Deuteronomy 28:30
in Deuteronomy 28You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build a house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not use the fruit thereof.
KJV
Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
4 notes on this verseThis site's exposition
You will be pledged in marriage to a woman
on Deuteronomy 28:30-31
Deuteronomy 20:5-7 excused three men from the army. One had a house not yet dedicated, one a vineyard not yet enjoyed, and one was pledged to a wife not yet married. Verse 30 takes away all three.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Thou shall betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her,....
Their dearest comforts, which they took most pleasure in, and promised themselves most from, should be the entertainment and triumph of their enemies.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Thou shalt betroth a wife, etc. - Can any heart imagine any thing more grievous than the evils threatened in this and the following verses? To be on the brink of all social and domestic happiness, and then to be suddenly deprived of all, and see an enemy possess and enjoy every thing that was dear to them, must excite them to the utmost pitch of distraction and madness. They have, it is true, grievously sinned; but, O ye Christians, have they not grievously suffered for it? Is not the stroke of God heavy enough upon them?
The words behind it
14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אִשָּׁ֣ה | ʾishah | a woman | H802 → | 781 times |
| תְאָרֵ֗שׂ | teares | you will betroth | H781 → | 11 times |
| וְאִ֤ישׁ | veish | and a man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אַחֵר֙ | ʾacher | another | H312 → | 166 times |
| יִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּה | yishkabenah | he will lie with her | H7901 → | 212 times |
| בַּ֥יִת | bayit | a house | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| תִּבְנֶ֖ה | tivneh | you will build | H1129 → | 376 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֵשֵׁ֣ב | teshev | you will dwell | H3427 → | 1079 times |
| בּ֑וֹ | bo | in <the> it | ||
| כֶּ֥רֶם | kerem | a vineyard | H3754 → | 92 times |
| תִּטַּ֖ע | tita' | you will plant | H5193 → | 58 times |
| וְלֹ֥א | velo' | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תְחַלְּלֶּֽנּוּ׃ | techallelenu | you will put to use it | H2490 → | 143 times |
אִשָּׁ֣הa woman
ʾishahH802 →781 times
תְאָרֵ֗שׂyou will betroth
tearesH781 →11 times
וְאִ֤ישׁand a man
veishH376 →1663 times
אַחֵר֙another
ʾacherH312 →166 times
יִשְׁכָּבֶ֔נָּהhe will lie with her
yishkabenahH7901 →212 times
בַּ֥יִתa house
bayitH1004 →2046 times
תִּבְנֶ֖הyou will build
tivnehH1129 →376 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
תֵשֵׁ֣בyou will dwell
teshevH3427 →1079 times
בּ֑וֹin <the> it
bo
כֶּ֥רֶםa vineyard
keremH3754 →92 times
תִּטַּ֖עyou will plant
tita'H5193 →58 times
וְלֹ֥אand not
velo'H3808 →5168 times
תְחַלְּלֶּֽנּוּ׃you will put to use it
techallelenuH2490 →143 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
Amos 5:11Therefore, because you trample on the poor and exact from him a tax of grain, you will never live in the stone houses you have built; you will never drink the wine from the…
it leads to
- Zephaniah 1:13
Their wealth will be plundered and their houses laid waste. They will build houses but not inhabit them, and plant vineyards but never drink their wine.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Micah 6:15
You will sow but not reap; you will press olives but not anoint yourselves with oil; you will tread grapes but not drink the wine.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- James 2:6
But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
- Zephaniah 1:13
Through
Jeremiah 12:13They have sown wheat but harvested thorns. They have exhausted themselves to no avail. Bear the shame of your harvest because of the fierce anger of the LORD.”
it leads to
- Haggai 1:6
You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 28:38
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.
- Leviticus 26:16
then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed…
- Haggai 1:6
Through
Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 6:12–13
Their houses will be turned over to others, their fields and wives as well, for I will stretch out My hand against the inhabitants of the land,” declares the LORD.
- Jeremiah 6:12–13
Through
Lamentations 5:2Our inheritance has been turned over to strangers, our houses to foreigners.
it leads to
- Isaiah 1:7
Your land is desolate; your cities are burned with fire. Foreigners devour your fields before you—a desolation demolished by strangers.
- Isaiah 1:7
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.