Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 35

Deuteronomy 28:35

The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
Deuteronomy 28:35, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:35 in other translations

BSBThe LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
WEBThe LORD will strike you in the knees and in the legs with a sore boil, of which you cannot be healed, from the sole of your foot to the crown of your head.
ASVJehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.
YLT‘Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown.
DARBYJehovah will smite thee in the knees and in the legs with evil ulcers, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
BBEThe Lord will send a skin disease, attacking your knees and your legs, bursting out from your feet to the top of your head, so that nothing will make you well.
WebsterThe LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot to the top of thy head.

What does Deuteronomy 28:35 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
35. the Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs--This is an exact description of elephantiasis, a horrible disease, something like leprosy, which attacks particularly the lower extremities.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 35 With a sore botch - שחין shechin, an inflammatory swelling, a burning boil. See Deu 28:27.

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 28:35 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.

יַכְּכָ֨הya.ke.Khahhe will strike youH5221
יְהוָ֜הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בִּשְׁחִ֣יןbish.Chinwith boil[s]H7822
רָ֗עRa'badH7451
עַל\־'al-onH5921
הַבִּרְכַּ֙יִם֙ha.bir.Ka.yimthe kneesH1290
וְעַל\־ve.'al-and onH5921
הַשֹּׁקַ֔יִםha.sho.Ka.yimthe legsH7785
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תוּכַ֖לtu.Khalyou will be ableH3201
לְהֵרָפֵ֑אle.he.ra.Fe'to be healedH7495
מִכַּ֥ףmi.Kaffrom [the] sole ofH3709
רַגְלְךָ֖rag.le.Khafoot yourH7272
וְעַ֥דve.'Adand toH5704
קָדְקֳדֶֽךָ\׃ka.de.ko.De.chascalp yourH6936

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:35

  • Deuteronomy 28:27

    The Lord will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.

  • Isaiah 3:17

    Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the Lord will discover their secret parts.

  • Isaiah 1:6

    From the sole of the foot even unto the head there is no soundness in it; but wounds, and bruises, and putrifying sores: they have not been closed, neither bound up, neither mollified with ointment.

  • Isaiah 3:24

    And it shall come to pass, that instead of sweet smell there shall be stink; and instead of a girdle a rent; and instead of well set hair baldness; and instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth; and burning instead of beauty.

  • Job 2:6-7

    And the Lord said unto Satan, Behold, he is in thine hand; but save his life. So went Satan forth from the presence of the Lord, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot unto his crown.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
botch.
27; Job 2:6,7; Isa 1:6; 3:17,24

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:34

    So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

  • Deuteronomy 28:35

    The Lord shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.

  • Deuteronomy 28:36

    The Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.

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Deuteronomy 28:35 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Herirte ha Jehová con maligna pústula en las rodillas y en las piernas, sin que puedas ser curado: aun desde la planta de tu pie hasta tu mollera.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel te frappera sur les genoux et sur les cuisses d’un ulcère malin dont tu ne pourras guérir, depuis la plante de ton pied jusqu’au sommet de ta tête.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova wird dich schlagen mit bösen Geschwüren an den Knien und an den Schenkeln, von deiner Fußsohle bis zu deinem Scheitel, daß du nicht wirst geheilt werden können.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Percutiat te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non possis a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.