, for thou shalt no more be called delicate and tender. Jeremiah 6:2 I have likened the daughter of Sion to a beautiful and delicate woman. Lamentations 4:10 Jod. The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people. Lexicon The most gentleהָרַכָּ֨ה (hā·rak·kāh) Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7390: Tender, delicate, soft and refined woman וְהָעֲנֻגָּ֗ה (wə·hā·‘ă·nug·gāh) Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 6028: Luxurious among you, בְךָ֜ (ḇə·ḵā) Preposition | second person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew so gentle וּמֵרֹ֑ךְ (ū·mê·rōḵ) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7391: Tenderness, delicacy and refined מֵהִתְעַנֵּ֖ג (mê·hiṯ·‘an·nêḡ) Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 6026: To be soft, pliable, effeminate, luxurious she would not לֹא־ (lō-) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no venture נִסְּתָ֤ה (nis·sə·ṯāh) Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 5254: To test, to attempt to set הַצֵּ֣ג (haṣ·ṣêḡ) Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct Strong's Hebrew 3322: To place permanently the sole כַף־ (ḵap̄-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 3709: Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan of her foot רַגְלָהּ֙ (raḡ·lāh) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7272: A foot, a step, the pudenda on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition Strong's Hebrew 5921: Above, over, upon, against the ground, הָאָ֔רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 776: Earth, land will begrudge תֵּרַ֤ע (tê·ra‘) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 7489: To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad the husband בְּאִ֣ישׁ (bə·’îš) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person she embraces חֵיקָ֔הּ (ḥê·qāh) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 2436: The bosom and her son וּבִבְנָ֖הּ (ū·ḇiḇ·nāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1121: A son and daughter וּבְבִתָּֽהּ׃ (ū·ḇə·ḇit·tāh) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular Strong's Hebrew 1323: A daughter Additional Translations The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughterThe tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter, The eye of the tender and luxurious woman in thy midst who would not attempt to set the sole of her foot upon the ground from luxuriousness and from tenderness, shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and her son, and her daughter, The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter; The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil towards the husband of her bosom, and towards her son, and towards her daughter, The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter, 'The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter, Jump to Previous Adventure Bosom Daughter Delicate Evil Eye Husband Refined Sole Tender Tenderness Towards VentureJump to Next Adventure Bosom Daughter Delicate Evil Eye Husband Refined Sole Tender Tenderness Towards VentureLinks Deuteronomy 28:56 NIVDeuteronomy 28:56 NLT Deuteronomy 28:56 ESV Deuteronomy 28:56 NASB Deuteronomy 28:56 KJV Deuteronomy 28:56 Bible Apps Deuteronomy 28:56 Biblia Paralela Deuteronomy 28:56 Chinese Bible Deuteronomy 28:56 French Bible Deuteronomy 28:56 German Bible Alphabetical: among and be begrudge cherishes daughter delicate delicateness foot for gentle ground her hostile husband loves most not of on or own refined refinement sensitive set shall she so sole son that The to touch toward venture who will with woman would you OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you (Deut. 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