Deuteronomy 29 · Verse 21

Deuteronomy 29:21

And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:
Deuteronomy 29:21, King James Version

Deuteronomy 29:21 in other translations

BSBand single him out from all the tribes of Israel for disaster, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law.
WEBThe LORD will set him apart for evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this book of the law.
ASVAnd Jehovah will set him apart unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
YLTand Jehovah hath separated him for evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the oaths of the covenant which is written in this book of the law.
DARBYand Jehovah will separate him for mischief out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that is written in this book of the law.
BBEHe will be marked out by the Lord, from all the tribes of Israel, for an evil fate, in keeping with all the curses of the agreement recorded in this book of the law.
WebsterAnd the LORD shall separate him to evil out of all the tribes of Israel according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

What does Deuteronomy 29:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 29:10-29

10-29. Ye stand this day all of you before the Lord your God--The whole congregation of Israel, of all ages and conditions, all--young as well as old; menials as well as masters; native Israelites as well as naturalized strangers--all were assembled before the tabernacle to renew the Sinaitic covenant. None of them were allowed to consider themselves as exempt from the terms of that national compact, lest any…

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Deuteronomy 29:10-21

The national covenant made with Israel, not only typified the covenant of grace made with true believers, but also represented the outward dispensation of the gospel. Those who have been enabled to consent to the Lord's new covenant of mercy and grace in Jesus Christ, and to give up themselves to be his people, should embrace every opportunity of renewing their open profession of relation to him, and their…

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Deuteronomy 29:21 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.

וְהִבְדִּיל֤וֹve.hiv.di.Loand he will separate himH914
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068
לְרָעָ֔הle.ra.'Ahfor harmH7451
מִכֹּ֖לmi.Kolfrom allH3605
שִׁבְטֵ֣יshiv.Tei[the] tribes ofH7626
יִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478
כְּכֹל֙ke.Kholaccording to allH3605
אָל֣וֹת'a.Lot[the] oaths ofH423
הַבְּרִ֔יתha.be.Ritthe covenantH1285
הַכְּתוּבָ֕הha.ke.tu.Vahthat is writtenH3789
בְּסֵ֥פֶרbe.Se.ferin [the] book ofH5612
הַתּוֹרָ֖הha.to.Rahthe lawH8451
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 29:21

  • Ezekiel 13:9

    And mine hand shall be upon the prophets that see vanity, and that divine lies: they shall not be in the assembly of my people, neither shall they be written in the writing of the house of Israel, neither shall they enter into the land of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the Lord God.

  • Matthew 24:51

    And shall cut him asunder, and appoint him his portion with the hypocrites: there shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth.

  • Matthew 25:32

    And before him shall be gathered all nations: and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats:

  • Malachi 3:18

    Then shall ye return, and discern between the righteous and the wicked, between him that serveth God and him that serveth him not.

  • Matthew 25:46

    And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.

  • Matthew 25:41

    Then shall he say also unto them on the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels:

  • Joshua 7:1-26

    But the children of Israel committed a trespass in the accursed thing: for Achan, the son of Carmi, the son of Zabdi, the son of Zerah, of the tribe of Judah, took of the accursed thing: and the anger of the Lord was kindled against the children of Israel. And Joshua sent men from Jericho to Ai, which is beside Beth–aven, on the east side of Beth–el, and spake unto them, saying, Go up and view the country. And the men went up and viewed Ai. And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; and make not all the people to labour thither; for they are but few. So there went up thither of the people about three thousand men: and they fled before the men of Ai. …

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Context

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 29:21

    And the Lord shall separate him unto evil out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant that are written in this book of the law:

  • Deuteronomy 29:22

    So that the generation to come of your children that shall rise up after you, and the stranger that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the Lord hath laid upon it;

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Deuteronomy 29:21 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y apartarálo Jehová de todas las tribus de Israel para mal, conforme á todas las maldiciones del pacto escrito en este libro de la ley.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Et la génération à venir, vos fils qui se lèveront après vous, et l’étranger qui viendra d’un pays éloigné, diront, lorsqu’ils verront les plaies de ce pays, et ses maladies, dont l’ Éternel l’aura affligé;
German
Elberfelder 1871
und Jehova wird ihn aus allen Stämmen Israels zum Unglück aussondern, nach all den Flüchen des Bundes, der in diesem Buche des Gesetzes geschrieben ist.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
et consumat eum in perditionem ex omnibus tribubus Israël, juxta maledictiones, quæ in libro legis hujus ac fœderis continentur.