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Deuteronomy 28:43

in Deuteronomy 28

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

KJV

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

This verse in Deuteronomy 28

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high,.... In wealth and riches, in power and authority, in honour and dignity.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

So the ten tribes were by the colonies which the king of Assyria sent to take possession of their land, 2 Kings xvii. Or this may be meant of the gradual encroachments which the strangers within their gates should make upon them, so as insensibly to worm them out of their estates. We read of the fulfilling of this, Hos. vii.

The words behind it

11 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.

  • הַגֵּר֙the sojourner

    hagerH1616 →92 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwho

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • בְּקִרְבְּךָ֔[is] in midst your

    bekirbechaH7130 →227 times

  • יַעֲלֶ֥הhe will go up

    yaalehH5927 →890 times

  • עָלֶ֖יךָabove you

    ʾaleikhaH5921 →5755 times

  • מַ֣עְלָהup -wards

    ma'lahH4605 →140 times

  • מָּ֑עְלָהup -wards

    maelahH4605 →140 times

  • וְאַתָּ֥הand you

    veatahH859 →1094 times

  • תֵרֵ֖דyou will go down

    teredH3381 →381 times

  • מַ֥טָּהdownwards

    matahH4295 →19 times

  • מָּֽטָּה׃downwards

    matahH4295 →19 times

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

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

    Deuteronomy 28:13

    The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:1

      “Now if you faithfully obey the voice of the LORD your God and are careful to follow all His commandments I am giving you today, the LORD your God will set you high above…

    • Deuteronomy 4:6–9

      Observe them carefully, for this will show your wisdom and understanding in the sight of the peoples, who will hear of all these statutes and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and…

    • Philippians 1:27

      Nevertheless, conduct yourselves in a manner worthy of the gospel of Christ. Then, whether I come and see you or only hear about you in my absence, I will know that you stand firm…

  • Through

    Judges 2:3

    So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

    it leads to

    • Joshua 23:13

      know for sure that the LORD your God will no longer drive out these nations before you. Instead, they will become for you a snare and a trap, a scourge in your sides and…

    • Numbers 33:55

      But if you do not drive out the inhabitants of the land before you, those you allow to remain will become barbs in your eyes and thorns in your sides; they will harass you…

    • Psalms 106:36

      They worshiped their idols, which became a snare to them.

    • Judges 3:6

      And they took the daughters of these people in marriage, gave their own daughters to their sons, and served their gods.

    • Exodus 23:33

      They must not remain in your land, lest they cause you to sin against Me. For if you serve their gods, it will surely be a snare to you.”

Where this verse is studied

About Deuteronomy

Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.
Moses Viewing the Promised Land, Frederic Edwin Church, 1846. Public domain.

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