Deuteronomy 28:54-56
English Standard Version Anglicised
54 The man who is the most tender and refined among you will (A)begrudge food to his brother, to (B)the wife he embraces,[a] and to the last of the children whom he has left, 55 so that he will not give to any of them any of the flesh of his children whom he is eating, because he has nothing else left, (C)in the siege and in the distress with which your enemy shall distress you in all your towns. 56 (D)The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces,[b] to her son and to her daughter,
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- Deuteronomy 28:54 Hebrew the wife of his bosom
- Deuteronomy 28:56 Hebrew the husband of her bosom
Deuteronomy 28:54-56
New International Version
54 Even the most gentle and sensitive man among you will have no compassion on his own brother or the wife he loves or his surviving children, 55 and he will not give to one of them any of the flesh of his children that he is eating. It will be all he has left because of the suffering your enemy will inflict on you during the siege of all your cities.(A) 56 The most gentle and sensitive(B) woman among you—so sensitive and gentle that she would not venture to touch the ground with the sole of her foot—will begrudge the husband she loves and her own son or daughter(C)
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