Deuteronomy 28:17
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
Deuteronomy 28:17 in other translations
| BSB | Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. |
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| WEB | Your basket and your kneading trough will be cursed. |
| ASV | Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. |
| YLT | ‘Cursed is thy basket and thy kneading-trough. |
| DARBY | Cursed shall be thy basket and thy kneading-trough. |
| BBE | A curse will be on your basket and on your bread-basin. |
| Webster | Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. |
What does Deuteronomy 28:17 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:15-20
15-20. But ... if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:15-44
If we do not keep God's commandments, we not only come short of the blessing promised, but we lay ourselves under the curse, which includes all misery, as the blessing all happiness. Observe the justice of this curse. It is not a curse causeless, or for some light cause. The extent and power of this curse. Wherever the sinner goes, the curse of God follows; wherever he is, it rests upon him. Whatever he has is under…
Deuteronomy 28:17 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:17
- Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
- Deuteronomy 28:5
Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
- Luke 16:25
But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.
- Psalms 69:22
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
- Zechariah 5:3-4
Then said he unto me, This is the curse that goeth forth over the face of the whole earth: for every one that stealeth shall be cut off as on this side according to it; and every one that sweareth shall be cut off as on that side according to it. I will bring it forth, saith the Lord of hosts, and it shall enter into the house of the thief, and into the house of him that sweareth falsely by my name: and it shall remain in the midst of his house, and shall consume it with the timber thereof and the stones thereof.
- Proverbs 1:32
For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Malachi 2:2
If ye will not hear, and if ye will not lay it to heart, to give glory unto my name, saith the Lord of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings: yea, I have cursed them already, because ye do not lay it to heart.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 28:16
Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
- Deuteronomy 28:17
Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
- Deuteronomy 28:18
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
Deuteronomy 28:17 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Maldito tu canastillo, y tus sobras. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | ta corbeille sera maudite, et ta huche. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Verflucht wird sein dein Korb und dein Backtrog. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Maledictum horreum tuum, et maledictæ reliquiæ tuæ. |