DEUTERONOMY 28:31

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

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Deuteronomy 28:31 Translation & Meaning

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Thine ox שֽׁוֹרְךָ֞ A bullock (as a traveller) Thine ox
shall be (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
slain טָב֣וּחַ To slaughter (animals or men) slain
before thine eyes, לְעֵינֶ֗יךָ An eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape) before thine eyes
and thou shalt not וְלֹ֣א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
eat תֹאכַל֮ To eat (literally or figuratively) eat
thereof: מִמֶּנּוּ֒ Properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses thereof
thine ass חֲמֹֽרְךָ֙ A male ass (from its dun red) thine ass
shall be (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
violently taken away גָּז֣וּל To pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob violently taken away
from before thy face, מִלְּפָנֶ֔יךָ The face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.) before face
and shall not וְלֹ֥א Not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles not
be restored יָשׁ֖וּב To turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again restored
to thee: thy sheep צֹֽאנְךָ֙ A collective name for a flock (of sheep or goats); also figuratively (of men) sheep
shall be (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)
given נְתֻנ֣וֹת To give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.) given
unto thine enemies, לְאֹֽיְבֶ֔יךָ Hating; an adversary thine enemies
and thou shalt have none וְאֵ֥ין A nonentity; generally used as a negative particle none
to rescue מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃ Properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e., (by implication) to be safe; causatively, to free or succor rescue
them. (No Hebrew definition. English implied.)

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  • 29  And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.

  • 30  Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.

  • 31  Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.

  • 32  Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.

  • 33  The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:




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