Deuteronomy 28:54
in Deuteronomy 28The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,
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ASV
The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;
KJV
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Such were the dreadful extremities to which the inhabitants during the siege were reduced that many women sustained a wretched existence by eating the flesh of their own children. Parental affection was extinguished, and the nearest relatives were jealously, avoided, lest they should discover and demand a share of the revolting viands.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate,....
The blessings are here put before the curses, to intimate, 1. That God is slow to anger, but swift to show mercy: he has said it, and sworn, that he would much rather we would obey and live than sin and die. It is his delight to bless.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| הָאִישׁ֙ | haish | the man | H376 → | 1663 times |
| הָרַ֣ךְ | harakh | <the> gentle | H7390 → | 16 times |
| בְּךָ֔ | bekha | among <the> you | ||
| וְהֶעָנֹ֖ג | veheanog | and <the> delicate | H6028 → | |
| מְאֹ֑ד | meod | very | H3966 → | 300 times |
| תֵּרַ֨ע | tera' | it will be evil | H7489 → | 107 times |
| עֵינ֤וֹ | eino | eye his | H5869 → | 887 times |
| בְאָחִיו֙ | veachiv | on brother his | H251 → | 630 times |
| וּבְאֵ֣שֶׁת | uveeshet | and on [the] wife of | H802 → | 781 times |
| חֵיק֔וֹ | cheiko | bosom his | H2436 → | 38 times |
| וּבְיֶ֥תֶר | uveyeter | and on [the] remainder of | H3499 → | 102 times |
| בָּנָ֖יו | banav | children his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יוֹתִֽיר׃ | yotir | it will remain | H3498 → | 106 times |
הָאִישׁ֙the man
haishH376 →1663 times
הָרַ֣ךְ<the> gentle
harakhH7390 →16 times
בְּךָ֔among <the> you
bekha
וְהֶעָנֹ֖גand <the> delicate
veheanogH6028 →
מְאֹ֑דvery
meodH3966 →300 times
תֵּרַ֨עit will be evil
tera'H7489 →107 times
עֵינ֤וֹeye his
einoH5869 →887 times
בְאָחִיו֙on brother his
veachivH251 →630 times
וּבְאֵ֣שֶׁתand on [the] wife of
uveeshetH802 →781 times
חֵיק֔וֹbosom his
cheikoH2436 →38 times
וּבְיֶ֥תֶרand on [the] remainder of
uveyeterH3499 →102 times
בָּנָ֖יוchildren his
banavH1121 →4930 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
יוֹתִֽיר׃it will remain
yotirH3498 →106 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
Matthew 20:15Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 15:9
Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Romans 9:15–24
For He says to Moses: “I will have mercy on whom I have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I have compassion.”
- Matthew 6:23
But if your eyes are bad, your whole body will be full of darkness. If then the light within you is darkness, how great is that darkness!
- Deuteronomy 15:9
Through
Deuteronomy 15:9Be careful not to harbor this wicked thought in your heart: “The seventh year, the year of release, is near,” so that you look upon your poor brother begrudgingly and give him nothing. He…
it leads to
- Matthew 20:15
Do I not have the right to do as I please with what is mine? Or are you envious because I am generous?’
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Deuteronomy 24:15
You are to pay his wages each day before sunset, because he is poor and depends on them. Otherwise he may cry out to the LORD against you, and you will be guilty of…
- Matthew 20:15
Through
Proverbs 23:6Do not eat the bread of a stingy man, and do not crave his delicacies;
it leads to
- Psalms 141:4
Do not let my heart be drawn to any evil thing or take part in works of wickedness with men who do iniquity; let me not feast on their delicacies.
- Proverbs 23:3
Do not crave his delicacies, for that food is deceptive.
- Psalms 141:4
Through
Deuteronomy 13:6If your very own brother, or your son or daughter, or the wife you embrace, or your closest friend secretly entices you, saying, “Let us go and worship other gods” (which neither you nor…
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 17:2–7
If a man or woman among you in one of the towns that the LORD your God gives you is found doing evil in the sight of the LORD your God by transgressing His…
- Deuteronomy 17:2–7
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This page draws on Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.