Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 21

Deuteronomy 28:21

The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
Deuteronomy 28:21, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:21 in other translations

BSBThe LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.
WEBThe LORD will make the pestilence cling to you, until he has consumed you from off the land where you go in to possess it.
ASVJehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest in to possess it.
YLT‘Jehovah doth cause to cleave to thee the pestilence, till He consume thee from off the ground whither thou art going in to possess it.
DARBYJehovah will make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
BBEThe Lord will send disease after disease on you, till you have been cut off by death from the land to which you are going.
WebsterThe LORD shall make the pestilence cleave to thee, until he shall have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

What does Deuteronomy 28:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
21. pestilence--some fatal epidemic. There is no reason, however, to think that the plague, which is the great modern scourge of the East, is referred to.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 21 The pestilence cleave unto thee - ידבק יהוה בך אה הדבר yadbek Yehovah becha eth haddaber, the Lord shall cement the pestilence or plague to thee. Sept., Προσκολλησει Κυριος εις σε τον θανατον, The Lord will glue - inseparably attach, the death unto thee. How dreadful a plague it must be that ravages without intermission, any person may conceive who has ever heard the name.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

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…

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Deuteronomy 28:21 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַדְבֵּ֧קyad.Bekhe will make clingH1692
יְהוָ֛הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בְּךָ֖be.Khato you
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַדָּ֑בֶרha.Da.ver<the> pestilenceH1698
עַ֚ד'aduntilH5704
כַּלֹּת֣וֹka.lo.Tohas destroyed heH3615
אֹֽתְךָ֔'o.te.Kha<obj.> youH853
מֵעַל֙me.'Alfrom onH5921
הָֽאֲדָמָ֔הha.'a.da.Mahthe landH127
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whereH834
אַתָּ֥ה'a.TahyouH859
בָא\־va'-[are] about to goH935
שָׁ֖מָּהSha.mahthere towardsH8033
לְרִשְׁתָּֽהּ\׃le.rish.Tahto take possession of itH3423

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:21

  • Leviticus 26:25

    And I will bring a sword upon you, that shall avenge the quarrel of my covenant: and when ye are gathered together within your cities, I will send the pestilence among you; and ye shall be delivered into the hand of the enemy.

  • Jeremiah 24:10

    And I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, among them, till they be consumed from off the land that I gave unto them and to their fathers.

  • Jeremiah 16:4

    They shall die of grievous deaths; they shall not be lamented; neither shall they be buried; but they shall be as dung upon the face of the earth: and they shall be consumed by the sword, and by famine; and their carcases shall be meat for the fowls of heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.

  • Jeremiah 15:2

    And it shall come to pass, if they say unto thee, Whither shall we go forth? then thou shalt tell them, Thus saith the Lord; Such as are for death, to death; and such as are for the sword, to the sword; and such as are for the famine, to the famine; and such as are for the captivity, to the captivity.

  • Numbers 14:12

    I will smite them with the pestilence, and disinherit them, and will make of thee a greater nation and mightier than they.

  • Jeremiah 21:6-7

    And I will smite the inhabitants of this city, both man and beast: they shall die of a great pestilence. And afterward, saith the Lord, I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those that seek their life: and he shall smite them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, neither have pity, nor have mercy.

  • 2 Samuel 24:15

    So the Lord sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beer–sheba seventy thousand men.

  • Numbers 25:9

    And those that died in the plague were twenty and four thousand.

  • Exodus 5:3

    And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the Lord our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.

  • Numbers 16:46-49

    And Moses said unto Aaron, Take a censer, and put fire therein from off the altar, and put on incense, and go quickly unto the congregation, and make an atonement for them: for there is wrath gone out from the Lord; the plague is begun. And Aaron took as Moses commanded, and ran into the midst of the congregation; and, behold, the plague was begun among the people: and he put on incense, and made an atonement for the people. And he stood between the dead and the living; and the plague was stayed. Now they that died in the plague were fourteen thousand and seven hundred, beside them that died about the matter of Korah.

  • Matthew 26:7

    There came unto him a woman having an alabaster box of very precious ointment, and poured it on his head, as he sat at meat.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ex 5:3; Le 26:25; Nu 14:12; 16:46-49; 25:9; 2Sa 24:15; Jer 15:2; 16:4
Jer 21:6,7; 24:10; Mt 26:7

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:20

    The Lord shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

  • Deuteronomy 28:21

    The Lord shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.

  • Deuteronomy 28:22

    The Lord shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.

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Deuteronomy 28:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová hará que se te pegue mortandad, hasta que te consuma de la tierra á la cual entras para poseerla.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel fera que la peste s’attache à toi, jusqu’à ce qu’il t’ait consumé de dessus la terre où tu entres pour la posséder.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova wird die Pest an dir haften lassen, bis er dich aufreibt aus dem Lande, wohin du kommst, um es in Besitz zu nehmen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Adjungat tibi Dominus pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra ad quam ingredieris possidendam.