Deuteronomy 28:65 “Among those nations you will find no repose, not even a resting place…”

Deuteronomy 28:65

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:

World English Bible

Among these nations you will find no ease, and there will be no rest for the sole of your foot; but the LORD will give you there a trembling heart, failing of eyes, and pining of soul.

American Standard Version

And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, and there shall be no rest for the sole of thy foot: but Jehovah will give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and pining of soul;

Geneva Bible 1599

Also among these nations thou shalt finde no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foote haue rest: for the Lord shall giue thee there a trembling heart, and looking to returne till thine eyes fall out, and a sorowfull minde.

Darby Translation

And among these nations shalt thou have no rest, neither shall the sole of thy foot have a resting-place, and Jehovah shall give thee there a trembling heart, languishing of the eyes, and pining of the soul.

Young's Literal Translation

'And among those nations thou dost not rest, yea, there is no resting-place for the sole of thy foot, and Jehovah hath given to thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and grief of soul;

Bible in Basic English

And even among these nations there will be no peace for you, and no rest for your feet: but the Lord will give you there a shaking heart and wasting eyes and weariness of soul:

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Cross references

“shalt thou”

Amos 9:4 Genesis 8:9 Isaiah 57:21 Ezekiel 5:12–17 Ezekiel 20:32–35 Amos 9:9

Amos 9:4 · BSB

Though they are driven by their enemies into captivity, there I will command the sword to slay them. I will fix My eyes upon them for harm and not for good.”

Genesis 8:9 · BSB

But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.

Isaiah 57:21 · BSB

“There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”

Ezekiel 5:12–17 · BSB

A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.

Ezekiel 20:32–35 · BSB

When you say, ‘Let us be like the nations, like the peoples of the lands, serving wood and stone,’ what you have in mind will never come to pass.

Amos 9:9 · BSB

“For surely I will give the command, and I will shake the house of Israel among all the nations as grain is sifted in a sieve; but not a pebble will reach the ground.

“the Lord”

Leviticus 26:36 Isaiah 51:17 Habakkuk 3:16 Luke 21:26 Ezekiel 12:18 Ezekiel 12:19

Leviticus 26:36 · BSB

As for those of you who survive, I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies, so that even the sound of a windblown leaf will put them to flight. And they will flee as one flees the sword, and…

Isaiah 51:17 · BSB

Awake, awake! Rise up, O Jerusalem, you who have drunk from the hand of the LORD the cup of His fury; you who have drained the goblet to the dregs— the cup that makes men stagger.

Habakkuk 3:16 · BSB

I heard and trembled within; my lips quivered at the sound. Decay entered my bones; I trembled where I stood. Yet I must wait patiently for the day of distress to come upon the people who invade us.

Luke 21:26 · BSB

Men will faint from fear and anxiety over what is coming upon the earth, for the powers of the heavens will be shaken.

Ezekiel 12:18 · BSB

“Son of man, eat your bread with trembling, and drink your water with quivering and anxiety.

Ezekiel 12:19 · BSB

Then tell the people of the land that this is what the Lord GOD says about those living in Jerusalem and in the land of Israel: ‘They will eat their bread with anxiety and drink their water in dread, for their land will…

“failing of eyes”

Leviticus 26:16 Romans 11:10 Isaiah 65:14 Lamentations 3:65 Matthew 24:8

Leviticus 26:16 · BSB

then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.

Romans 11:10 · BSB

May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”

Isaiah 65:14 · BSB

My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.

Lamentations 3:65 · BSB

Put a veil of anguish over their hearts; may Your curse be upon them!

Matthew 24:8 · BSB

All these are the beginning of birth pains.

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

In context

64Then the LORD will scatter you among all the nations, from one end of the earth to the other, and there you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone, which neither you nor your fathers have known.

66So your life will hang in doubt before you, and you will be afraid night and day, never certain of survival.

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