Deuteronomy 28 Parallel Bible

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1	Now if thou wilt hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to do and keep all his commandments, which I command thee this day, the Lord thy God will make thee higher than all the nations that are on the earth.	“And if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God, being careful to do all his commandments that I command you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations of the earth.	If you fully obey the LORD your God and carefully follow all his commands I give you today, the LORD your God will set you high above all the nations on earth.
2	And all these blessings shall come upon thee and overtake thee: yet so if thou hear his precepts,	And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you obey the voice of the LORD your God.	All these blessings will come on you and accompany you if you obey the LORD your God:
3	Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed in the field.	Blessed shall you be in the city, and blessed shall you be in the field.	You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.
4	Blessed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the droves of thy herds, and the folds of thy sheep.	Blessed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground and the fruit of your cattle, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.	The fruit of your womb will be blessed, and the crops of your land and the young of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
5	Blessed shall be thy barns and blessed thy stores.	Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.	Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6	Blessed shalt thou be coming in and going out.	Blessed shall you be when you come in, and blessed shall you be when you go out.	You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.
7	The Lord shall cause thy enemies, that rise up against thee, to fall down before thy face: one way shall they come out against thee, and seven ways shall they flee before thee.	“The LORD will cause your enemies who rise against you to be defeated before you. They shall come out against you one way and flee before you seven ways.	The LORD will grant that the enemies who rise up against you will be defeated before you. They will come at you from one direction but flee from you in seven.
8	The Lord will send forth a blessing upon thy storehouses, and upon all the works of thy hands: and will bless thee in the land that thou shalt receive.	The LORD will command the blessing on you in your barns and in all that you undertake. And he will bless you in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.	The LORD will send a blessing on your barns and on everything you put your hand to. The LORD your God will bless you in the land he is giving you.
9	The Lord will raise thee up to be a holy people to himself, as he swore to thee: if thou keep the commandments of the Lord thy God, and walk in his ways.	The LORD will establish you as a people holy to himself, as he has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in his ways.	The LORD will establish you as his holy people, as he promised you on oath, if you keep the commands of the LORD your God and walk in obedience to him.
10	And all the people of the earth shall see that the name of the Lord is invocated upon thee, and they shall fear thee.	And all the peoples of the earth shall see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they shall be afraid of you.	Then all the peoples on earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will fear you.
11	The Lord will make thee abound with all goods, with the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy cattle, with the fruit of thy land, which the Lord swore to thy fathers that he would give thee.	And the LORD will make you abound in prosperity, in the fruit of your womb and in the fruit of your livestock and in the fruit of your ground, within the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.	The LORD will grant you abundant prosperity—in the fruit of your womb, the young of your livestock and the crops of your ground—in the land he swore to your ancestors to give you.
12	The Lord will open his excellent treasure, the heaven, that it may give rain in due season: and he will bless all the works of thy hands. And thou shalt lend to many nations, and shalt not borrow of any one.	The LORD will open to you his good treasury, the heavens, to give the rain to your land in its season and to bless all the work of your hands. And you shall lend to many nations, but you shall not borrow.	The LORD will open the heavens, the storehouse of his bounty, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations but will borrow from none.
13	And the Lord shall make thee the head and not the tail: and thou shalt be always above, and not beneath: yet so if thou wilt hear the commandments of the Lord thy God which I command thee this day, and keep and do them,	And the LORD will make you the head and not the tail, and you shall only go up and not down, if you obey the commandments of the LORD your God, which I command you today, being careful to do them,	The LORD will make you the head, not the tail. If you pay attention to the commands of the LORD your God that I give you this day and carefully follow them, you will always be at the top, never at the bottom.
14	And turn not away from them neither to the right hand, nor to the left, nor follow strange gods, nor worship them.	and if you do not turn aside from any of the words that I command you today, to the right hand or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.	Do not turn aside from any of the commands I give you today, to the right or to the left, following other gods and serving them.
15	But if thou wilt not hear the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep and to do all his commandments and ceremonies, which I command thee this day, all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee.	“But if you will not obey the voice of the LORD your God or be careful to do all his commandments and his statutes that I command you today, then all these curses shall come upon you and overtake you.	However, if you do not obey the LORD your God and do not carefully follow all his commands and decrees I am giving you today, all these curses will come on you and overtake you:
16	Cursed shalt thou be in the city, cursed in the field.	Cursed shall you be in the city, and cursed shall you be in the field.	You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.
17	Cursed shall be thy barn, and cursed thy stores.	Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.	Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18	Cursed shall be the fruit of thy womb, and the fruit of thy ground, the herds of thy oxen, and the flocks of thy sheep.	Cursed shall be the fruit of your womb and the fruit of your ground, the increase of your herds and the young of your flock.	The fruit of your womb will be cursed, and the crops of your land, and the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
19	Cursed shalt thou be coming in, and cursed going out.	Cursed shall you be when you come in, and cursed shall you be when you go out.	You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.
20	The Lord shall send upon thee famine and hunger, and a rebuke upon all the works which thou shalt do: until he consume and destroy thee quickly, for thy most wicked inventions, by which thou hast forsaken me.	“The LORD will send on you curses, confusion, and frustration in all that you undertake to do, until you are destroyed and perish quickly on account of the evil of your deeds, because you have forsaken me.	The LORD will send on you curses, confusion and rebuke in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil you have done in forsaking him.
21	May the Lord set the pestilence upon thee, until he consume thee out of the land, which thou shalt go in to possess.	The LORD will make the pestilence stick to you until he has consumed you off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.	The LORD will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.
22	May the Lord afflict thee with miser- able want, with the fever and with cold, with burning and with heat, and with corrupted air and with blasting, and pursue thee till thou perish.	The LORD will strike you with wasting disease and with fever, inflammation and fiery heat, and with drought and with blight and with mildew. They shall pursue you until you perish.	The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, with blight and mildew, which will plague you until you perish.
23	Be the heaven, that is over thee, of brass: and the ground thou treadest on, of iron.	And the heavens over your head shall be bronze, and the earth under you shall be iron.	The sky over your head will be bronze, the ground beneath you iron.
24	The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.	The LORD will make the rain of your land powder. From heaven dust shall come down on you until you are destroyed.	The LORD will turn the rain of your country into dust and powder; it will come down from the skies until you are destroyed.
25	The Lord make thee to fall down before thy enemies, one way mayst thou go out against them, and flee seven ways, and be scattered throughout all the kingdoms of the earth.	“The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You shall go out one way against them and flee seven ways before them. And you shall be a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.	The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will come at them from one direction but flee from them in seven, and you will become a thing of horror to all the kingdoms on earth.
26	And be thy carcass meat for all the Fowls of the air, and the beasts of the earth, and be there none to drive them away.	And your dead body shall be food for all birds of the air and for the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no one to frighten them away.	Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.
27	The Lord strike thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and the part of thy body, by which the dung is cast out, with the scab and with the itch : so that thou canst not be healed.	The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed.	The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.
28	The Lord strike thee with madness and blindness and fury of mind.	The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind,	The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.
29	And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee.	and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you.	At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.
30	Mayst thou take a wife, and another sleep with her. Mayst thou build a house, and not dwell therein. Mayest thou plant a vineyard and not gather the vintage thereof.	You shall betroth a wife, but another man shall ravish her. You shall build a house, but you shall not dwell in it. You shall plant a vineyard, but you shall not enjoy its fruit.	You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.
31	May thy ox be slain before thee, and thou not eat thereof. May thy ass be taken away in thy sight, and not restored to thee. May thy sheep be given to thy enemies, and may there be none to help thee.	Your ox shall be slaughtered before your eyes, but you shall not eat any of it. Your donkey shall be seized before your face, but shall not be restored to you. Your sheep shall be given to your enemies, but there shall be no one to help you.	Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will eat none of it. Your donkey will be forcibly taken from you and will not be returned. Your sheep will be given to your enemies, and no one will rescue them.
32	May thy sons and thy daughters be given to another people, thy eyes looking on, and languishing at the sight of them all the day, and may there be no strength in thy hand.	Your sons and your daughters shall be given to another people, while your eyes look on and fail with longing for them all day long, but you shall be helpless.	Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, and you will wear out your eyes watching for them day after day, powerless to lift a hand.
33	May a people which thou knowest not, eat the fruits of thy land, and all thy labours: and mayst thou always suffer oppression, and be crushed at all times.	A nation that you have not known shall eat up the fruit of your ground and of all your labors, and you shall be only oppressed and crushed continually,	A people that you do not know will eat what your land and labor produce, and you will have nothing but cruel oppression all your days.
34	And be astonished at the terror of those things which thy eyes shall see:	so that you are driven mad by the sights that your eyes see.	The sights you see will drive you mad.
35	May the Lord strike thee with a very sore ulcer in the knees and in the legs, and be thou incurable from the sole of the foot to the top of the head.	The LORD will strike you on the knees and on the legs with grievous boils of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.	The LORD will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
36	The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king, whom thou shalt have appointed over thee, into a nation which thou and thy fathers know not: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, wood and stone.	“The LORD will bring you and your king whom you set over you to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. And there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone.	The LORD will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your ancestors. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.
37	And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.	And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away.	You will become a thing of horror, a byword and an object of ridicule among all the peoples where the LORD will drive you.
38	Thou shalt cast much seed into the ground, and gather little: because the locusts shall consume all.	You shall carry much seed into the field and shall gather in little, for the locust shall consume it.	You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.
39	Thou shalt plant a vineyard, and dig it, and shalt not drink the wine, nor gather any thing thereof: because it shall be wasted with worms.	You shall plant vineyards and dress them, but you shall neither drink of the wine nor gather the grapes, for the worm shall eat them.	You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
40	Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and shalt not be anointed with the oil: for the olives shall fall off and perish.	You shall have olive trees throughout all your territory, but you shall not anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives shall drop off.	You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.
41	Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and shalt not enjoy them: because they shall be led into captivity.	You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity.	You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.
42	The blast shall consume all the trees and the fruits of thy ground.	The cricket shall possess all your trees and the fruit of your ground.	Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43	The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.	The sojourner who is among you shall rise higher and higher above you, and you shall come down lower and lower.	The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.
44	He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him. He shall be as the head, and thou shalt be the tail.	He shall lend to you, and you shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and you shall be the tail.	They will lend to you, but you will not lend to them. They will be the head, but you will be the tail.
45	And all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue and overtake thee, till thou perish: because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God, and didst not keep his commandments and ceremonies which he commanded thee.	“All these curses shall come upon you and pursue you and overtake you till you are destroyed, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God, to keep his commandments and his statutes that he commanded you.	All these curses will come on you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, because you did not obey the LORD your God and observe the commands and decrees he gave you.
46	And they shall be as signs and wonders on thee, and on thy seed for ever.	They shall be a sign and a wonder against you and your offspring forever.	They will be a sign and a wonder to you and your descendants forever.
47	Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things:	Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and gladness of heart, because of the abundance of all things,	Because you did not serve the LORD your God joyfully and gladly in the time of prosperity,
48	Thou shalt serve thy enemy, whom the Lord will send upon thee, in hunger, and thirst, and nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put an iron yoke upon thy neck, till he consume thee.	therefore you shall serve your enemies whom the LORD will send against you, in hunger and thirst, in nakedness, and lacking everything. And he will put a yoke of iron on your neck until he has destroyed you.	therefore in hunger and thirst, in nakedness and dire poverty, you will serve the enemies the LORD sends against you. He will put an iron yoke on your neck until he has destroyed you.
49	The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,	The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the end of the earth, swooping down like the eagle, a nation whose language you do not understand,	The LORD will bring a nation against you from far away, from the ends of the earth, like an eagle swooping down, a nation whose language you will not understand,
50	A most insolent nation, that will shew no regard to the ancients, nor have pity on the infant,	a hard-faced nation who shall not respect the old or show mercy to the young.	a fierce-looking nation without respect for the old or pity for the young.
51	And will devour the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruits of thy land: until thou be destroyed, and will leave thee no wheat, nor wine, nor oil, nor herds of oxen, nor flocks of sheep: until he destroy thee.	It shall eat the offspring of your cattle and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; it also shall not leave you grain, wine, or oil, the increase of your herds or the young of your flock, until they have caused you to perish.	They will devour the young of your livestock and the crops of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain, new wine or olive oil, nor any calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks until you are ruined.
52	And consume thee in all thy cities, end thy strong and high walls be brought down, wherein thou trustedst in all thy land. Thou shalt be besieged within thy gates in all thy land which the Lord thy God will give thee:	“They shall besiege you in all your towns, until your high and fortified walls, in which you trusted, come down throughout all your land. And they shall besiege you in all your towns throughout all your land, which the LORD your God has given you.	They will lay siege to all the cities throughout your land until the high fortified walls in which you trust fall down. They will besiege all the cities throughout the land the LORD your God is giving you.
53	And thou shalt eat the fruit of thy womb, and the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the Lord thy God shall give thee, in the distress and extremity wherewith thy enemy shall oppress thee.	And you shall eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of your sons and daughters, whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemies shall distress you.	Because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege, you will eat the fruit of the womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters the LORD your God has given you.
54	The man that is nice among you, and very delicate, shall envy his own brother, and his wife, that lieth in his bosom,	The man who is the most tender and refined among you will begrudge food to his brother, to the wife he embraces, and to the last of the children whom he has left,	Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children,
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.	so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns.	and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.
56	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,	The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces, to her son and to her daughter,	The most gentle and sensitive woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter
57	And 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.	her afterbirth that comes out from between her feet and her children whom she bears, because lacking everything she will eat them secretly, in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in your towns.	the afterbirth from her womb and the children she bears. For in her dire need she intends to eat them secretly because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of your cities.
58	If thou wilt not keep, and fulfil all the words of this law, that are written in this volume, and fear his glorious and terrible name: that is, The Lord thy God:	“If you are not careful to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name, the LORD your God,	If you do not carefully follow all the words of this law, which are written in this book, and do not revere this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—
59	The Lord shall increase thy plagues, and the plagues of thy seed, plagues great and lasting, infirmities grievous and perpetual.	then the LORD will bring on you and your offspring extraordinary afflictions, afflictions severe and lasting, and sicknesses grievous and lasting.	the LORD will send fearful plagues on you and your descendants, harsh and prolonged disasters, and severe and lingering illnesses.
60	And he shall bring back on thee all the afflictions of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of, and they shall stick fast to thee.	And he will bring upon you again all the diseases of Egypt, of which you were afraid, and they shall cling to you.	He will bring on you all the diseases of Egypt that you dreaded, and they will cling to you.
61	Moreover the Lord will bring upon thee all the diseases, and plagues, that are not written in the volume of this law till he consume thee:	Every sickness also and every affliction that is not recorded in the book of this law, the LORD will bring upon you, until you are destroyed.	The LORD will also bring on you every kind of sickness and disaster not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
62	And you shall remain few in number, who before were as the stars of heaven for multitude, because thou heardst not the voice of the Lord thy God.	Whereas you were as numerous as the stars of heaven, you shall be left few in number, because you did not obey the voice of the LORD your God.	You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left but few in number, because you did not obey the LORD your God.
63	And as the Lord rejoiced upon you before doing good to you, and multiplying you: so he shall rejoice destroying and bringing you to nought, so that you shall be taken away from the land which thou shalt go in to possess.	And as the LORD took delight in doing you good and multiplying you, so the LORD will take delight in bringing ruin upon you and destroying you. And you shall be plucked off the land that you are entering to take possession of it.	Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and increase in number, so it will please him to ruin and destroy you. You will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.
64	The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the farthest parts of the earth to the ends thereof: and there thou shalt serve strange gods, which both thou art ignorant of and thy fathers, wood and stone.	“And the LORD will scatter you among all peoples, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you shall serve other gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.	Then the LORD will scatter you among all nations, from one end of the earth to the other. There you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your ancestors have known.
65	Neither shalt thou be quiet, even in those nations, nor shall there be any rest for the sole of thy foot. For the Lord will give thee a fearful heart, and languishing eyes, and a soul consumed with pensiveness:	And among these nations you shall find no respite, and there shall be no resting place for the sole of your foot, but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart and failing eyes and a languishing soul.	Among those nations you will find no repose, no resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you an anxious mind, eyes weary with longing, and a despairing heart.
66	And thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither shalt thou trust thy life.	Your life shall hang in doubt before you. Night and day you shall be in dread and have no assurance of your life.	You will live in constant suspense, filled with dread both night and day, never sure of your life.
67	In the morning thou shalt say: Who will grant me evening? and at evening: Who will grant me morning? for the fearfulness of thy heart, wherewith thou shalt be terrified, and for those things which thou shalt see with thy eyes.	In the morning you shall say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and at evening you shall say, ‘If only it were morning!’ because of the dread that your heart shall feel, and the sights that your eyes shall see.	In the morning you will say, “If only it were evening!” and in the evening, “If only it were morning!\|—because of the terror that will fill your hearts and the sights that your eyes will see.
68	The Lord shall bring thee again with ships into Egypt, by the way whereof he said to thee that thou shouldst see it no more. There shalt thou be set to sale to thy enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.	And the LORD will bring you back in ships to Egypt, a journey that I promised that you should never make again; and there you shall offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but there will be no buyer.”	The LORD will send you back in ships to Egypt on a journey I said you should never make again. There you will offer yourselves for sale to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.
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