Deuteronomy 28:50
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
Deuteronomy 28:50 in other translations
| BSB | a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young. |
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| WEB | a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn’t respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young. |
| ASV | a nation of fierce countenance, that shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young, |
| YLT | a nation--fierce of countenance--which accepteth not the face of the aged, and the young doth not favour; |
| DARBY | a nation of fierce countenance, which regardeth not the person of the old, nor is kind to the young; |
| BBE | A hard-faced nation, who will have no respect for the old or mercy for the young: |
| Webster | A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor show favor to the young: |
What does Deuteronomy 28:50 mean?
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
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…
Deuteronomy 28:50 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:50
- Isaiah 47:6
I was wroth with my people, I have polluted mine inheritance, and given them into thine hand: thou didst shew them no mercy; upon the ancient hast thou very heavily laid thy yoke.
- 2 Chronicles 36:17
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.
- Ecclesiastes 8:1
Who is as the wise man? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? a man’s wisdom maketh his face to shine, and the boldness of his face shall be changed.
- Proverbs 7:13
So she caught him, and kissed him, and with an impudent face said unto him,
- Hosea 13:16
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
- Luke 21:23-24
But woe unto them that are with child, and to them that give suck, in those days! for there shall be great distress in the land, and wrath upon this people. And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.
- Luke 19:44
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
- Daniel 8:23
And in the latter time of their kingdom, when the transgressors are come to the full, a king of fierce countenance, and understanding dark sentences, shall stand up.
- Daniel 7:7
After this I saw in the night visions, and behold a fourth beast, dreadful and terrible, and strong exceedingly; and it had great iron teeth: it devoured and brake in pieces, and stamped the residue with the feet of it: and it was diverse from all the beasts that were before it; and it had ten horns.
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Context
- Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Deuteronomy 28:50
A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
- Deuteronomy 28:51
And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
Deuteronomy 28:50 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Gente fiera de rostro, que no tendrá respeto al anciano, ni perdonará al niño: |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | une nation au visage dur, qui n’a pas égard au vieillard et n’a pas pitié de l’enfant; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | eine Nation harten Angesichts, welche die Person des Greises nicht ansieht und des Knaben sich nicht erbarmt; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | gentem procacissimam, quæ non deferat seni, nec misereatur parvuli, |