Deuteronomy 28:43

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

WEB

The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.

ASV

The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

LSV

the sojourner who [is] in your midst goes up very high above you, and you go down very low;

YLT

the sojourner who [is] in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;

DBY

The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.

DRC

The stranger that liveth with thee in the land, shall rise up over thee, and shall be higher: and thou shalt go down, and be lower.

GNV

The straunger that is among you, shall clime aboue thee vp on hie, and thou shalt come downe beneath alow.

JPS

The stranger that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

LXXE

The stranger that is within thee shall get up very high, and thou shalt come down very low.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC

הַגֵּר֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּקִרְבְּךָ֔ יַעֲלֶ֥ה עָלֶ֖יךָ מַ֣עְלָה מָּ֑עְלָה וְאַתָּ֥ה תֵרֵ֖ד מַ֥טָּה מָּֽטָּה׃

LXX-Br

Ὁ προσήλυτος ὅς ἐστιν ἐν σοὶ, ἀναβήσεται ἄνω ἄνω, σὺ δὲ καταβήσῃ κάτω κάτω.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

• Deuteronomy 28:13The 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.
• 1 Samuel 13:19–23And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.” Instead, all the Israelites would go down to the Philistines to…
• Judges 2:3So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”
• Judges 10:7–10So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites, who that very year harassed and oppressed the Israelites, and did so for eighteen years to all the…
• Judges 14:4(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)
• John 19:15At this, they shouted, “Away with Him! Away with Him! Crucify Him!” “Shall I crucify your King?” Pilate asked. “We have no king but Caesar,” replied the chief priests.
• Judges 2:11–15And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals. Thus they forsook the LORD, the God of their fathers, who had brought them out of the land of Egypt, and they followed after various gods of…
• 2 Kings 17:20So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.
• Judges 15:11–12In response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did…
• John 18:31“You take Him and judge Him by your own law,” Pilate told them. “We are not permitted to execute anyone,” the Jews replied.
• Judges 4:2–3So the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, who reigned in Hazor. The commander of his forces was Sisera, who lived in Harosheth-hagoyim. Then the Israelites cried out to the LORD, because Jabin had…
• 2 Kings 24:14–16He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained. Nebuchadnezzar carried away…
• 2 Kings 17:23Finally, the LORD removed Israel from His presence, as He had declared through all His servants the prophets. So Israel was exiled from their homeland into Assyria, where they are to this day.
• 1 Samuel 13:3–7Then Jonathan attacked the Philistine outpost at Geba, and the Philistines heard about it. So Saul blew the ram’s horn throughout the land, saying, “Let the Hebrews hear!” And all Israel heard the news: “Saul has…

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