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Deuteronomy 28:67

in Deuteronomy 28

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

In the morning thou shalt say, Would it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would it were morning! for the fear of thy heart which thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

KJV

In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.

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This verse in Deuteronomy 28

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

This site's exposition

In the morning thou shalt say

on Deuteronomy 28:67-68

Morning and evening each become the wrong hour, and the reason given is the fear of thine heart and the sight of thine eyes, which sends a reader back to verse 34. The last curse is a return to Egypt by ships, and the speaker calls it the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again. Commentators point to Exodus 14:13 and to the king law at Deuteronomy 17:16, which forbids causing the people to return to Egypt, and they differ over which is meant. The chapter ends with the people offered for sale as bondmen and no man buying, so the last word is that the slave market itself has no use for them.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

4 ), but to them this should be constant and perpetual; that blindness and darkness which the apostle speaks of as having happened to Israel, and that guilt which bowed down their back always ( Rom. xi. 8-10 ), must needs occasion a constant restlessness and amazement. Those are a torment to themselves, and to all about them, that fear day and night and are always uneasy.

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In the morning thou shalt say, would God it were even,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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

18 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • בַּבֹּ֤קֶרin the morning

    babokerH1242 →214 times

  • תֹּאמַר֙you will say

    tomarH559 →5305 times

  • מִֽי־who?

    mi-H4310 →423 times

  • יִתֵּ֣ןwill he give

    yitenH5414 →2011 times

  • עֶ֔רֶבevening

    ʾerevH6153 →134 times

  • וּבָעֶ֥רֶבand in the evening

    uvaerevH6153 →134 times

  • תֹּאמַ֖רyou will say

    tomarH559 →5305 times

  • מִֽי־who?

    mi-H4310 →423 times

  • יִתֵּ֣ןwill he give

    yitenH5414 →2011 times

  • בֹּ֑קֶרmorning

    bokerH1242 →214 times

  • מִפַּ֤חַדfrom [the] dread of

    mipachadH6343 →49 times

  • לְבָֽבְךָ֙heart your

    levavekhaH3824 →252 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תִּפְחָ֔דyou will dread

    tifchadH6342 →

  • וּמִמַּרְאֵ֥הand from [the] sight[s] of

    umimarehH4758 →

  • עֵינֶ֖יךָeyes your

    ʾeineikhaH5869 →887 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • תִּרְאֶֽה׃you will see

    tirehH7200 →1300 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

11 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Job 7:4When I lie down I think: ‘When will I get up?’ But the night drags on, and I toss and turn until dawn.9 worksDeuteronomy 28:34You will be driven mad by the sights you see.6 worksJob 7:3–4So I am allotted months of futility, and nights of misery are appointed me.5 worksExodus 16:3“If only we had died by the LORD’s hand in the land of Egypt!” they said. “There we sat by pots of meat and ate our fill of bread, but you have brought us into this desert to starve this whole assembly to death!”5 worksRevelation 9:6In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.4 worksDeuteronomy 28:66So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.2 works
The other 5 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 21:15And day after day you yourself will suffer from a severe illness, a disease of your bowels, until it causes your bowels to come out.’”2 worksIsaiah 21:4My heart falters; fear makes me tremble. The twilight of my desire has turned to horror.2 worksJob 17:12They have turned night into day, making light seem near in the face of darkness.2 worksIsaiah 21:3Therefore my body is filled with anguish. Pain grips me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am bewildered to hear, I am dismayed to see.2 worksActs 27:29Fearing that we would run aground on the rocks, they dropped four anchors from the stern and prayed for daybreak.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Revelation 9:6

    In those days men will seek death and will not find it; they will long to die, but death will escape them.

    it leads to

    • Luke 23:30

      At that time ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!” and to the hills, “Cover us!”’

    • Jeremiah 8:3

      And wherever I have banished them, the remnant of this evil family will choose death over life,” declares the LORD of Hosts.

    • Revelation 6:16

      And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on us and hide us from the face of the One seated on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb.

    • Isaiah 2:19

      Men will flee to caves in the rocks and holes in the ground, away from the terror of the LORD and from the splendor of His majesty, when He rises to shake the earth.

    • Hosea 10:8

      The high places of Aven will be destroyed—it is the sin of Israel; thorns and thistles will overgrow their altars. Then they will say to the mountains, “Cover us!” and to the hills, “Fall…

  • Through

    Deuteronomy 28:34

    You will be driven mad by the sights you see.

    it leads to

    • Isaiah 33:14

      The sinners in Zion are afraid; trembling grips the ungodly: “Who of us can dwell with a consuming fire? Who of us can dwell with everlasting flames?”

    • Revelation 16:10–11

      And the fifth angel poured out his bowl on the throne of the beast, and its kingdom was plunged into darkness, and men began to gnaw their tongues in anguish

    • Deuteronomy 28:28

      The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Moses Comes Down from Mount Sinai, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Deuteronomy: the study guide →Read Deuteronomy 28 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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