Deuteronomy 28:66

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
life	חַיֶּ֔יךָ chai.Yei.kha	H2416	alive · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hang	תְּלֻאִ֥ים te.lu.'Im	H8511	to suspend · verb, qal passive participle, masculine plural absolute
before	מִנֶּ֑גֶד mi.Ne.ged	H5048	a front · preposition + cardinal number, masculine singular absolute
fear	וּפָֽחַדְתָּ֙ u.fa.chad.Ta	H6342	to be startled (by a sudden alarm) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
day	וְיוֹמָ֔ם ve.yo.Mam	H3119	daily · conjunction + adverb
night	לַ֣יְלָה Lay.lah	H3915	properly · noun, common masculine singular absolute
assurance	תַאֲמִ֖ין ta.'a.Min	H539	properly · verb, hiphil imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
life	בְּחַיֶּֽיךָ be.chai.Yei.kha	H2416	alive · preposition + noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular

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Cross-references

Deuteronomy 28:67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wh…
Lamentations 1:13 From above hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them: he hath spread a net for my feet, he hath turned me back: he hat…
Hebrews 10:27 But a certain fearful looking for of judgment and fiery indignation, which shall devour the adversaries.
Revelation 6:15-17 And the kings of the earth, and the great men, and the rich men, and the chief captains, and the mighty men, and every bondman, and every fr…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:45–end

One would have thought that enough had been said to possess them with a dread of that wrath of God which is revealed from heaven against the ungodliness and unrighteousness of men. But to show how deep the treasures of that wrath are, and that still there is more and worse behind, Moses, when one would have thought that he had concluded this dismal subject, begins again, and adds to this roll of curses many similar words: as Jeremiah did to his, Jer 36:32. It should seem that in the former part of this commination Moses foretells their captivity in Babylon, and the calamities which introduced and attended that, by which, even after their return, they were brought to that low and poor conditi…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:64

the Lord shall scatter thee among all people--There is, perhaps, not a country in the world where Jews are not to be found. Who that looks on this condition of the Hebrews is not filled with awe, when he considers the fulfilment of this prophecy?

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:66

And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee,.... Whether it shall be spared or not by the enemy: and thou shalt fear day and night; being in continual dread of being killed: and shalt have none assurance of thy life; of its being continued a moment scarcely, but live in constant fear and expectation of its being taken away.

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

Deuteronomy 28:15-68 15. But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes, which I command thee this day, that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee. 15. Et erit, si non obedieris voci Jehovae Dei tui, ut custodias faciendo omnia praecepta ejus, et statuta ejus quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, venient super te onmes maledictiones istae, et apprehendent te. 16. Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 16. Maledictus eris in urbe, et maledictus in agro. 17. Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 17. Maledictum canistrum tuum, et conspersio tua…

The Church Fathers

Perhaps you have heard of the prophecy of Christ's death. You ask to learn [from Moses] what is set forth concerning the cross. Not even this is passed over. It is displayed by the holy men with great plainness. For first Moses predicts it, and that even with a loud voice, when he says, "You shall see your Life hanging before your eyes and shall not believe."
— Athanasius of Alexandria, On the Incarnation of the Word 35

Now the mystery of this "sign" was in various ways predicted; (a "sign") in which the foundation of life was forelaid for mankind; (a "sign") in which the Jews were not to believe: just as Moses beforetime kept on announcing in Exodus, saying, "Ye shall be ejected from the land into which ye shall enter; and in those nations ye shall not be able to rest: and there shall be instabilityof the print of thy foot: and God shall give thee a wearying heart, and a pining soul, and failing eyes, that they see not: and thy life shall hang on the tree before thine eyes; and thou shalt not trust thy life.
— Tertullian, An Answer to the Jews

The Church Fathers: public-domain translations (Ante-Nicene and Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers), verse-indexed by SermonIndex (CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary and topics

Heathen — (Heb. plural goyum). At first the word goyim denoted generally all the nations of the world (Gen. 18:18; comp. Gal. 3:8). The Jews afterwards became a people distinguished in a marked manner from the…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Backsliders · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Conviction · OF SIN — OF SIN
Despondency · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Fear, Unholy · The wicked judicially filled with — The wicked judicially filled with
Judgments · General references — General references
Obedience To God · Punishment of refusing — Punishment of refusing
Reprobacy · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Deuteronomy 28:66

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:45–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:64

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:66

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Deuteronomy 28:66

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:45–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Deuteronomy 28:64

John Gill on Deuteronomy 28:66

John Calvin on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Deuteronomy 28:15–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Deuteronomy 28:64

Rashi on Deuteronomy 28:66