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Deuteronomy 28:47

GratitudeJoy

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.

46 These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

48 you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

49 The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

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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
Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,
KJV
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
WEB
Because you didn’t serve the LORD your God with joyfulness and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
ASV
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, by reason of the abundance of all things;
DARBY
Because thou servedst not Jehovah thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of everything,
BLB
Because that you did not serve YHWH your God with joy and gladness of heart from the abundance of all things,
ÅB
Fordi du ikke tjente Herren din Gud med glede og av hjertens lyst, endog du hadde overflod på alt,
OTB
Fordi du ikke tjente Herren din Gud med glede og gladhet i tiden med velstand,
B1930
Fordi du ikke tjente Herren din Gud med glede og av hjertens lyst, endog du hadde overflod på alt,

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Deuteronomy 16:11

    and you shall rejoice before the LORD your God in the place He will choose as a dwelling for His Name—you, your sons and daughters, your menservants and maidservants, and the Levite within your gates, as well as the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widows among you.

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  • Nehemiah 9:35–37

    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.

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  • Deuteronomy 12:7–12

    There, in the presence of the LORD your God, you and your households shall eat and rejoice in all you do, because the LORD your God has blessed you.

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  • 1 Timothy 6:17–19

    Instruct those who are rich in the present age not to be conceited and not to put their hope in the uncertainty of wealth, but in God, who richly provides all things for us to enjoy.

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  • Deuteronomy 32:13–15

    He made him ride on the heights of the land and fed him the produce of the field. He nourished him with honey from the rock and oil from the flinty crag,

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