Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
Deuteronomy 28:37 in other translations
| BSB | You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you. |
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| WEB | You will become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword among all the peoples where the LORD will lead you away. |
| ASV | And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away. |
| YLT | and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee. |
| DARBY | And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee. |
| BBE | And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you. |
| Webster | And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee. |
What does Deuteronomy 28:37 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · 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…
Deuteronomy 28:37 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:37
- Jeremiah 24:9
And I will deliver them to be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth for their hurt, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places whither I shall drive them.
- Jeremiah 25:9
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.
- 1 Kings 9:7-8
Then will I cut off Israel out of the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have hallowed for my name, will I cast out of my sight; and Israel shall be a proverb and a byword among all people: And at this house, which is high, every one that passeth by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why hath the Lord done thus unto this land, and to this house?
- Psalms 44:13-14
Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and a derision to them that are round about us. Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
- 2 Chronicles 7:20
Then will I pluck them up by the roots out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for my name, will I cast out of my sight, and will make it to be a proverb and a byword among all nations.
- Zechariah 8:13
And it shall come to pass, that as ye were a curse among the heathen, O house of Judah, and house of Israel; so will I save you, and ye shall be a blessing: fear not, but let your hands be strong.
- Deuteronomy 29:22-28
So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it; And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath: Even all nations shall say, Wherefore hath the Lord done thus unto this land? what meaneth the heat of this great anger? Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the Lord God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: …
- Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the ministers of the Lord, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O Lord, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?
- Deuteronomy 28:28
The Lord shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
28; 29:22-28; 1Ki 9:7,8; 2Ch 7:20; Ps 44:13,14; Jer 24:9; 25:9
Joe 2:17; *marg:
Zec 8:13
a proverb.The name of Jew has long been a proverbial mark of detestation and contempt among all the nations whither they have been dispersed, and is so to this day, whether among Christians, Mohmammedans, or Pagans.
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Context
- 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.
- Deuteronomy 28:37
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.
- Deuteronomy 28:38
Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
Deuteronomy 28:37 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Y serás por pasmo, por ejemplo y por fábula, á todos los pueblos á los cuales te llevará Jehová. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | et tu seras un sujet d’étonnement, et de proverbe, et de raillerie, parmi tous les peuples où l’ Éternel t’emmènera. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Und du wirst zum Entsetzen werden, zum Sprichwort und zur Spottrede unter allen Völkern, wohin Jehova dich wegtreiben wird. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Et eris perditus in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus. |