Deuteronomy 28 · Verse 68

Deuteronomy 28:68

And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
Deuteronomy 28:68, King James Version

Deuteronomy 28:68 in other translations

BSBThe LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
WEBThe LORD will bring you into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I told you that you would never see it again. There you will offer yourselves to your enemies for male and female slaves, and nobody will buy you.
ASVAnd Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
YLT‘And Jehovah hath brought thee back to Egypt with ships, by a way of which I said to thee, Thou dost not add any more to see it, and ye have sold yourselves there to thine enemies, for men-servants and for maid-servants, and there is no buyer.'
DARBYAnd Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it again no more; and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and there shall be no man to buy you.
BBEAnd the Lord will take you back to Egypt again in ships, by the way of which I said to you, You will never see it again: there you will be offering yourselves as men-servants and women-servants to your haters for a price, and no man will take you.
WebsterAnd the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way of which I have said to thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold to your enemies for bond-men and bond-women, and no man shall buy you.

What does Deuteronomy 28:68 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
68. The Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships--The accomplishment of this prediction took place under Titus, when, according to Josephus, multitudes of Jews were transported in ships to the land of the Nile, and sold as slaves. "Here, then, are instances of prophecies delivered above three thousand years ago; and yet, as we see, being fulfilled in the world at this very time; and what stronger proofs can we desire of the divine legation of Moses? How these instances may affect others I know not; but for myself, I must acknowledge, they not only convince but amaze and astonish me beyond expression; they are truly, as Moses foretold (De 28:45, 46) they would be, 'a sign and a wonder for ever'" [Bishop Newton].

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 68 And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again - That is, into another state of slavery and bondage similar to that of Egypt, out of which they had been lately brought. And there ye shall be sold, that is, be exposed to sale, or expose yourself to sale as the word התמכרתם hithmaccartem may be rendered; they were vagrants, and wished to become slaves that they might be provided with the necessaries of life. And no man shall buy you; even the Romans thought it a reproach to have a Jew for a slave, they had become so despicable to all mankind. When Jerusalem was taken by Titus, many of the captives, which were above seventeen years of age, were sent into the works in Egypt. See Josephus, Antiq., b. xii, 100:1, 2, War b. vi., c. 9, s. 2; and above all, see Bp. Newton's Dissertations on the Prophecies. The first verse of the next chapter, in some of the most correct Hebrew Bibles, makes the 69th of this; and very properly, as the second verse of the following chapter begins a new subject. This is an astonishing chapter: in it are prophecies delivered more than 3,000 years ago, and now fulfilling. O God, how immense is thy wisdom, and how profound thy counsels! To thee alone are known all thy works from the beginning to the end. What an irrefragable proof does this chapter, compared with the past and present state of the Jewish people, afford of the truth and Divine origin of the Pentateuch!

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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 28:68 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.

וֶֽהֱשִֽׁיבְךָ֨ve.he.shi.ve.Khaand he will make return youH7725
יְהוָ֥ה\׀Yah.wehYahwehH3068
מִצְרַיִם֮mitz.ra.YimEgyptH4714
בָּאֳנִיּוֹת֒bo.'o.ni.yOtin shipsH591
בַּדֶּ֙רֶךְ֙ba.De.rekhby the wayH1870
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhichH834
אָמַ֣רְתִּֽי'a.Mar.tiI saidH559
לְךָ֔le.Khato <the> you
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
תֹסִ֥יףto.Sifyou will repeatH3254
ע֖וֹדodagainH5750
לִרְאֹתָ֑הּlir.'o.Tahto see itH7200
וְהִתְמַכַּרְתֶּ֨םve.hit.ma.kar.Temand you will sell yourselvesH4376
שָׁ֧םshamthereH8033
לְאֹיְבֶ֛יךָle.'o.ye.Vei.khato enemies yourH341
לַעֲבָדִ֥יםla.'a.va.Dimto [male] slavesH5650
וְלִשְׁפָח֖וֹתve.lish.fa.Chotand to female slavesH8198
וְאֵ֥יןve.'Einand there notH369
קֹנֶֽה\׃\ \סko.Neh[will be] a buyerH7069

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Cross references for Deuteronomy 28:68

  • Jeremiah 44:12

    And I will take the remnant of Judah, that have set their faces to go into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, and they shall all be consumed, and fall in the land of Egypt; they shall even be consumed by the sword and by the famine: they shall die, from the least even unto the greatest, by the sword and by the famine: and they shall be an execration, and an astonishment, and a curse, and a reproach.

  • Jeremiah 43:7

    So they came into the land of Egypt: for they obeyed not the voice of the Lord: thus came they even to Tahpanhes.

  • Hosea 8:13

    They sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat it; but the Lord accepteth them not; now will he remember their iniquity, and visit their sins: they shall return to Egypt.

  • Hosea 9:3

    They shall not dwell in the Lord’s land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt, and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.

  • Deuteronomy 17:16

    But he shall not multiply horses to himself, nor cause the people to return to Egypt, to the end that he should multiply horses: forasmuch as the Lord hath said unto you, Ye shall henceforth return no more that way.

  • Exodus 20:2

    I am the Lord thy God, which have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.

  • Luke 21:24

    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.

  • Nehemiah 5:8

    And I said unto them, We after our ability have redeemed our brethren the Jews, which were sold unto the heathen; and will ye even sell your brethren? or shall they be sold unto us? Then held they their peace, and found nothing to answer.

  • Joel 3:3-7

    And they have cast lots for my people; and have given a boy for an harlot, and sold a girl for wine, that they might drink. Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head; Because ye have taken my silver and my gold, and have carried into your temples my goodly pleasant things: The children also of Judah and the children of Jerusalem have ye sold unto the Grecians, that ye might remove them far from their border. …

  • Esther 7:4

    For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king’s damage.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
bring thee into Egypt.This verse seems especially to point out an event, which took place subsequently to the destruction of Jerusalem by Titus, and the desolation made by Hadrian. Numbers of the captives were sent by sea into Egypt (as well as into other countries), and sold for slaves at a vile price, and for the meanest offices; and many thousands were left to perish from want; for the multitude was so great, that purchasers could not be found for them all at any price!
17:16; Jer 43:7; 44:12; Ho 8:13; 9:3
there ye shall.
Ex 20:2; Ne 5:8; Es 7:4; Joe 3:3-7; Lu 21:24

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Context

  • Deuteronomy 28:67

    In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

  • Deuteronomy 28:68

    And the Lord shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

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Deuteronomy 28:68 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y Jehová te hará tornar á Egipto en navíos por el camino del cual te ha dicho: Nunca más volveréis: y allí seréis vendidos á vuestros enemigos por esclavos y por esclavas, y no habrá quien os compre.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et l’ Éternel te fera retourner en Égypte sur des navires, par le chemin dont je t’ai dit: Tu ne le reverras plus. Et là vous vous vendrez à vos ennemis pour être serviteurs et servantes, et il n’y aura pas d’acheteur.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und Jehova wird dich auf Schiffen nach Ägypten zurückführen, auf dem Wege, von dem ich dir gesagt habe: du sollst ihn nie mehr wiedersehen! und ihr werdet daselbst euren Feinden zu Knechten und zu Mägden verkauft werden, aber niemand wird kaufen. Das sind die Worte des Bundes, welchen Jehova im Lande Moab dem Mose geboten hat, mit den Kindern Israel zu machen, außer dem Bunde, den er am Horeb mit ihnen gemacht hatte.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Reducet te Dominus classibus in Ægyptum per viam de qua dixit tibi ut eam amplius non videres. Ibi venderis inimicis tuis in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat.