Deuteronomy 28:26 “Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of t…”

Deuteronomy 28:26

Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.

World English Bible

Your dead bodies will be food to all birds of the sky, and to the animals of the earth; and there will be no one to frighten them away.

American Standard Version

And thy dead body shall be food unto all birds of the heavens, and unto the beasts of the earth; and there shall be none to frighten them away.

Geneva Bible 1599

And thy carkeis shall be meate vnto all foules of the ayre, and vnto the beasts of the earth, and none shall fray them away.

Darby Translation

And thy carcase shall be meat unto all the fowl of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and there shall be no man to scare them away.

Young's Literal Translation

and thy carcase hath been for food to every fowl of the heavens, and to the beast of the earth, and there is none causing trembling.

Bible in Basic English

Your bodies will be meat for all the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth; there will be no one to send them away.

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Cross references

“And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.”

Jeremiah 16:4 Jeremiah 34:20 Jeremiah 7:33 Jeremiah 19:7 Jeremiah 8:1 1 Samuel 17:44–46

Jeremiah 16:4 · BSB

“They will die from deadly diseases. They will not be mourned or buried, but will lie like dung on the ground. They will be finished off by sword and famine, and their corpses will become food for the birds of the air an…

Jeremiah 34:20 · BSB

I will deliver into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives. Their corpses will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth.

Jeremiah 7:33 · BSB

The corpses of this people will become food for the birds of the air and the beasts of the earth, and there will be no one to scare them away.

Jeremiah 19:7 · BSB

And in this place I will ruin the plans of Judah and Jerusalem. I will make them fall by the sword before their enemies, by the hands of those who seek their lives, and I will give their carcasses as food to the birds of…

Jeremiah 8:1 · BSB

“At that time,” declares the LORD, “the bones of the kings of Judah, the bones of the officials, the bones of the priests, the bones of the prophets, and the bones of the people of Jerusalem will be removed from their gr…

1 Samuel 17:44–46 · BSB

“Come here,” he called to David, “and I will give your flesh to the birds of the air and the beasts of the field!”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

25The LORD will cause you to be defeated before your enemies. You will march out against them in one direction but flee from them in seven. You will be an object of horror to all the kingdoms of the earth.

27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.

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