Deuteronomy 28:59
in Deuteronomy 28He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
KJV
Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
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This verse in Deuteronomy 28
Commentary
3 notes on this verseNote, (1.) God justly expects from us that we should fear his fearful name; and, which is strange, that name which is here proposed as the object of our fear is, T HE L ORD THY G OD , which is very fitly here put in our Bibles in capital letters; for nothing can sound more truly august.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
Then the Lord will make thy plagues wonderful,....
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
13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְהִפְלָ֤א | vehifla' | and he will make extraordinary | H6381 → | 71 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔ | makotekha | plagues your | H4347 → | 48 times |
| וְאֵ֖ת | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| מַכּ֣וֹת | makot | [the] plagues of | H4347 → | 48 times |
| זַרְעֶ֑ךָ | zarekha | offspring your | H2233 → | 229 times |
| מַכּ֤וֹת | makot | plagues | H4347 → | 48 times |
| גְּדֹלוֹת֙ | gedolot | great | H1419 → | 526 times |
| וְנֶ֣אֱמָנ֔וֹת | veneemanot | and lasting | H539 → | 106 times |
| וָחֳלָיִ֥ם | vocholayim | and sicknesses | H2483 → | 24 times |
| רָעִ֖ים | raim | harmful | H7451 → | 662 times |
| וְנֶאֱמָנִֽים׃ | veneemanim | and lasting | H539 → | 106 times |
וְהִפְלָ֤אand he will make extraordinary
vehifla'H6381 →71 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔plagues your
makotekhaH4347 →48 times
וְאֵ֖תand <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
מַכּ֣וֹת[the] plagues of
makotH4347 →48 times
זַרְעֶ֑ךָoffspring your
zarekhaH2233 →229 times
מַכּ֤וֹתplagues
makotH4347 →48 times
גְּדֹלוֹת֙great
gedolotH1419 →526 times
וְנֶ֣אֱמָנ֔וֹתand lasting
veneemanotH539 →106 times
וָחֳלָיִ֥םand sicknesses
vocholayimH2483 →24 times
רָעִ֖יםharmful
raimH7451 →662 times
וְנֶאֱמָנִֽים׃and lasting
veneemanimH539 →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
Mark 13:19For those will be days of tribulation unmatched from the beginning of God’s creation until now, and never to be seen again.
it leads to
- Daniel 12:1
“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning…
- Matthew 24:21
For at that time there will be great tribulation, unmatched from the beginning of the world until now, and never to be seen again.
- Joel 2:2
a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness. Like the dawn overspreading the mountains a great and strong army appears, such as never was of old, nor will ever be…
- Daniel 9:26
Then after the sixty-two weeks the Messiah will be cut off and will have nothing. Then the people of the prince who is to come will destroy the city and the sanctuary. The end…
- Daniel 12:1
Through
Deuteronomy 32:26I would have said that I would cut them to pieces and blot out their memory from mankind,
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you…
- Isaiah 63:16
Yet You are our Father, though Abraham does not know us and Israel does not acknowledge us. You, O LORD, are our Father; our Redeemer from Everlasting is Your name.
- Deuteronomy 28:64
Through
Lamentations 1:12Is this nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look around and see! Is there any sorrow like mine, which was inflicted on me, which the LORD made me suffer on the day…
it leads to
- Luke 23:28–31
But Jesus turned to them and said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children.
- Daniel 9:12
You have carried out the words spoken against us and against our rulers by bringing upon us a great disaster. For under all of heaven, nothing has ever been done like what has been…
- Luke 23:28–31
Where this verse is studied
About Deuteronomy
This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.