Deuteronomy 28:20-22
Lexham English Bible
20 “Yahweh will send upon you[a] the curse,[b] the panic,[c] and the threat[d] in everything that you undertake,[e] until you are destroyed and until you perish quickly[f] because of[g] the evil of your deeds in that[h] you have forsaken me. 21 Yahweh will cause the plague to cling to you until it consumes you[i] from the land that you are going to,[j] to take possession of it. 22 Yahweh will afflict you with the wasting diseases and with the fever and with the inflammation and with the scorching heat and with the sword[k] and with the blight and with the mildew, and they shall pursue you until you perish.[l]
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- Deuteronomy 28:20 Others translate as a wish: “may Yahweh send upon you …”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 These words are translated variously, e.g., “starvation,” “thirst,” “rebuke/dysentery” (NEB) or “curses,” “confusion,” “frustration” (NLT)
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Or “confusion”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Or “rebuke”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “in all the sending out of your hand that you do”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “until your to be destroyed and until your to perish quickly”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “from the face of the evil of your deeds”
- Deuteronomy 28:20 Literally “which”
- Deuteronomy 28:21 Literally “it to consume to”
- Deuteronomy 28:21 Hebrew “to there”
- Deuteronomy 28:22 Others translate “drought” (NLT, NEB)
- Deuteronomy 28:22 Literally “until your/you to perish”
Deuteronomy 28:20-22
New International Version
20 The Lord will send on you curses,(A) confusion and rebuke(B) in everything you put your hand to, until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin(C) because of the evil(D) you have done in forsaking him.[a] 21 The Lord will plague you with diseases until he has destroyed you from the land you are entering to possess.(E) 22 The Lord will strike you with wasting disease,(F) with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought,(G) with blight(H) and mildew, which will plague(I) you until you perish.(J)
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- Deuteronomy 28:20 Hebrew me
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