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Deuteronomy 28:28-30
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 28:28-30
New English Translation
28 The Lord will also subject you to madness, blindness, and confusion of mind.[a] 29 You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do;[b] you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you. 30 You will be engaged to a woman, and another man will rape[c] her. You will build a house but not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but not even begin to use it.
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- Deuteronomy 28:28 tn Heb “heart” (so KJV, NASB).
- Deuteronomy 28:29 tn Heb “you will not cause your ways to prosper.”
- Deuteronomy 28:30 tc For MT reading שָׁגַל (shagal, “ravish; violate”), the Syriac, Targum, and Vulgate presume the less violent שָׁכַב (shakhav, “lie with”). The unexpected counterpart to betrothal here favors the originality of the MT.
Deuteronomy 28:28-30
New International Version
Deuteronomy 28:28-30
New International Version
28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind. 29 At midday you will grope(A) about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue(B) you.
30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her.(C) You will build a house, but you will not live in it.(D) You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.(E)
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