Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 30

Deuteronomy 28:30

Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
Deuteronomy 28:30, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:30 in other translations

BSBYou will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
WEBYou will betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her. You will build a house, and you won’t dwell in it. You will plant a vineyard, and not use its fruit.
ASVThou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
YLT‘A woman thou dost betroth, and another man doth lie with her; a house thou dost build, and dost not dwell in it; a vineyard thou dost plant, and dost not make it common;
DARBYThou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her; thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein; thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not eat of it.
BBEYou will take a wife, but another man will have the use of her: the house which your hands have made will never be your resting-place: you will make a vine-garden, and never take the fruit of it.
WebsterThou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell in it: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes of it.

What does Deuteronomy 28:30 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:29-33

29-33. thou shalt grope at noonday--a general description of the painful uncertainty in which they would live. During the Middle Ages the Jews were driven from society into hiding-places which they were afraid to leave, not knowing from what quarter they might be assailed and their children dragged into captivity, from which no friend could rescue, and no money ransom them.

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, etc. - Can any heart imagine any thing more grievous than the evils threatened in this and the following verses? To be on the brink of all social and domestic happiness, and then to be suddenly deprived of all, and see an enemy possess and enjoy every thing that was dear to them, must excite them to the utmost pitch of distraction and madness. They have, it is true, grievously sinned; but, O ye Christians, have they not grievously suffered for it? Is not the stroke of God heavy enough upon them? Do not then, by unkind treatment or cruel Oppression, increase their miseries. They are, above all others, the men who have seen affliction by the stroke of his rod; Lam 3:1.

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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 28:30 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.

אִשָּׁ֣ה'i.Shaha womanH802
תְאָרֵ֗שׂte.'a.Resyou will betrothH781
וְאִ֤ישׁve.'Ishand a manH376
אַחֵר֙'a.CheranotherH312
יִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּהyish.ka.be.nahhe will lie with herH7901
בַּ֥יִתBa.yita houseH1004
תִּבְנֶ֖הtiv.Nehyou will buildH1129
וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808
תֵשֵׁ֣בte.Shevyou will dwellH3427
בּ֑וֹboin <the> it
כֶּ֥רֶםKe.rema vineyardH3754
תִּטַּ֖עti.Ta'you will plantH5193
וְלֹ֥אve.Lo'and notH3808
תְחַלְּלֶּֽנּוּ\׃te.chal.le.Le.nuyou will put to use itH2490

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:30

  • Amos 5:11

    Forasmuch therefore as your treading is upon the poor, and ye take from him burdens of wheat: ye have built houses of hewn stone, but ye shall not dwell in them; ye have planted pleasant vineyards, but ye shall not drink wine of them.

  • Jeremiah 8:10

    Therefore will I give their wives unto others, and their fields to them that shall inherit them: for every one from the least even unto the greatest is given to covetousness, from the prophet even unto the priest every one dealeth falsely.

  • Jeremiah 12:13

    They have sown wheat, but shall reap thorns: they have put themselves to pain, but shall not profit: and they shall be ashamed of your revenues because of the fierce anger of the Lord.

  • Isaiah 5:9-10

    In mine ears said the Lord of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant. Yea, ten acres of vineyard shall yield one bath, and the seed of an homer shall yield an ephah.

  • Lamentations 5:2

    Our inheritance is turned to strangers, our houses to aliens.

  • Job 31:10

    Then let my wife grind unto another, and let others bow down upon her.

  • Micah 6:15

    Thou shalt sow, but thou shalt not reap; thou shalt tread the olives, but thou shalt not anoint thee with oil; and sweet wine, but shalt not drink wine.

  • Zephaniah 1:13

    Therefore their goods shall become a booty, and their houses a desolation: they shall also build houses, but not inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, but not drink the wine thereof.

  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Deuteronomy 20:6-7

    And what man is he that hath planted a vineyard, and hath not yet eaten of it? let him also go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man eat of it. And what man is there that hath betrothed a wife, and hath not taken her? let him go and return unto his house, lest he die in the battle, and another man take her.

  • Isaiah 65:21-22

    And they shall build houses, and inhabit them; and they shall plant vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. They shall not build, and another inhabit; they shall not plant, and another eat: for as the days of a tree are the days of my people, and mine elect shall long enjoy the work of their hands.

  • Job 3:18

    There the prisoners rest together; they hear not the voice of the oppressor.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
betroth.
20:6,7; Job 31:10; Jer 8:10; Ho 4:2
build.
Job 3:18; Isa 5:9,10; 65:21,22; Jer 12:13; La 5:2; Am 5:11
Mic 6:15; Zep 1:13
gather. Heb. profane, or, use it as common meat.
20:6; *marg:

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:29

    And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

  • Deuteronomy 28:30

    Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • Deuteronomy 28:31

    Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

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Deuteronomy 28:30 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Te desposarás con mujer, y otro varón dormirá con ella; edificarás casa, y no habitarás en ella; plantarás viña, y no la vendimiarás.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Tu te fianceras une femme, et un autre homme couchera avec elle; tu bâtiras une maison, et tu ne l’habiteras pas; tu planteras une vigne, et tu n’en jouiras pas.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Ein Weib wirst du dir verloben, und ein anderer Mann wird sie beschlafen; ein Haus wirst du bauen und nicht darin wohnen; einen Weinberg wirst du pflanzen und ihn nicht benutzen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Uxorem accipias, et alius dormiat cum ea. Domum ædifices, et non habites in ea. Plantes vineam, et non vindemies eam.