Deuteronomy 28:24

In 11 translations

BSB

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.

KJV

The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

WEB

Yahweh will make the rain of your land powder and dust. It will come down on you from the sky, until you are destroyed.

ASV

Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

LSV

YHWH gives dust and ashes [for] the rain of your land; it comes down on you from the heavens until you are destroyed.

YLT

Jehovah giveth the rain of thy land — dust and ashes; from the heavens it cometh down on thee till thou art destroyed.

DBY

Jehovah will give as the rain of thy land powder and dust; from the heavens shall it come down upon thee until thou be destroyed.

DRC

The Lord give thee dust for rain upon thy land, and let ashes come down from heaven upon thee, till thou be consumed.

GNV

The Lord shall giue thee for the rayne of thy land, dust and ashes: euen from heauen shall it come downe vpon thee, vntil thou be destroyed.

JPS

The LORD will make the rain of thy land powder and dust; from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

LXXE

The Lord thy God make the rain of thy land dust; and dust shall come down from heaven, until it shall have destroyed thee, and until it shall have quickly consumed thee.

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Original-language editions

WLC

יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת־מְטַ֥ר אַרְצְךָ֖ אָבָ֣ק וְעָפָ֑ר מִן־הַשָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ יֵרֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔יךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽךְ׃

LXX-Br

Δῴη Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου τὸν ὑετὸν τῇς γῇς σου κονιορτὸν, καὶ χοῦς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβήσεται, ἕως ἂν ἐκτρίψῃ σε, καὶ ἕως ἂν ἀπολέσῃ σε ἐν τάχει.

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 28:12The 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.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of…
• Amos 4:11“Some of you I overthrew as I overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and you were like a firebrand snatched from a blaze, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.
• Job 18:15–21Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling. The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. He…
• Genesis 19:24Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.

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