Deuteronomy 28:59

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

then the LORD will bring extraordinary plagues upon you and your descendants, severe and lasting plagues, and terrible and enduring diseases.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

וְהִפְלָ֤א יְהוָה֙ אֶת־מַכֹּ֣תְךָ֔ וְאֵ֖ת מַכּ֣וֹת זַרְעֶ֑ךָ מַכּ֤וֹת גְּדֹלוֹת֙ וְנֶ֣אֱמָנ֔וֹת וָחֳלָיִ֥ם רָעִ֖ים וְנֶאֱמָנִֽים׃

Transliteration

And-hiplāʾ YHWH ʾet-makkōtĕkā, and-ʾēt makkôt zarʿekā; makkôt gĕdōlôt and-neʾĕmānôt, and-ḥŏlāyîm rāʿîm and-neʾĕmānîm.

Grammar Details

• *hiplāʾ*: Hiphil perfect 3rd masculine singular - make extraordinary/wonderful
• *YHWH*: proper noun - divine name
• *makkōtĕkā*: noun feminine plural construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your plagues
• *makkôt*: noun feminine plural construct - plagues of
• *zarʿekā*: noun masculine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your seed/offspring
• *gĕdōlôt*: adjective feminine plural - great/large
• *neʾĕmānôt*: Niphal participle feminine plural - enduring/lasting/faithful
• *ḥŏlāyîm*: noun masculine plural - diseases/sicknesses
• *rāʿîm*: adjective masculine plural - evil/severe/harmful
• *neʾĕmānîm*: Niphal participle masculine plural - enduring/lasting/faithful

Word Meanings

• *hiplāʾ*: make extraordinary/wonderful/remarkable/distinct
• *makkôt*: plagues/blows/strokes/wounds
• *zarʿekā*: your seed/offspring/descendants/posterity
• *gĕdōlôt*: great/large/severe/intense
• *neʾĕmānôt*: enduring/lasting/faithful/persistent
• *ḥŏlāyîm*: diseases/sicknesses/illnesses/maladies
• *rāʿîm*: evil/bad/malignant/severe
• *neʾĕmānîm*: enduring/lasting/faithful/persistent

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonrful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Then the LORD will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  then Jehovah{H3068} will make{H6381} thy plagues{H4347} wonderful,{H6381} and the plagues{H4347} of thy seed,{H2233} even great{H1419} plagues,{H4347} and of long continuance,{H539} and sore{H7451} sicknesses,{H2483} and of long continuance.{H539}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Then the LORD{H3068} will make{H6381} thy plagues{H4347} wonderful{H6381}{(H8689)}, and the plagues{H4347} of thy seed{H2233}, even great{H1419} plagues{H4347}, and of long continuance{H539}{(H8737)}, and sore{H7451} sicknesses{H2483}, and of long continuance{H539}{(H8737)}.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  the Lorde will smyte both the and thy seed with wonderfull plages and with greate plages and of longe continuaunce,

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  then shal the LORDE entreate ye wonderously, with plages vpon ye and thy sede, yee with greate and continuall plages,

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The the Lord wil make thy plagues wonderfull, and the plagues of thy seede, euen great plagues and of long continuance, and sore diseases, and of long durance.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Lord wyll sende vnto thee and thy seede, great plagues, and of long continuaunce, euyll sicknesses, and of long duraunce:

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, [even] great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  then hath Jehovah made wonderful thy strokes, and the strokes of thy seed -- great strokes, and stedfast, and evil sicknesses, and stedfast.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  then Jehovah will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  Then the Lord your God will make your punishment, and the punishment of your seed, a thing to be wondered at; great punishments and cruel diseases stretching on through long years.

• World English Bible (2000)

  then Yahweh will make your plagues wonderful, and the plagues of your seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and severe sicknesses, and of long continuance.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  then the LORD will increase your punishments and those of your descendants– great and long-lasting afflictions and severe, enduring illnesses.

Referenced Verses

• Deut 28:46 : 46 These curses will become a sign and a wonder against you and your descendants forever.
• Deut 29:20-28 : 20 The LORD will single them out for disaster from all the tribes of Israel, according to all the curses of the covenant written in this Book of the Law. 21 Future generations—your children who come after you and the foreigner who comes from a distant country—will see the calamities that have fallen on the land and the diseases with which the LORD has afflicted it. 22 The whole land will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, nothing planted, nothing sprouting, no vegetation growing. It will be like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger. 23 All the nations will ask, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land? Why this fierce, burning anger?' 24 And they will answer, 'It is because they abandoned the covenant of the LORD, the God of their ancestors, which He made with them when He brought them out of the land of Egypt. 25 They turned to other gods and worshiped and bowed down to them, gods they did not know and gods the LORD had not given to them.' 26 Therefore the LORD’s anger burned against this land, bringing upon it every curse written in this book. 27 In His anger and great wrath, the LORD uprooted them from their land and cast them into another land, as it is today. 28 The secret things belong to the LORD our God, but the things revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may follow all the words of this law.
• Deut 31:17-18 : 17 On that day, my anger will burn against them, and I will abandon them and hide my face from them, and they will be consumed. Many disasters and calamities will come upon them, and on that day they will say, 'Have not these disasters come upon us because our God is not with us?' 18 'And I will surely hide my face on that day because of all the evil they have done by turning to other gods.'
• Deut 32:22 : 22 For a fire has been kindled in My wrath, and it burns to the depths of Sheol. It consumes the earth and its produce and sets ablaze the foundations of the mountains.
• Deut 32:26 : 26 I said I would scatter them and erase their memory from mankind,
• 1 Kgs 9:7-9 : 7 then I will cut off Israel from the land I have given them, and I will reject this temple I have consecrated for My name. Israel will then become a proverb and an object of ridicule among all peoples. 8 And this temple, now exalted, will become a heap of ruins. Everyone who passes by it will be appalled and will hiss, saying, 'Why has the LORD done this to this land and this temple?' 9 And the people will answer, 'Because they abandoned the LORD their God, who brought their ancestors out of Egypt, and they embraced other gods, worshiped them, and served them. That is why the LORD brought all this disaster on them.'
• 1 Kgs 16:3-4 : 3 behold, I will sweep away Baasha and his family, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam son of Nebat. 4 Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city, the dogs will eat, and anyone who dies in the field, the birds of the heavens will eat.
• Lam 1:9 : 9 Her uncleanness clings to her skirts; she did not consider her future. Her fall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. "Look, LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed."
• Lam 1:12 : 12 "Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow, which was brought upon me, which the LORD inflicted on the day of his fierce anger.
• Lam 4:12 : 12 Neither the kings of the earth nor the inhabitants of the world believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
• Dan 9:12 : 12 He has carried out His words that He spoke against us and our rulers who governed us, bringing on us a great disaster. Nothing like it has ever been done under the entire heaven as what has been done in Jerusalem.
• Hos 3:4 : 4 For the children of Israel will live many days without a king or prince, without sacrifice or sacred pillar, and without ephod or household idols.
• Mark 13:19 : 19 For those days will be a time of tribulation unlike anything that has occurred from the beginning of creation, which God made, until now, and will never occur again.