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Deuteronomy 28:64

in Deuteronomy 28

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 nor your fathers have known.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Jehovah will scatter thee among all peoples, from the one end of the earth even unto the other end of the earth; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou nor thy fathers, even wood and stone.

KJV

And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.

This verse in Deuteronomy 28

Commentary

5 notes on this verse

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

Some think this has been fulfilled in the force put upon the Jews in popish countries to worship the images that are used in the Romish church, to their great vexation. [2.] They should have no rest, no rest of body: The sole of thy foot shall not have rest (

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And the Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even to the other,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

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 Nineteenth Century2 voices

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

the Lord shall scatter thee among all people--There is, perhaps, not a country in the world where Jews are not to be found. Who that looks on this condition of the Hebrews is not filled with awe, when he considers the fulfilment of this prophecy?

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A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

The Lord shall scatter thee among all people - How literally has this been fulfilled! The people of the Jews are scattered over every nation under heaven.

The words behind it

20 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.

  • וֶהֱפִֽיצְךָ֤and he will scatter you

    vehefitzekhaH6327 →67 times

  • יְהוָה֙Yahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בְּכָל־among all

    bekholH3605 →5413 times

  • הָ֣עַמִּ֔יםthe peoples

    haamimH5971 →1873 times

  • מִקְצֵ֥הfrom [the] end of

    miktzehH7097 →97 times

  • הָאָ֖רֶץthe earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וְעַד־and to

    vead-H5704 →1261 times

  • קְצֵ֣ה[the] end of

    ketzehH7097 →97 times

  • הָאָ֑רֶץthe earth

    haaretzH776 →2504 times

  • וְעָבַ֨דְתָּand you will serve

    veavadtaH5647 →288 times

  • שָּׁ֜םthere

    shamH8033 →834 times

  • אֱלֹהִ֣יםgods

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • אֲחֵרִ֗יםother

    ʾacherimH312 →166 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֧רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • לֹא־not

    lo'-H3808 →5168 times

  • יָדַ֛עְתָּyou have known

    yada'taH3045 →945 times

  • אַתָּ֥הyou

    ʾatahH859 →1094 times

  • וַאֲבֹתֶ֖יךָand ancestors your

    vaavoteikhaH1 →1212 times

  • עֵ֥ץwood

    ʾetzH6086 →328 times

  • וָאָֽבֶן׃and stone

    vaavenH68 →273 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

    Nehemiah 1:8

    Remember, I pray, the word that You commanded Your servant Moses when You said, ‘If you are unfaithful, I will scatter you among the nations,

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 4:25–27

      After you have children and grandchildren and you have been in the land a long time, if you then act corruptly and make an idol of any form—doing evil in the sight of the…

    • Leviticus 26:33–46

      But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

    • 1 Kings 9:6–7

      But if indeed you or your sons turn away from following Me and do not keep the commandments and statutes I have set before you, and if you go off to serve and worship…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 16:13

    So I will cast you out of this land into a land that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods day and night, for I will show you…

    it leads to

    • Deuteronomy 28:36

      The LORD will bring you and the king you appoint to a nation neither you nor your fathers have known, and there you will worship other gods—gods of wood and stone.

    • Deuteronomy 4:26–28

      I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you this day that you will quickly perish from the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You will not live long upon it,…

    • Jeremiah 15:14

      Then I will enslave you to your enemies in a land you do not know, for My anger will kindle a fire that will burn against you.”

    • Jeremiah 17:4

      And you yourself will relinquish the inheritance that I gave you. I will enslave you to your enemies in a land that you do not know, for you have kindled My anger; it will…

  • Through

    Leviticus 26:33

    But I will scatter you among the nations and will draw out a sword after you as your land becomes desolate and your cities are laid waste.

    it leads to

    • Ezekiel 20:23

      However, with an uplifted hand I swore to them in the wilderness that I would scatter them among the nations and disperse them throughout the lands.

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 Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; 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.