Deuteronomy 28:32 “Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your ey…”

Deuteronomy 28:32

Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people. Your eyes will look and fail with longing for them all day long. There will be no power in your hand.

American Standard Version

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: and there shall be nought in the power of thy hand.

Geneva Bible 1599

Thy sonnes and thy daughters shalbe giuen vnto another people, and thine eyes shall still looke for them, euen till they fall out, and there shalbe no power in thine hand.

Darby Translation

Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and languish for them all the day long; and there shall be no power in thy hand [to help it].

Young's Literal Translation

'Thy sons and thy daughters [are] given to another people, and thine eyes are looking and consuming for them all the day, and thy hand is not to God!

Bible in Basic English

Your sons and your daughters will be given to another people, and your eyes will be wasted away with looking and weeping for them all the day: and you will have no power to do anything.

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Cross references

“sons”

Deuteronomy 28:41 Joel 3:6 2 Chronicles 29:9 Deuteronomy 28:18 Numbers 21:29 Nehemiah 5:2–5

Deuteronomy 28:41 · BSB

You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.

Joel 3:6 · BSB

You sold the people of Judah and Jerusalem to the Greeks, to send them far from their homeland.

2 Chronicles 29:9 · BSB

For behold, this is why our fathers have fallen by the sword, and our sons and daughters and wives are in captivity.

Deuteronomy 28:18 · BSB

The fruit of your womb will be cursed, as well as the produce of your land, the calves of your herds, and the lambs of your flocks.

Numbers 21:29 · BSB

Woe to you, O Moab! You are destroyed, O people of Chemosh! He gave up his sons as refugees, and his daughters into captivity to Sihon king of the Amorites.

Nehemiah 5:2–5 · BSB

Some were saying, “We and our sons and daughters are numerous. We must get grain in order to eat and stay alive.”

“fail”

Job 17:5 Deuteronomy 28:65 Job 11:20 Psalm 69:3 Psalm 119:82 Psalm 119:123

Job 17:5 · BSB

If a man denounces his friends for a price, the eyes of his children will fail.

Deuteronomy 28:65 · BSB

Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place for the sole of your foot. There the LORD will give you a trembling heart, failing eyes, and a despairing soul.

Job 11:20 · BSB

But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”

Psalm 69:3 · BSB

I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Psalm 119:82 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your promise; I ask, “When will You comfort me?”

Psalm 119:123 · BSB

My eyes fail, looking for Your salvation, and for Your righteous promise.

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

In context

31Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.

33A people you do not know will eat the produce of your land and of all your toil. All your days you will be oppressed and crushed.

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