Deuteronomy 7:15
in Deuteronomy 7And the LORD will remove from you all sickness. He will not lay upon you any of the terrible diseases you knew in Egypt, but He will inflict them on all who hate you.
BSB
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ASV
And Jehovah will take away from thee all sickness; and none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, will he put upon thee, but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
KJV
And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness, and will put none of the evil diseases of Egypt, which thou knowest, upon thee; but will lay them upon all them that hate thee.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 7
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
There seems to be here not so much as a reference to the plagues inflicted miraculously by God on Egypt (compare Exo 15:26), as to the terrible diseases with which, above other countries, Egypt was infested. Compare Deu 28:27, Deu 28:35. It is not without significance that Egypt, which represents in Scripture the world as contrasted with the Church, should thus above other lands lie under the power of disease and death.
This site's exposition
the evil diseases of Egypt
Sickness is handled by promise, and the diseases of Egypt are named as something the hearers have already seen, which thou knowest. Exodus 15:26 had made the same promise at Marah and attached a name to it, I am the LORD that healeth thee. Chapter 28:27 and 28:60 then turn the sentence around and put the diseases of Egypt on Israel itself, so one clause serves the blessing and the curse.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It seems to refer not only to the plagues of Egypt, but to some other epidemic disease, which they remembered to have prevailed among the Egyptians, and by which God had chastised them for their national sins. Diseases are God's servants, which go where he sends them, and do what he bids them.
And will take away from thee all sickness,....
Diseases are God's servants; they go where he sends them, and do what he bids them. It is therefore good for the health of our bodies to mortify the sin of our souls.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
The testimony of Moses is confirmed by the reports of many modern writers, who tell us that, notwithstanding its equal temperature and sereneness, that country has some indigenous maladies which are very malignant, such as ophthalmia, dysentery, smallpox, and the plague.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
That people accordingly were truly happy as a nation, and found every promise which the faithful God made to them amply fulfilled, so long as they adhered to that obedience which was required of them.
The words behind it
17 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהֵסִ֧יר | vehesir | and he will remove | H5493 → | 299 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| מִמְּךָ֖ | mimekha | from you | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | every | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| חֹ֑לִי | choli | sickness | H2483 → | 24 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| מַדְוֵי֩ | madvei | [the] diseases of | H4064 → | |
| מִצְרַ֨יִם | mitzrayim | Egypt | H4714 → | 641 times |
| הָרָעִ֜ים | haraim | <the> harmful | H7451 → | 662 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יָדַ֗עְתָּ | yada'ta | you experienced | H3045 → | 945 times |
| לֹ֤א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְשִׂימָם֙ | yesimam | he will put them | H7760 → | 584 times |
| בָּ֔ךְ | bakh | on <the> you | ||
| וּנְתָנָ֖ם | unetanam | and he will set them | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| בְּכָל־ | bekhol | on all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃ | soneeikha | [those who] hate you | H8130 → | 146 times |
וְהֵסִ֧ירand he will remove
vehesirH5493 →299 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
מִמְּךָ֖from you
mimekhaH4480 →1188 times
כָּל־every
kol-H3605 →5413 times
חֹ֑לִיsickness
choliH2483 →24 times
וְכָל־and all
vekholH3605 →5413 times
מַדְוֵי֩[the] diseases of
madveiH4064 →
מִצְרַ֨יִםEgypt
mitzrayimH4714 →641 times
הָרָעִ֜ים<the> harmful
haraimH7451 →662 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יָדַ֗עְתָּyou experienced
yada'taH3045 →945 times
לֹ֤אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
יְשִׂימָם֙he will put them
yesimamH7760 →584 times
בָּ֔ךְon <the> you
bakh
וּנְתָנָ֖םand he will set them
unetanamH5414 →2011 times
בְּכָל־on all
bekholH3605 →5413 times
שֹׂנְאֶֽיךָ׃[those who] hate you
soneeikhaH8130 →146 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach 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
Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
it leads to
- Psalms 103:3
He who forgives all your iniquities and heals all your diseases,
- Exodus 23:25
So you shall serve the LORD your God, and He will bless your bread and your water. And I will take away sickness from among you.
- Psalms 41:3–4
The LORD will sustain him on his bed of illness and restore him from his bed of sickness.
- Psalms 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
- Jeremiah 33:6
Nevertheless, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal its people and reveal to them the abundance of peace and truth.
- Psalms 103:3
Through
Deuteronomy 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
it leads to
- Exodus 15:26
saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Samuel 5:6
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
- Deuteronomy 28:35
The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
- Exodus 15:26
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This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.