Deuteronomy 28:41
in Deuteronomy 28You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.
KJV
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
2 notes on this verseThou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy them,.... Or, "they shall not be thine" (q); being taken from them, and given to others, see Deu 28:32; and for the following reason: for they shall go into captivity; as when the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar, and all the people of the Jews by the Romans. (q) ולא יהיו לך "et non erunt tibi", Pagninus, Montanus.
This site's exposition
You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little
on Deuteronomy 28:38-42
Five verses of labor come to nothing: seed and locust, vineyard and worm, olive and dropped fruit, children and captivity, and the locust again. This curse leaves the work standing and takes away the yield, a different stroke from plague and sword.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּנִ֥ים | banim | sons | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| וּבָנ֖וֹת | uvanot | and daughters | H1323 → | 588 times |
| תּוֹלִ֑יד | tolid | you will father | H3205 → | 496 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יִהְי֣וּ | yihyu | they will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לָ֔ךְ | lakh | to <the> you | ||
| כִּ֥י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יֵלְכ֖וּ | yelekhu | they will go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| בַּשֶּֽׁבִי׃ | bashevi | in <the> captivity | H7628 → | 49 times |
בָּנִ֥יםsons
banimH1121 →4930 times
וּבָנ֖וֹתand daughters
uvanotH1323 →588 times
תּוֹלִ֑ידyou will father
tolidH3205 →496 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
יִהְי֣וּthey will belong
yihyuH1961 →3559 times
לָ֔ךְto <the> you
lakh
כִּ֥יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
יֵלְכ֖וּthey will go
yelekhuH1980 →1546 times
בַּשֶּֽׁבִי׃in <the> captivity
basheviH7628 →49 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
2 Kings 24:14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 52:28
These are the people Nebuchadnezzar carried away: in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;
- 2 Kings 25:12
But the captain of the guard left behind some of the poorest of the land to tend the vineyards and fields.
- 2 Kings 24:16
The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9–10
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 52:28
Through
Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
it leads to
- Joel 3:6
You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.
- Joel 3:6
Through
Lamentations 1:5Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 39:9
Then Nebuzaradan captain of the guard carried away to Babylon the remnant of the people who had remained in the city, along with the deserters who had defected to him.
- Deuteronomy 32:15–27
But Jeshurun grew fat and kicked—becoming fat, bloated, and gorged. He abandoned the God who made him and scorned the Rock of his salvation.
- Psalms 90:7–8
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
- Jeremiah 39:9
Where this verse is studied
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About Deuteronomy

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: The Pentateuch.
