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The Curses of Disobedience

Deuteronomy 28:66

In 11 translations

BSB
So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.
KJV
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
WEB
Your life will hang in doubt before you. You will be afraid night and day, and will have no assurance of your life.
ASV
and thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.
LSV
and your life has been hanging in suspense before you, and you have been afraid by night and by day, and you do not have assurance in your life;
YLT
and thy life hath been hanging in suspense before thee, and thou hast been afraid by night and by day, and dost not believe in thy life;
DBY
And thy life shall hang in suspense before thee; and thou shalt be in terror day and night and shalt be afraid of thy life.
DRC
And thy life shall be as it were hanging before thee. Thou shalt fear night and day, neither shalt thou trust thy life.
GNV
And thy life shall hang before thee, and thou shalt feare both night and day, and shalt haue none assurance of thy life.
JPS
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear night and day, and shalt have no assurance of thy life.
LXXE
And thy life shall be in suspense before thine eyes; and thou shalt be afraid by day and by night, and thou shalt have no assurance of thy life.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהָי֣וּ חַיֶּ֔יךָ תְּלֻאִ֥ים לְךָ֖ מִנֶּ֑גֶד וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙ לַ֣יְלָה וְיוֹמָ֔ם וְלֹ֥א תַאֲמִ֖ין בְּחַיֶּֽיךָ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ ἔσται ἡ ζωή σου κρεμαμένη ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν σου· καὶ φοβηθήσῃ ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτὸς, καὶ οὐ πιστεύσεις τῇ ζωῇ σου.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Revelation 6:15–17Then the kings of the earth, the nobles, the commanders, the rich, the mighty, and every slave and free man hid in the caves and among the rocks of the mountains. And they said to the mountains and the rocks, “Fall on…
  • Deuteronomy 28:67In 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.
  • Hebrews 10:27but only a fearful expectation of judgment and of raging fire that will consume all adversaries.
  • Lamentations 1:13He sent fire from on high, and it overpowered my bones. He spread a net for my feet and turned me back. He made me desolate, faint all the day long.

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