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Deuteronomy 28:21-23
New English Translation
Deuteronomy 28:21-23
New English Translation
21 The Lord will plague you with deadly diseases[a] until he has completely removed you from the land you are about to possess. 22 He[b] will afflict you with weakness,[c] fever, inflammation, infection,[d] sword,[e] blight, and mildew; these will attack you until you perish. 23 The[f] sky[g] above your heads will be bronze and the earth beneath you iron.
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- Deuteronomy 28:21 tn Heb “will cause pestilence to cling to you.”
- Deuteronomy 28:22 tn Heb “The Lord.” See note on “he” in 28:8.
- Deuteronomy 28:22 tn Or perhaps “consumption” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV). The term is from a verbal root that indicates a weakening of one’s physical strength (cf. NAB “wasting”; NIV, NLT “wasting disease”).
- Deuteronomy 28:22 tn Heb “hot fever”; NIV “scorching heat.”
- Deuteronomy 28:22 tn Or “drought” (so NIV, NRSV, NLT).
- Deuteronomy 28:23 tc The MT reads “Your.” The LXX reads “Heaven will be to you.”
- Deuteronomy 28:23 tn Or “heavens” (also in the following verse). The Hebrew term שָׁמַיִם (shamayim) may be translated “heaven(s)” or “sky” depending on the context.
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