Deuteronomy 28:20

KJV1611 – Modern English

The LORD shall send upon you cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that you set your hand unto for to do, until you be destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the wickedness of your doings, whereby you have forsaken Me.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

יְשַׁלַּ֣ח יְהוָ֣ה ׀ בְּ֠ךָ אֶת־הַמְּאֵרָ֤ה אֶת־הַמְּהוּמָה֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּגְעֶ֔רֶת בְּכָל־מִשְׁלַ֥ח יָדְךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה עַ֣ד הִשָּֽׁמֶדְךָ֤ וְעַד־אֲבָדְךָ֙ מַהֵ֔ר מִפְּנֵ֛י רֹ֥עַ מֽ͏ַעֲלָלֶ֖יךָ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עֲזַבְתָּֽנִי׃

Transliteration

yəšallaḥ YHWH bəkā ʾet-hamməʾērâ ʾet-hamməhûmâ wəʾet-hammigʿeret bəkol-mišlaḥ yādəkā ʾăšer taʿăśeh ʿad hiššāmedəkā wəʿad-ʾăbādəkā mahēr mippənê rōaʿ maʿălālêkā ʾăšer ʿăzabtānî

Grammar Details

• *yəšallaḥ*: piel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he will send
• *YHWH*: proper noun - Yahweh/LORD
• *bəkā*: preposition (bə-) + 2nd person masculine singular suffix - against you
• *ʾet*-*hamməʾērâ*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the curse
• *ʾet*-*hamməhûmâ*: direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the confusion/panic
• *wəʾet*-*hammigʿeret*: conjunction (wə-) + direct object marker + definite article + noun, feminine singular - the rebuke
• *bəkol*-*mišlaḥ*: preposition (bə-) + noun, masculine singular construct - in all undertaking/venture of
• *yādəkā*: noun, feminine singular with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your hand
• *ʾăšer*: relative pronoun - by which/because
• *taʿăśeh*: qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you will do
• *ʿad*: preposition - until
• *hiššāmedəkā*: niphal infinitive construct of שמד with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your being destroyed
• *wəʿad*-*ʾăbādəkā*: conjunction (wə-) + preposition + qal infinitive construct of אבד with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - and until your perishing
• *mahēr*: adverb - quickly
• *mippənê*: preposition (min-) + construct noun, masculine plural - from before/because of
• *rōaʿ*: noun, masculine singular construct - evil of
• *maʿălālêkā*: noun, masculine plural with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - your deeds/actions
• *ʿăzabtānî*: qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - you have forsaken me

Word Meanings

• *yəšallaḥ*: send/let loose/dispatch
• *hamməʾērâ*: curse/execration
• *hamməhûmâ*: confusion/panic/discomfiture
• *hammigʿeret*: rebuke/reproof/threat
• *mišlaḥ*: undertaking/venture/putting forth
• *hiššāmedəkā*: your destruction/extinction/annihilation
• *ʾăbādəkā*: your perishing/being destroyed
• *mahēr*: quickly/speedily/hastily
• *rōaʿ*: evil/wickedness/badness
• *maʿălālêkā*: your deeds/actions/practices
• *ʿăzabtānî*: you have forsaken/abandoned/left me

Other Translations

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  The LORD will send curses, confusion, and rebuke in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and come to sudden ruin because of the evil of your deeds, by which you have forsaken Me.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be stroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  Jehovah{H3068} will send{H7971} upon thee cursing,{H3994} discomfiture,{H4103} and rebuke,{H4045} in all that thou puttest{H4916} thy hand{H3027} unto to do,{H6213} until thou be destroyed,{H8045} and until thou perish{H6} quickly;{H4118} because{H6440} of the evil{H7455} of thy doings,{H4611} whereby thou hast forsaken{H5800} me.

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  The LORD{H3068} shall send{H7971}{(H8762)} upon thee cursing{H3994}, vexation{H4103}, and rebuke{H4045}, in all that thou settest{H4916} thine hand{H3027} unto for to do{H6213}{(H8799)}, until thou be destroyed{H8045}{(H8736)}, and until thou perish{H6}{(H8800)} quickly{H4118}; because{H6440} of the wickedness{H7455} of thy doings{H4611}, whereby thou hast forsaken{H5800}{(H8804)} me.

• Tyndale Bible (1526/1534)

  And the Lorde shall sende vppon the cursynge, goynge to nought and complaynyng in all that thou settest thine hande to what soeuer thou doest: vntyll thou be destroyed ad brought to nought quyckely, because of the wekednesse of thyne invencyons in that thou hast forsaken the Lorde.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  The LORDE shal sende in to the, consuminge, and complayninge, and cursynge, in all that thou takest in hande to do, tyll he haue destroyed the & shortly broughte to the naughte, because of thy wicked inuencions, in that thou hast forsaken me.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  The Lorde shall sende vpon thee cursing, trouble, & shame, in all that which thou settest thine hand to do, vntil thou be destroyed, and perish quickely, because of the wickednesse of thy workes whereby thou hast forsaken me.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  The Lorde shal sende vpon thee cursing, destruction, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand to and that thou doest, vntyll he destroy thee, and bryng thee to naught quickly, because of the wickednesse of thyne inuentions, and because thou hast forsaken me.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  `Jehovah doth send on thee the curse, the trouble, and the rebuke, in every putting forth of thy hand which thou dost, till thou art destroyed, and till thou perish hastily, because of the evil of thy doings `by' which thou hast forsaken Me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  Jehovah will send upon thee cursing, discomfiture, and rebuke, in all that thou puttest thy hand unto to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the evil of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  The Lord will send on you cursing and trouble and punishment in everything to which you put your hand, till sudden destruction overtakes you; because of your evil ways in which you have been false to me.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Yahweh will send on you cursing, confusion, and rebuke, in all that you put your hand to do, until you are destroyed, and until you perish quickly; because of the evil of your doings, by which you have forsaken me.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Curses by Disease and Drought“The LORD will send on you a curse, confusing you and opposing you in everything you undertake until you are destroyed and quickly perish because of the evil of your deeds, in that you have forsaken me.

Referenced Verses

• Isa 66:15 : 15 For, behold, the LORD will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.
• Mal 2:2 : 2 If you will not hear, and if you will not take it to heart, to give glory to my name, says the LORD of hosts, I will even send a curse upon you, and I will curse your blessings; yes, I have cursed them already because you do not take it to heart.
• Isa 51:20 : 20 Your sons have fainted, they lie at the head of all the streets, like a wild bull in a net: they are full of the fury of the LORD, the rebuke of your God.
• Deut 4:26 : 26 I call heaven and earth to witness against you this day, that you shall soon utterly perish from off the land where you go over Jordan to possess it; you shall not prolong your days upon it, but shall utterly be destroyed.
• Josh 23:16 : 16 When you have transgressed the covenant of the LORD your God, which he commanded you, and have gone and served other gods, and bowed yourselves to them; then shall the anger of the LORD be kindled against you, and you shall perish quickly from off the good land which he has given to you.
• Isa 30:17 : 17 One thousand shall flee at the threat of one; at the threat of five you shall flee: until you are left as a beacon on the top of a mountain, and as an ensign on a hill.
• Lev 26:31-33 : 31 And I will make your cities waste, and bring your sanctuaries to desolation, and I will not smell the savor of your sweet aromas. 32 And I will bring the land into desolation: and your enemies who dwell in it shall be astonished at it. 33 And I will scatter you among the nations, and will draw out a sword after you: and your land shall be desolate, and your cities waste.
• Lev 26:38 : 38 And you shall perish among the nations, and the land of your enemies shall eat you up.
• 1 Sam 14:20 : 20 Then Saul and all the people with him assembled and went into battle; and behold, every man's sword was against his fellow, and there was very great confusion.
• Ps 7:11 : 11 God judges the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day.
• Ps 80:4-9 : 4 O LORD God of hosts, how long will you be angry against the prayer of your people? 5 You feed them with the bread of tears and give them tears to drink in great measure. 6 You make us a strife unto our neighbors, and our enemies laugh among themselves. 7 Turn us again, O God of hosts, and make your face shine, and we shall be saved. 8 You have brought a vine out of Egypt; you have cast out the nations, and planted it. 9 You prepared room before it, and caused it to take deep root, and it filled the land. 10 The hills were covered with the shadow of it, and its boughs were like the majestic cedars. 11 It sent out its boughs unto the sea, and its branches unto the river. 12 Why have you then broken down its hedges, so that all those who pass by the way pluck it? 13 The boar out of the woods destroys it, and the wild beasts of the field devour it. 14 Return, we beseech you, O God of hosts; look down from heaven, and behold, and visit this vine; 15 And the vineyard which your right hand has planted, and the branch that you made strong for yourself. 16 It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of your countenance.
• Isa 28:19 : 19 From the time that it goes forth it shall take you: for morning by morning it shall pass over, by day and by night: and it shall be a vexation only to understand the report.
• John 3:36 : 36 He who believes in the Son has everlasting life, and he who does not believe the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him.
• 1 Thess 2:16 : 16 Forbidding us to speak to the Gentiles that they might be saved, to fill up their sins always; but the wrath has come upon them to the utmost.
• Zech 14:12-13 : 12 And this shall be the plague with which the LORD will smite all the people that have fought against Jerusalem; Their flesh shall consume away while they stand upon their feet, and their eyes shall consume away in their holes, and their tongue shall consume away in their mouth. 13 And it shall come to pass in that day, that a great tumult from the LORD shall be among them; and they shall seize everyone on the hand of his neighbor, and his hand shall rise up against the hand of his neighbor.