Deuteronomy 28:44
New International Version
They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.

New Living Translation
They will lend money to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail!

English Standard Version
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Berean Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

King James Bible
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

New King James Version
He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

New American Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he will be the head, and you will be the tail.

NASB 1995
“He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.

NASB 1977
“He shall lend to you, but you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Legacy Standard Bible
He shall lend to you, but you will not lend to him; he shall be the head, and you will be the tail.

Amplified Bible
He will lend to you [out of his affluence], but you will not lend to him [because of your poverty]; he will be the head, and you the tail.

Christian Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.”

American Standard Version
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
He shall lend to you and you shall not lend to him; he shall be the head and you shall be the tail.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Contemporary English Version
You will be so short of money that you will have to borrow from those foreigners. They will be the leaders in the community, and you will be the followers.

Douay-Rheims Bible
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

English Revised Version
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
They will be able to make loans to you, but you won't be able to make loans to them. They will be the head, and you will be the tail.

Good News Translation
They will have money to lend you, but you will have none to lend them. In the end they will be your rulers.

International Standard Version
He will lend to you, but you won't lend to him. He'll be the head, but you'll be the tail.

JPS Tanakh 1917
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him; he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Literal Standard Version
he lends [to] you, and you do not lend [to] him; he is for head and you are for tail.

Majority Standard Bible
He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

New American Bible
They will lend to you, not you to them. They will become the head, you the tail.

NET Bible
They will lend to you but you will not lend to them; they will become the head and you will become the tail!

New Revised Standard Version
They shall lend to you but you shall not lend to them; they shall be the head and you shall be the tail.

New Heart English Bible
He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Webster's Bible Translation
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

World English Bible
He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

Young's Literal Translation
he doth lend to thee, and thou dost not lend to him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

Additional Translations ...
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Context
The Curses of Disobedience
43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower. 44He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail. 45All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.…

Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:12
The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

Deuteronomy 28:13
The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.

Lamentations 2:17
The LORD has done what He planned; He has accomplished His decree, which He ordained in days of old; He has overthrown you without pity. He has let the enemy gloat over you and exalted the horn of your foes.


Treasury of Scripture

He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him: he shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.

Deuteronomy 28:12,13
The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow…

Lamentations 1:5
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

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Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
He
ה֣וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will lend to you,
יַלְוְךָ֔ (yal·wə·ḵā)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular
Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend

but you
וְאַתָּ֖ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

will not
לֹ֣א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

lend to him.
תַלְוֶ֑נּוּ (ṯal·wen·nū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | third person masculine singular
Strong's 3867: To twine, to unite, to remain, to borrow, to lend

He
ה֚וּא (hū)
Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

will be
יִהְיֶ֣ה (yih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the head,
לְרֹ֔אשׁ (lə·rōš)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 7218: The head

and you
וְאַתָּ֖ה (wə·’at·tāh)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - second person masculine singular
Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you

will be
תִּֽהְיֶ֥ה (tih·yeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

the tail.
לְזָנָֽב׃ (lə·zā·nāḇ)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump


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