Deuteronomy 28:18
in Deuteronomy 28The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, the increase of thy cattle, and the young of thy flock.
KJV
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
But . . . if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord--Curses that were to follow them in the event of disobedience are now enumerated, and they are almost exact counterparts of the blessings which were described in the preceding context as the reward of a faithful adherence to the covenant.
This site's exposition
You will be cursed in the city
on Deuteronomy 28:16-19
These four verses are verses 3 to 6 with cursed set where blessed stood. Two things move in the copying, the basket and store coming before the fruit, and the fruit of thy cattle dropping out of verse 18. The curse reads as the blessing withdrawn item by item.
This site's exposition
the produce of your land
Henry sets the cursed produce of your land beside Genesis 4:11, where Cain was cursed from the ground that had received his brother's blood. The man's sin passes into the soil he works and the herds he keeps. The ground answers for its owner.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. See Gill on Deu 28:4, Deu 28:16.
All his enjoyments being forfeited by him are in a manner forbidden to him, as cursed things, which he has no title to. To those whose mind and conscience are defiled every thing else is so, Tit. i.
The words behind it
9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָר֥וּר | ʾarur | [will be] cursed | H779 → | 63 times |
| פְּרִֽי־ | peri- | [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| בִטְנְךָ֖ | vitnekha | womb your | H990 → | 72 times |
| וּפְרִ֣י | uferi | and [the] fruit of | H6529 → | 119 times |
| אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָ | ʾadmatekha | ground your | H127 → | 225 times |
| שְׁגַ֥ר | shegar | [the] young of | H7698 → | 5 times |
| אֲלָפֶ֖יךָ | ʾalafeikha | cattle<s> your | H504 → | 7 times |
| וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹת | veashterot | and [the] young ones of | H6251 → | 4 times |
| צֹאנֶֽךָ׃ | tzonekha | sheep your | H6629 → | 274 times |
אָר֥וּר[will be] cursed
ʾarurH779 →63 times
פְּרִֽי־[the] fruit of
peri-H6529 →119 times
בִטְנְךָ֖womb your
vitnekhaH990 →72 times
וּפְרִ֣יand [the] fruit of
uferiH6529 →119 times
אַדְמָתֶ֑ךָground your
ʾadmatekhaH127 →225 times
שְׁגַ֥ר[the] young of
shegarH7698 →5 times
אֲלָפֶ֖יךָcattle<s> your
ʾalafeikhaH504 →7 times
וְעַשְׁתְּר֥וֹתand [the] young ones of
veashterotH6251 →4 times
צֹאנֶֽךָ׃sheep your
tzonekhaH6629 →274 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
Deuteronomy 28:4The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock—the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:22
The blessing of the LORD enriches, and He adds no sorrow to it.
- Genesis 49:25
by the God of your father who helps you, and by the Almighty who blesses you, with blessings of the heavens above, with blessings of the depths below, with blessings of the breasts and…
- Deuteronomy 7:13
He will love you and bless you and multiply you. He will bless the fruit of your womb and the produce of your land—your grain, new wine, and oil, the young of your herds…
- Psalms 128:3
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine flourishing within your house, your sons like olive shoots sitting around your table.
- Leviticus 26:9
I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will establish My covenant with you.
- Proverbs 10:22
Through
Habakkuk 3:17Though the fig tree does not bud and no fruit is on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food, though the sheep are cut off from the fold…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 5:17
They will devour your harvest and food; they will consume your sons and daughters; they will eat up your flocks and herds; they will feed on your vines and fig trees. With the sword…
- Joel 1:16–18
Has not the food been cut off before our very eyes—joy and gladness from the house of our God?
- Haggai 2:16–17
from that time, when one came expecting a heap of twenty ephahs of grain, there were but ten. When one came to the winepress to draw out fifty baths, there were but twenty.
- Jeremiah 5:17
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy
This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole 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.