Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 43

Deuteronomy 28:43

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Deuteronomy 28:43, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:43 in other translations

BSBThe foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
WEBThe foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.
ASVThe sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
YLTthe sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;
DARBYThe sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
BBEThe man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.
WebsterThe stranger that is within thee shall rise above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

What does Deuteronomy 28:43 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…

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Deuteronomy 28:43 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.

הַגֵּר֙ha.Gerthe sojournerH1616
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
בְּקִרְבְּךָ֔be.kir.be.Cha[is] in midst yourH7130
יַעֲלֶ֥הya.'a.Lehhe will go upH5927
עָלֶ֖יךָ'a.Lei.khaabove youH5921
מַ֣עְלָהMa'.lahup -wardsH4605
מָּ֑עְלָהMa.'e.lahup -wardsH4605
וְאַתָּ֥הve.'a.Tahand youH859
תֵרֵ֖דte.Redyou will go downH3381
מַ֥טָּהMa.tahdownwardsH4295
מָּֽטָּה\׃Ma.tahdownwardsH4295

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:43

  • Deuteronomy 28:13

    And the Lord shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the Lord thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:

  • 1 Samuel 13:19-23

    Now there was no smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears: But all the Israelites went down to the Philistines, to sharpen every man his share, and his coulter, and his axe, and his mattock. Yet they had a file for the mattocks, and for the coulters, and for the forks, and for the axes, and to sharpen the goads. So it came to pass in the day of battle, that there was neither sword nor spear found in the hand of any of the people that were with Saul and Jonathan: but with Saul and with Jonathan his son was there found. …

  • Judges 4:2-3

    And the Lord sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles. And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord: for he had nine hundred chariots of iron; and twenty years he mightily oppressed the children of Israel.

  • 2 Kings 24:14-16

    And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

  • Judges 15:11-12

    Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves.

  • Judges 10:7-10

    And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon. And that year they vexed and oppressed the children of Israel: eighteen years, all the children of Israel that were on the other side Jordan in the land of the Amorites, which is in Gilead. Moreover the children of Ammon passed over Jordan to fight also against Judah, and against Benjamin, and against the house of Ephraim; so that Israel was sore distressed. And the children of Israel cried unto the Lord, saying, We have sinned against thee, both because we have forsaken our God, and also served Baalim.

  • John 18:31

    Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:

  • 2 Kings 17:20

    And the Lord rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.

  • Judges 2:3

    Wherefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you; but they shall be as thorns in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare unto you.

  • 2 Kings 17:23

    Until the Lord removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

  • Judges 2:11-15

    And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and served Baalim: And they forsook the Lord God of their fathers, which brought them out of the land of Egypt, and followed other gods, of the gods of the people that were round about them, and bowed themselves unto them, and provoked the Lord to anger. And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel, and he delivered them into the hands of spoilers that spoiled them, and he sold them into the hands of their enemies round about, so that they could not any longer stand before their enemies. …

  • Judges 14:4

    But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the Lord, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.

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Jud 2:3,11-15; 4:2,3; 10:7-10; 14:4; 15:11,12; 1Sa 13:3-7,19-23
2Ki 17:20,23; 24:14-16; Joh 18:31; 19:15

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:42

    All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume.

  • Deuteronomy 28:43

    The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

  • Deuteronomy 28:44

    He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

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Deuteronomy 28:43 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
El extranjero que estará en medio de ti subirá sobre ti muy alto, y tú serás puesto muy bajo.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
L’étranger qui est au milieu de toi montera toujours plus haut au-dessus de toi, et toi, tu descendras toujours plus bas:
German
Elberfelder 1871
Der Fremdling, der in deiner Mitte ist, wird höher und höher über dich emporkommen, und du, du wirst tiefer und tiefer hinabsinken.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te, eritque sublimior: tu autem descendes, et eris inferior.