Deuteronomy 29 · Verse 22

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;
Deuteronomy 29:22, King James Version

Deuteronomy 29:22 in other translations

BSBThen the generation to come—your sons who follow you and the foreigner who comes from a distant land—will see the plagues of the land and the sicknesses the LORD has inflicted on it.
WEBThe generation to come—your children who will rise up after you, and the foreigner who will come from a far land—will say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses with which the LORD has made it sick,
ASVAnd the generation to come, your children that shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath made it sick;
YLT‘And the latter generation of your sons who rise after you, and the stranger who cometh in from a land afar off, have said when they have seen the strokes of that land, and its sicknesses which Jehovah hath sent into it, --
DARBYAnd the generation to come, your children who shall rise up after you, and the foreigner that shall come from a far land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and its sicknesses wherewith Jehovah hath visited it,
BBEAnd future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it;
WebsterSo that the generation to come of your children that shall arise after you, and the stranger that shall come from a distant land, shall say, when they see the plagues of that land, and the sicknesses which the LORD hath laid upon it;

What does Deuteronomy 29:22 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 29:22-28
Idolatry would be the ruin of their nation. It is no new thing for God to bring desolating judgments on a people near to him in profession. He never does this without good reason. It concerns us to seek for the reason, that we may give glory to God, and take warning to ourselves. Thus the law of Moses leaves sinners under the curse, and rooted out of the Lord's land; but the grace of Christ toward penitent, believing sinners, plants them again in their land; and they shall no more be pulled up, being kept by the power of God.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Deuteronomy 29:22 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.

וְאָמַ֞רve.'a.Marand it will sayH559
הַדּ֣וֹרha.Dorthe generationH1755
הָֽאַחֲר֗וֹןha.'a.cha.Ron<the> laterH314
בְּנֵיכֶם֙be.nei.Khemchildren yourH1121
אֲשֶׁ֤ר'a.SherwhoH834
יָק֙וּמוּ֙ya.Ku.muthey will ariseH6965
מֵאַ֣חֲרֵיכֶ֔םme.'A.cha.rei.Khemfrom after youH310
וְהַ֨נָּכְרִ֔יve.Ha.na.khe.Riand the foreignerH5237
אֲשֶׁ֥ר'a.SherwhoH834
יָבֹ֖אya.Vo'he will comeH935
מֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzfrom a landH776
רְחוֹקָ֑הre.cho.KahdistantH7350
וְ֠רָאוּVe.ra.'uand they will seeH7200
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
מַכּ֞וֹתma.Kot[the] plagues ofH4347
הָאָ֤רֶץha.'A.retzthe landH776
הַהִוא֙ha.hi.V'<the> thatH1931
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
תַּ֣חֲלֻאֶ֔יהָta.cha.lu.'Ei.hadiseases itsH8463
אֲשֶׁר\־'a.Sher-whichH834
חִלָּ֥הchi.Lahhe has made sickH2470
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehYahwehH3068
בָּֽהּ\׃Bah<in> <the> it

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

Cross references for Deuteronomy 29:22

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
which the Lord hath laid upon it. Heb. wherewith the Lordhath made it sick.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 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;

  • Deuteronomy 29:23

    And that the whole land thereof is brimstone, and salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor beareth, nor any grass groweth therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the Lord overthrew in his anger, and in his wrath:

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Deuteronomy 29:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Y dirá la generación venidera, vuestros hijos que vendrán después de vosotros, y el extranjero que vendrá de lejanas tierras, cuando vieren las plagas de aquesta tierra, y sus enfermedades de que Jehová la hizo enfermar,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
et que tout son sol n’est que soufre et sel, – un embrasement (qu’il n’est pas semé, et qu’il ne fait rien germer, et qu’aucune herbe n’y pousse), comme la subversion de Sodome et de Gomorrhe, d’Adma et de Tseboïm, que l’ Éternel détruisit dans sa colère et dans sa fureur, –
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und das künftige Geschlecht, eure Kinder, die nach euch aufkommen werden, und der Ausländer, der aus fernem Lande kommen wird, werden sagen, wenn sie die Plagen dieses Landes sehen und seine Krankheiten, womit Jehova es geschlagen hat,
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Dicetque sequens generatio, et filii qui nascentur deinceps, et peregrini qui de longe venerint, videntes plagas terræ illius, et infirmitates, quibus eam afflixerit Dominus,