Deuteronomy 28:44 “He will lend to you, but you will not lend to him. He will be the head…”

Deuteronomy 28:44

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

World English Bible

He will lend to you, and you won’t lend to him. He will be the head, and you will be the tail.

American Standard Version

He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Geneva Bible 1599

He shall lend thee, and thou shalt not lend him: he shalbe the head, and thou shalt be ye tayle.

Darby Translation

He shall lend to thee, but thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.

Young's Literal Translation

he doth lend [to] thee, and thou dost not lend [to] him; he is for head, and thou art for tail.

Bible in Basic English

He will let you have his wealth at interest, and will have no need of yours: he will be the head and you the tail.

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Cross references

“He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.”

Lamentations 1:5 Deuteronomy 28:12 Deuteronomy 28:13

Lamentations 1:5 · BSB

Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.

Deuteronomy 28:12 · BSB

The LORD will open the heavens, His abundant storehouse, to send rain on your land in season and to bless all the work of your hands. You will lend to many nations, but borrow from none.

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

43The foreigner living among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink down lower and lower.

45All these curses will come upon you. They will pursue you and overtake you until you are destroyed, since you did not obey the LORD your God and keep the commandments and statutes He gave you.

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