Deuteronomy 28:61
in Deuteronomy 28The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.
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ASV
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will Jehovah bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
KJV
Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the Lord bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseAlso every sickness and every plague which is not written in the book of this law,.... Which is not here mentioned or threatened; and it suggests, that whatsoever sickness or disease that could be thought of or named, or were at any time in any place among men, might be expected to come upon them for their disobedience: them will the Lord bring upon thee until thou be destroyed; the Jews themselves (h) own this has been fulfilled on them. (h) Shebet Judah, p. 318.
This site's exposition
If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law
on Deuteronomy 28:58-61
Verse 58 gives the condition again in a new form, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, and the King James prints THE LORD THY GOD in capitals here to mark the divine name standing in the Hebrew. Plagues wonderful uses the word applied to the marvellous works of God, which puts these sicknesses in the class of wonders. Verse 60 says the diseases of Egypt will return, the ones thou wast afraid of, and that answers Exodus 15:26 where God named himself the healer who would lay none of them on Israel. Verse 61 closes the list by refusing to close it, taking in every sickness which is not written in the book of this law.
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The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
The Lord will bring upon thee every sickness, and every plague, though it be not written in the book of this law. Those that fall under the curse of God will find that the one half was not told them of the weight and terror of that curse.
The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless.
The words behind it
16 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גַּ֤ם | gam | also | H1571 → | 769 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֳלִי֙ | choli | sickness | H2483 → | 24 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַכָּ֔ה | makah | plague | H4347 → | 48 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| כָת֔וּב | khatuv | [is] written | H3789 → | 224 times |
| בְּסֵ֖פֶר | besefer | in [the] book of | H5612 → | 186 times |
| הַתּוֹרָ֣ה | hatorah | the law | H8451 → | 219 times |
| הַזֹּ֑את | hazot | <the> this | H2063 → | 603 times |
| יַעְלֵ֤ם | ya'lem | he will bring up them | H5927 → | 890 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| עָלֶ֔יךָ | ʾaleikha | on you | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| עַ֖ד | ʾad | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃ | hishamedakh | being destroyed you | H8045 → | 90 times |
גַּ֤םalso
gamH1571 →769 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֳלִי֙sickness
choliH2483 →24 times
וְכָל־and every
vekholH3605 →5413 times
מַכָּ֔הplague
makahH4347 →48 times
אֲשֶׁר֙which
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
כָת֔וּב[is] written
khatuvH3789 →224 times
בְּסֵ֖פֶרin [the] book of
beseferH5612 →186 times
הַתּוֹרָ֣הthe law
hatorahH8451 →219 times
הַזֹּ֑את<the> this
hazotH2063 →603 times
יַעְלֵ֤םhe will bring up them
ya'lemH5927 →890 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
עָלֶ֔יךָon you
ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times
עַ֖דuntil
ʾadH5704 →1261 times
הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃being destroyed you
hishamedakhH8045 →90 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.