Deuteronomy 28:40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
Deuteronomy 28:40 in other translations
| BSB | You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off. |
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| WEB | You will have olive trees throughout all your borders, but you won’t anoint yourself with the oil, for your olives will drop off. |
| ASV | Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast its fruit. |
| YLT | olives are to thee in all thy border, and oil thou dost not pour out, for thine olive doth fall off. |
| DARBY | Olive-trees shalt thou have throughout all thy borders, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with oil; for thine olive-tree shall cast its fruit. |
| BBE | Your land will be full of olive-trees, but there will be no oil for the comfort of your body; for your olive-tree will give no fruit. |
| Webster | Thou shalt have olive-trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil: for thy olive shall cast its fruit. |
What does Deuteronomy 28:40 mean?
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 28:40 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:40
- 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.
- Psalms 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
- Psalms 104:15
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man’s heart.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 28:39
Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
- Deuteronomy 28:40
Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
- Deuteronomy 28:41
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
Deuteronomy 28:40 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Tendrás olivas en todo tu término, mas no te ungirás con el aceite; porque tu aceituna se caerá. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Tu auras des oliviers dans tous tes confins, mais tu ne t’oindras pas d’huile; car ton olivier perdra son fruit. |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Olivenbäume wirst du haben in allen deinen Grenzen; aber mit Öl wirst du dich nicht salben, denn dein Olivenbaum wird die Frucht abwerfen. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis, et non ungeris oleo: quia defluent, et peribunt. |