Deuteronomy 28:43 “The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you,…”

Deuteronomy 28:43

The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.

World English Bible

The foreigner who is among you will mount up above you higher and higher, and you will come down lower and lower.

American Standard Version

The sojourner that is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher; and thou shalt come down lower and lower.

Geneva Bible 1599

The straunger that is among you, shall clime aboue thee vp on hie, and thou shalt come downe beneath alow.

Darby Translation

The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.

Young's Literal Translation

the sojourner who [is] in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;

Bible in Basic English

The man from a strange land who is living among you will be lifted up higher and higher over you, while you go down lower and lower.

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Cross references

“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”

1 Samuel 13:19–23 Judges 2:3 Judges 2:11–15 Judges 10:7–10 Judges 14:4 2 Kings 17:20

1 Samuel 13:19–23 · BSB

And no blacksmith could be found in all the land of Israel, because the Philistines had said, “The Hebrews must not be allowed to make swords or spears.”

Judges 2:3 · BSB

So now I tell you that I will not drive out these people before you; they will be thorns in your sides, and their gods will be a snare to you.”

Judges 2:11–15 · BSB

And the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD and served the Baals.

Judges 10:7–10 · BSB

So the anger of the LORD burned against Israel, and He sold them into the hands of the Philistines and Ammonites,

Judges 14:4 · BSB

(Now his father and mother did not know this was from the LORD, who was seeking an occasion to move against the Philistines; for at that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.)

2 Kings 17:20 · BSB

So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.

Also

Deuteronomy 28:13

Deuteronomy 28:13 · BSB

The LORD will make you the head and not the tail; you will only move upward and never downward, if you hear and carefully follow the commandments of the LORD your God, which I am giving you today.

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

In context

42Swarms of locusts will consume all your trees and the produce of your land.

44He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

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