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54 The most refined and the very sensitive[a] man among you shall be mean with his brother[b] and against his beloved wife[c] and against the rest[d] of his children that he has left over, 55 by refraining from giving[e] to even one of them any of the meat of his children that he eats, because there is not anything that is left over for him during the siege and distress[f] that your enemy inflicts upon you. 56 The most refined and the most delicate woman among you, who shall[g] not venture to put the sole of her foot on the ground from being so delicate and from such gentleness, shall be mean to her beloved husband[h] and against her son and against her daughter,

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Footnotes

  1. Deuteronomy 28:54 Or “kindly disposed”
  2. Deuteronomy 28:54 Literally “shall be bad/evil his eye against his brother”
  3. Deuteronomy 28:54 Literally “against the wife of his lap”
  4. Deuteronomy 28:54 Or “remainder”
  5. Deuteronomy 28:55 Literally “from giving”
  6. Deuteronomy 28:55 Literally “in the siege and distress”
  7. Deuteronomy 28:56 Or “would”
  8. Deuteronomy 28:56 Literally “shall be bad her eye against the husband of her lap”