Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 46

Deuteronomy 28:46

And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
Deuteronomy 28:46, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:46 in other translations

BSBThese curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.
WEBThey will be for a sign and for a wonder to you and to your offspring forever.
ASVand they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
YLTand they have been on thee for a sign and for a wonder, also on thy seed--to the age.
DARBYAnd they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
BBEThese things will come on you and on your seed, to be a sign and a wonder for ever;
WebsterAnd they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

What does Deuteronomy 28:46 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:45-68

If God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upon mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those under the curse of God. What then will be the misery of that world where their worm dieth not, and their fire is not quenched! Observe what is here said of the wrath of God, which should come and remain upon the Israelites for their sins. It is amazing to think…

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Deuteronomy 28:46 in the original Hebrew

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וְהָי֣וּve.ha.Yuand they will becomeH1961
בְךָ֔ve.Khaamong <the> you
לְא֖וֹתle.'ot<into> a signH226
וּלְמוֹפֵ֑תu.le.mo.Fetand <into> a wonderH4159
וּֽבְזַרְעֲךָ֖u.ve.zar.'a.Khaand among offspring yourH2233
עַד\־'ad-untilH5704
עוֹלָֽם\׃o.LamperpetuityH5769

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:46

  • Isaiah 8:18

    Behold, I and the children whom the Lord hath given me are for signs and for wonders in Israel from the Lord of hosts, which dwelleth in mount Zion.

  • Ezekiel 14:8

    And I will set my face against that man, and will make him a sign and a proverb, and I will cut him off from the midst of my people; and ye shall know that I am the Lord.

  • Deuteronomy 28:37

    And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the Lord shall lead thee.

  • Jeremiah 25:18

    To wit, Jerusalem, and the cities of Judah, and the kings thereof, and the princes thereof, to make them a desolation, an astonishment, an hissing, and a curse; as it is this day;

  • Deuteronomy 29:28

    And the Lord rooted them out of their land in anger, and in wrath, and in great indignation, and cast them into another land, as it is this day.

  • Ezekiel 23:32-33

    Thus saith the Lord God; Thou shalt drink of thy sister’s cup deep and large: thou shalt be laughed to scorn and had in derision; it containeth much. Thou shalt be filled with drunkenness and sorrow, with the cup of astonishment and desolation, with the cup of thy sister Samaria.

  • 1 Corinthians 10:11

    Now all these things happened unto them for ensamples: and they are written for our admonition, upon whom the ends of the world are come.

  • Jeremiah 19:8

    And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.

  • Ezekiel 36:20

    And when they entered unto the heathen, whither they went, they profaned my holy name, when they said to them, These are the people of the Lord, and are gone forth out of his land.

  • Deuteronomy 28:59

    Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

  • Deuteronomy 29:20

    The Lord will not spare him, but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book shall lie upon him, and the Lord shall blot out his name from under heaven.

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a sign.
37,59; 29:20,28; Isa 8:18; Jer 19:8; 25:18; Eze 14:8; 23:32,33
Eze 36:20; 1Co 10:11

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:45

    Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:

  • Deuteronomy 28:46

    And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 28:47

    Because thou servedst not the Lord thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;

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Deuteronomy 28:46 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y serán en ti por señal y por maravilla, y en tu simiente para siempre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et elles seront sur toi et sur ta semence à toujours comme un signe et comme un prodige.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und sie werden zum Zeichen und zum Wunder sein an dir und an deinem Samen bis in Ewigkeit.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia, et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum: