Deuteronomy 28 Parallel Bible

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1	“And it has been, if you listen diligently to the voice of your God YHWH, to observe to do all His commands which I am commanding you today, that your God YHWH has made you highest above all the nations of 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 have come on you and overtaken you, because you listen to the voice of your God YHWH:	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 [are] you in the city, and blessed [are] you 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 [is] the fruit of your womb, and the fruit of your ground, and the fruit of your livestock, the increase of your oxen, and the wealth of your flock.	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 [is] your basket and your kneading-trough.	Blessed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.	Your basket and your kneading trough will be blessed.
6	Blessed [are] you in your coming in, and blessed [are] you in your 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	YHWH makes your enemies, who are rising up against you, to be struck before your face; in one way they come out to you, and in seven ways they flee before you.	“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	YHWH commands the blessing with you in your storehouses, and in every putting forth of your hand, and has blessed you in the land which your God YHWH is giving to you.	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	YHWH establishes you to Himself for a holy people, as He has sworn to you, when you keep the commands of your God YHWH and have walked 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 peoples of the land have seen that the Name of YHWH is called by you, and they have been afraid of you.	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	And YHWH has made you abundant in good, in the fruit of the womb, and in the fruit of your livestock, and in the fruit of your ground, on the ground which YHWH has sworn to your fathers to give to you.	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	YHWH opens his good treasure to you—the heavens—to give the rain of your land in its season, and to bless all the work of your hand, and you have lent to many nations, and you do not borrow.	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 YHWH has set you for head and not for tail; and you have been only above, and are not beneath, for you listen to the commands of your God YHWH, which I am commanding you today, to keep and to do,	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 you do not turn aside from all the words which I am commanding you today [to] the right or left, to go after other gods, to serve 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	And it has been, if you do not listen to the voice of your God YHWH, to observe to do all His commands and His statutes which I am commanding you today, that all these revilings have come on you and overtaken you:	“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 [are] you in the city, and cursed [are] you 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 [is] your basket and your kneading-trough.	Cursed shall be your basket and your kneading bowl.	Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed.
18	Cursed [is] the fruit of your body, and the fruit of your land, the increase of your oxen, and the wealth of your flock.	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 [are] you in your coming in, and cursed [are] you in your 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	YHWH sends the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke on you, in every putting forth of your hand which you do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly, because of the evil of your doings [by] which you have 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	YHWH causes the pestilence to cleave to you until He consumes you from off the ground to where you are going in to possess it.	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	YHWH strikes you with consumption, and with fever, and with inflammation, and with extreme burning, and with sword, and with blasting, and with mildew, and they have pursued you until you 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	And your heavens which [are] over your head have been bronze, and the earth which [is] under you 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	YHWH gives dust and ashes [for] the rain of your land; it comes down on you from the heavens until you are destroyed.	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	YHWH makes you struck before your enemies; in one way you go out to them, and in seven ways you flee before them, and you have been for a trembling to all 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 your carcass has been for food for every bird of the heavens and for the beast of the earth, and there is none causing [them] to tremble.	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	YHWH strikes you with the ulcer of Egypt, and with lumps, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which you are not able to 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	YHWH strikes you with madness, and with blindness, and with astonishment of heart;	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 you have been groping at noon, as the blind gropes in darkness; and you do not cause your ways to prosper; and you have been only oppressed and plundered [for] all the days, and there is no savior.	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	You betroth a woman, and another man lies with her; you build a house, and do not dwell in it; you plant a vineyard, and do not make it common;	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	your ox [is] slaughtered before your eyes, and you do not eat of it; your donkey [is] violently taken away from before you, and it is not given back to you; your sheep [are] given to your enemies, and there is no savior for you.	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	Your sons and your daughters [are] given to another people, and your eyes are looking and consumed for them all the day, but your hand is not to God!	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	A people whom you have not known eat the fruit of your ground and all your labor; and you have been only oppressed and bruised [for] all the days;	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 you have been mad because of the sight of your eyes which you see.	so that you are driven mad by the sights that your eyes see.	The sights you see will drive you mad.
35	YHWH strikes you with a severe ulcer on the knees and on the legs (of which you are not able to be healed), from the sole of your foot even to your crown.	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	YHWH causes you and your king whom you raise up over you to go to a nation which you have not known, you and your fathers, and you have served other gods there—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 you have been for an astonishment, for an allegory, and for a byword among all the peoples to where YHWH leads you.	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	You take much seed out into the field, and you gather little in, for the locust consumes it;	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	you plant vineyards and have labored, but you do not drink wine, nor gather [grapes], for the worm consumes it;	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	olives are yours in all your border, but you do not pour out oil, for your olive falls off.	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	You beget sons and daughters, but they are not with you, for they go 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 locust possesses all your trees and the fruit of your 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 sojourner who [is] in your midst goes up very high above you, and you go down very low;	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 lends [to] you, and you do not lend [to] him; he is for head and you are for 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 have come on you, and pursued you, and overtaken you, until you are destroyed, because you have not listened to the voice of your God YHWH, to keep His commands and His statutes which he has commanded you;	“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 have been on you for a sign and for a wonder, also on your seed—for all time.	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 that you have not served your God YHWH with joy and with gladness of heart, because of 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	you have served your enemies, whom YHWH sends against you, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in lack of all things; and He has put a yoke of iron on your neck until He has destroyed you.	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	YHWH lifts up a nation against you from afar, from the end of the earth—it flies as the eagle—a nation whose tongue you have not heard,	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 nation of fierce countenance, which does not accept the face of the aged and does not favor the young;	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 it has eaten the fruit of your livestock and the fruit of your ground, until you are destroyed; which does not leave to you grain, new wine, and oil, the increase of your oxen, and the wealth of your flock, until it has destroyed you.	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 it has laid siege to you in all your gates until your walls come down—the high and the fortified ones in which you are trusting, in all your land; indeed, it has laid siege to you in all your gates, in all your land which your God YHWH has given to you.	“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 you have eaten the fruit of your body, [the] flesh of your sons and your daughters (whom your God YHWH has given to you), in the siege and in the constriction with which your enemies constrict you.	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 who is tender in you, and who [is] very delicate—his eye is evil against his brother, and against the wife of his bosom, and against the remnant of his sons whom he leaves,	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	against giving to one of them of the flesh of his sons whom he eats, because he has nothing left for himself in the siege and in the constriction with which your enemy constricts you in all your 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 woman in you, and the delicate, who has 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,	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 against her seed which comes out from between her feet, even against her sons whom she bears, for she eats them in secret, in the lacking of everything, in the siege and in the constriction with which your enemy constricts you within your 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 you do not observe to do all the words of this law which are written in this scroll, to fear this honored and fearful Name—your God YHWH—	“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	then YHWH has made your strokes extraordinary, and the strokes [against] your seed [are] great strokes that are persisting and severe sicknesses that are persisting.	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 has brought back all the diseases of Egypt on you, from the presence of which you have been afraid, and they have cleaved to you.	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	Also every sickness and every stroke which is not written in the scroll of this law—YHWH causes them to go up on you until you are destroyed,	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 have been left with few men, whereas that you would have been as stars of the heavens for multitude, for you have not listened to the voice of your God YHWH.	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 it has been, as YHWH has rejoiced over you to do you good and to multiply you, so YHWH rejoices over you to destroy you and to lay you waste; and you have been pulled away from off the ground to where you are going in to possess it;	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	and YHWH has scattered you among all the peoples, from the end of the earth even to the [other] end of the earth; and you have served other gods there which you have not known, you and your 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	And you do not rest among those nations, indeed, there is no resting place for the sole of your foot, and YHWH has given to you a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul there;	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 your life has been hanging in suspense before you, and you have been afraid by night and by day, and you do not have assurance in your 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 you say, O that it were evening! And in the evening you say, O that it were morning! (From the fear of your heart, with which you are afraid, and from the sight of your eyes which you see.)	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	And YHWH has brought you back to Egypt in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You do not add to see it anymore; and you have sold yourselves to your enemies there, for menservants and for maidservants, and there is no buyer.”	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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