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Deuteronomy 28:43

41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

42 Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

44 He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

45 All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.
KJV
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
WEB
The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.
ASV
The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.
DARBY
The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
BLB
The foreigner who [is] among you shall rise above you higher and higher, and you shall descend lower and lower.
ÅB
Den fremmede som bor i ditt land, skal stige opp over deg, høyere og høyere; men du skal synke dypere og dypere.
OTB
De fremmede som bor blant deg vil stige høyere og høyere over deg, men du vil synke lavere og lavere.
B1930
Den fremmede som bor i ditt land, skal stige op over dig, høiere og høiere; men du skal synke dypere og dypere.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 28:13

    The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.

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  • 1 Samuel 13:19–23

    And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”

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  • Judges 4:2–3

    So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim.

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  • 2 Kings 24:14–16

    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

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  • Judges 15:11–12

    In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied.

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  • Judges 10:7–10

    So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

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  • John 18:31

    “You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.

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  • 2 Kings 17:20

    So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

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