Deuteronomy 28

1 and to be if to hear: obey to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all commandment his which I to command you [the] day and to give: put you LORD God your high upon all nation [the] land: country/planet

“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 all the nations of the earth.

2 and to come (in): come upon you all [the] blessing [the] these and to overtake you for to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your

And all these blessings will come upon you and overtake you, if you will obey the voice of the LORD your God:

3 to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with city and to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with land: country

You will be blessed in the city and blessed in the country.

4 to bless fruit belly: womb your and fruit land: soil your and fruit animal your offspring cattle your and young flock your

The fruit of your womb will be blessed, as well as the produce of your land and the offspring of your livestock— the calves of your herds and the lambs of your flocks.

5 to bless basket your and kneading your

Your basket and kneading bowl will be blessed.

6 to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with to come (in): come you and to bless you(m. s.) in/on/with to come out: come you

You will be blessed when you come in and blessed when you go out.

7 to give: give LORD [obj] enemy your [the] to arise: attack upon you to strike to/for face: before your in/on/with way: road one to come out: come to(wards) you and in/on/with seven way: road to flee to/for face: before your

The LORD will cause the enemies who rise up against you to be defeated before you. They will march out against you in one direction but flee from you in seven.

8 to command LORD with you [obj] [the] blessing in/on/with storehouse your and in/on/with all sending hand: undertake your and to bless you in/on/with land: country/planet which LORD God your to give: give to/for you

The LORD will decree a blessing on your barns and on everything to which you put your hand; the LORD your God will bless you in the land He is giving you.

9 (to arise: establish you *LB(ah)*) LORD to/for him to/for people holy like/as as which to swear to/for you for to keep: obey [obj] commandment LORD God your and to go: walk in/on/with way: conduct his

The LORD will establish you as His holy people, just as He has sworn to you, if you keep the commandments of the LORD your God and walk in His ways.

10 and to see: see all people [the] land: country/planet for name LORD to call: call by upon you and to fear from you

Then all the peoples of the earth will see that you are called by the name of the LORD, and they will stand in awe of you.

11 and to remain you LORD to/for welfare in/on/with fruit belly: womb your and in/on/with fruit animal your and in/on/with fruit land: soil your upon [the] land: soil which to swear LORD to/for father your to/for to give: give to/for you

The LORD will make you prosper abundantly—in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land—in the land that the LORD swore to your fathers to give you.

12 to open LORD to/for you [obj] treasure his [the] pleasant [obj] [the] heaven to/for to give: give rain land: country/planet your in/on/with time his and to/for to bless [obj] all deed: work hand your and to borrow nation many and you(m. s.) not to borrow

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

13 and to give: make you LORD to/for head and not to/for tail and to be except to/for above [to] and not to be to/for beneath for to hear: obey to(wards) commandment LORD God your which I to command you [the] day to/for to keep: careful and to/for to make: do

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 am giving you today.

14 and not to turn aside: turn aside from all [the] word which I to command [obj] you [the] day right and left to/for to go: follow after God another to/for to serve: minister them

Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from any of the words I command you today, and do not go after other gods to serve them.

15 and to be if not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all commandment his and statute his which I to command you [the] day and to come (in): come upon you all [the] curse [the] these and to overtake you

If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:

16 to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with city and to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with land: country

You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country.

17 to curse basket your and kneading your

Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed.

18 to curse fruit belly: womb your and fruit land: soil your offspring cattle your and young flock your

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

19 to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with to come (in): come you and to curse you(m. s.) in/on/with to come out: come you

You will be cursed when you come in and cursed when you go out.

20 to send: depart LORD in/on/with you [obj] [the] curse [obj] [the] tumult and [obj] [the] rebuke in/on/with all sending hand your which to make: do till to destroy you and till to perish you quickly from face: because evil deed your which to leave: forsake me

The LORD will send curses upon you, confusion and reproof in all to which you put your hand, until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the wickedness you have committed in forsaking Him.

21 to cleave LORD in/on/with you [obj] [the] pestilence till to end: destroy he [obj] you from upon [the] land: soil which you(m. s.) to come (in): come there [to] to/for to possess: take her

The LORD will make the plague cling to you until He has exterminated you from the land that you are entering to possess.

22 to smite you LORD in/on/with illness and in/on/with fever and in/on/with inflammation and in/on/with heat and in/on/with sword and in/on/with blight and in/on/with mildew and to pursue you till to perish you

The LORD will strike you with wasting disease, with fever and inflammation, with scorching heat and drought, and with blight and mildew; these will pursue you until you perish.

23 and to be heaven your which upon head your bronze and [the] land: soil which underneath: under you iron

The sky over your head will be bronze, and the earth beneath you iron.

24 to give: make LORD [obj] rain land: country/planet your dust and dust from [the] heaven to go down upon you till to destroy you

The LORD will turn the rain of your land into dust and powder; it will descend on you from the sky until you are destroyed.

25 to give: give you LORD to strike to/for face: before enemy your in/on/with way: road one to come out: come to(wards) him and in/on/with seven way: road to flee to/for face: before his and to be to/for horror to/for all kingdom [the] land: country/planet

The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

26 and to be carcass your to/for food to/for all bird [the] heaven and to/for animal [the] land: soil and nothing to tremble

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

27 to smite you LORD in/on/with boil Egypt (and in/on/with tumor *Q(K)*) and in/on/with scab and in/on/with itch which not be able to/for to heal

The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

28 to smite you LORD in/on/with madness and in/on/with blindness and in/on/with bewilderment heart

The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,

29 and to be to feel in/on/with midday like/as as which to feel [the] blind in/on/with darkness and not to prosper [obj] way: conduct your and to be surely to oppress and to plunder all [the] day: daily and nothing to save

and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.

30 woman: wife to betroth and man another (to lie down: have sex her *Q(K)*) house: home to build and not to dwell in/on/with him vineyard to plant and not (to profane/begin: fruit him *L(abh)*)

You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.

31 cattle your to slaughter to/for eye: before(the eyes) your and not to eat from him donkey your to plunder from to/for face your and not to return: rescue to/for you flock your to give: give to/for enemy your and nothing to/for you to save

Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

32 son: child your and daughter your to give: give to/for people another and eye your to see: see and longing to(wards) them all [the] day and nothing to/for god: power hand: power your

Your 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.

33 fruit land: soil your and all toil your to eat people which not to know and to be except to oppress and to crush all [the] day: daily

A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

34 and to be be mad from appearance eye your which to see: see

You will be driven mad by the sights you see.

35 to smite you LORD in/on/with boil bad: harmful upon [the] knee and upon [the] leg which not be able to/for to heal from palm: sole foot your and till crown your

The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

36 to go: take LORD [obj] you and [obj] king your which to arise: establish upon you to(wards) nation which not to know you(m. s.) and father your and to serve: minister there God another tree: wood and stone

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.

37 and to be to/for horror: appalled to/for proverb and to/for taunt in/on/with all [the] people which to lead you LORD there [to]

You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the nations to which the LORD will drive you.

38 seed many to come out: send [the] land: country and little to gather for to consume him [the] locust

You will sow much seed in the field but harvest little, because the locusts will consume it.

39 vineyard to plant and to serve: labour and wine not to drink and not to gather for to eat him [the] worm

You will plant and cultivate vineyards, but will neither drink the wine nor gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

40 olive to be to/for you in/on/with all border: area your and oil not to anoint for to slip olive your

You will have olive trees throughout your territory but will never anoint yourself with oil, because the olives will drop off.

41 son: child and daughter to beget and not to be to/for you for to go: went in/on/with captivity

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

42 all tree your and fruit land: soil your to possess: take [the] whirring

Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

43 [the] sojourner which in/on/with entrails: among your to ascend: rise upon you above [to] above [to] and you(m. s.) to go down beneath beneath

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

44 he/she/it to borrow you and you(m. s.) not to borrow him he/she/it to be to/for head: leader and you(m. s.) to be to/for tail

He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

45 and to come (in): come upon you all [the] curse [the] these and to pursue you and to overtake you till to destroy you for not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your to/for to keep: obey commandment his and statute his which to command you

All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

46 and to be in/on/with you to/for sign: miraculous and to/for wonder and in/on/with seed: children your till forever: enduring

These curses will be a sign and a wonder upon you and your descendants forever.

47 underneath: because of which not to serve: minister [obj] LORD God your in/on/with joy and in/on/with goodness heart from abundance all

Because you did not serve the LORD your God with joy and gladness of heart in all your abundance,

48 and to serve [obj] enemy your which to send: depart him LORD in/on/with you in/on/with famine and in/on/with thirst and in/on/with naked and in/on/with lack all and to give: put yoke iron upon neck your till to destroy he [obj] you

you will serve your enemies the LORD will send against you in famine, thirst, nakedness, and destitution. He will place an iron yoke on your neck until He has destroyed you.

49 to lift: bear LORD upon you nation from distant from end [the] land: country/planet like/as as which to fly [the] eagle nation which not to hear: understand tongue: language his

The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,

50 nation strong face which not to lift: kindness face: kindness to/for old and youth not be gracious

a ruthless nation with no respect for the old and no pity for the young.

51 and to eat fruit animal your and fruit land: soil your till to destroy you which not to remain to/for you grain new wine and oil offspring cattle your and young flock your till to perish he [obj] you

They will eat the offspring of your livestock and the produce of your land until you are destroyed. They will leave you no grain or new wine or oil, no calves of your herds or lambs of your flocks, until they have caused you to perish.

52 and to constrain to/for you in/on/with all gate: town your till to go down wall your [the] high and [the] to gather/restrain/fortify which you(m. s.) to trust in/on/with them in/on/with all land: country/planet your and to constrain to/for you in/on/with all gate: town your in/on/with all land: country/planet your which to give: give LORD God your to/for you

They will besiege all the cities throughout your land, until the high and fortified walls in which you trust have fallen. They will besiege all your cities throughout the land that the LORD your God has given you.

53 and to eat fruit belly: womb your flesh son: child your and daughter your which to give: give to/for you LORD God your in/on/with siege and in/on/with distress which to press to/for you enemy your

Then you will eat the fruit of your womb, the flesh of the sons and daughters whom the LORD your God has given you, in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you.

54 [the] man [the] tender in/on/with you and [the] dainty much be evil eye: appearance his in/on/with brother: compatriot his and in/on/with woman: wife bosom: embrace his and in/on/with remainder son: child his which to remain

The most gentle and refined man among you will begrudge his brother, the wife he embraces, and the rest of his children who have survived,

55 from to give: give to/for one from them from flesh son: child his which to eat from without to remain to/for him all in/on/with siege and in/on/with distress which to press to/for you enemy your in/on/with all gate: town your

refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates.

56 [the] tender in/on/with you and [the] dainty which not to test: try palm: sole foot her to set upon [the] land: soil from to delight and from tenderness be evil eye her in/on/with man: husband bosom: embrace her and in/on/with son: child her and in/on/with daughter her

The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter

57 and in/on/with afterbirth her [the] to come out: come from between foot her and in/on/with son: child her which to beget for to eat them in/on/with lack all in/on/with secrecy in/on/with siege and in/on/with distress which to press to/for you enemy your in/on/with gate: town your

the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.

58 if not to keep: careful to/for to make: do [obj] all word [the] instruction [the] this [the] to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] this to/for to fear [obj] [the] name [the] to honor: honour and [the] to fear: revere [the] this [obj] LORD God your

If you are not careful to observe all the words of this law which are written in this book, that you may fear this glorious and awesome name—the LORD your God—

59 and to wonder LORD [obj] wound your and [obj] wound seed: children your wound great: large and be faithful and sickness bad: harmful and be faithful

He will bring upon you and your descendants extraordinary disasters, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and chronic sicknesses.

60 and to return: return in/on/with you [obj] all disease Egypt which to fear from face of their and to cleave in/on/with you

He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.

61 also all sickness and all wound which not to write in/on/with scroll: book [the] instruction [the] this to ascend: establish them LORD upon you till to destroy you

The LORD will also bring upon you every sickness and plague not recorded in this Book of the Law, until you are destroyed.

62 and to remain in/on/with man little underneath: because of which to be like/as star [the] heaven to/for abundance for not to hear: obey in/on/with voice LORD God your

You who were as numerous as the stars in the sky will be left few in number, because you would not obey the voice of the LORD your God.

63 and to be like/as as which to rejoice LORD upon you to/for be good [obj] you and to/for to multiply [obj] you so to rejoice LORD upon you to/for to perish [obj] you and to/for to destroy [obj] you and to pull from upon [the] land: soil which you(m. s.) to come (in): come there [to] to/for to possess: take her

Just as it pleased the LORD to make you prosper and multiply, so also it will please Him to annihilate you and destroy you. And you will be uprooted from the land you are entering to possess.

64 and to scatter you LORD in/on/with all [the] people from end [the] land: country/planet and till end [the] land: country/planet and to serve: minister there God another which not to know you(m. s.) and father your tree: wood and stone

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.

65 and in/on/with nation [the] they(masc.) not to rest and not to be resting to/for palm: sole foot your and to give: give LORD to/for you there heart quivering and failing eye and sorrow soul

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

66 and to be life your to hang to/for you from before and to dread night and by day and not be faithful in/on/with life your

So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

67 in/on/with morning to say who? to give: if only! evening and in/on/with evening to say who? to give: if only! morning from dread heart your which to dread and from appearance eye your which to see: see

In the morning you will say, ‘If only it were evening!’ and in the evening you will say, ‘If only it were morning!’—because of the dread in your hearts of the terrifying sights you will see.

68 and to return: return you LORD Egypt in/on/with fleet in/on/with way: journey which to say to/for you not to add: again still to/for to see: see her and to sell there to/for enemy your to/for servant/slave and to/for maidservant and nothing to buy

The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”