Parallel Verses
Bible in Basic English
And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
Holman Bible
You will become an object of horror, scorn, and ridicule among all the peoples where the Lord will drive you.
International Standard Version
You'll become a desolation and a proverb, and you'll be mocked among the people where the LORD will drive you."
A Conservative Version
And thou shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where LORD shall lead thee away.
American Standard Version
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.
Amplified
And you will become a horror, a proverb [a mere object lesson], and a taunt [a derisive joke] among all the people to which the Lord drives you.
Darby Translation
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.
Julia Smith Translation
And thou wert for an astonishment, for a parable, for a sharp saying in all the peoples where Jehovah shall lead thee there.
King James 2000
And you shall become a horror, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And you will become a horror and a proverb and ridicule among all the peoples where Yahweh drives you there.
Modern King James verseion
And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word among all nations where Jehovah shall lead you.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And thou shalt go to waste and be made an example and a jestingstock unto all nations whither the LORD shall carry thee.
NET Bible
You will become an occasion of horror, a proverb, and an object of ridicule to all the peoples to whom the Lord will drive you.
New Heart English Bible
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where the LORD shall lead you away.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus shalt thou become a horror, a byword, and a mockery, among all the peoples whither Yahweh thy God will drive thee.
Webster
And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
World English Bible
You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.
Youngs Literal Translation
and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.
Themes
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
Israel » A type of the apostate church when disobedient » Became a by-word to neighbouring nations
Interlinear
Shammah
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:37
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
36 And you, and the king whom you have put over you, will the Lord take away to a nation strange to you and to your fathers; there you will be servants to other gods of wood and stone. 37 And you will become a wonder and a name of shame among all the nations where the Lord will take you. 38 You will take much seed out into the field, and get little in; for the locust will get it.
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
I will give them up to be a cause of fear and of trouble among all the kingdoms of the earth; to be a name of shame and common talk and a cutting word and a curse in all the places wherever I will send them wandering.
1 Kings 9:7-8
Then I will have Israel cut off from the land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for myself, I will put away from before my eyes; and Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Jeremiah 25:9
See, I will send and take all the families of the north, says the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar, king of Babylon, my servant, and make them come against this land, and against its people, and against all these nations on every side; and I will give them up to complete destruction, and make them a cause of fear and surprise and a waste place for ever.
2 Chronicles 7:20
Then I will have this people uprooted out of my land which I have given them; and this house, which I have made holy for my name, I will put away from before my eyes, and make it an example and a word of shame among all peoples.
Deuteronomy 28:28
He will make your minds diseased, and your eyes blind, and your hearts wasted with fear:
Deuteronomy 29:22-28
And future generations, your children coming after you, and travellers from far countries, will say, when they see the punishments of that land and the diseases which the Lord has sent on it;
Psalm 44:13-14
You have made us to be looked down on by our neighbours, we are laughed at and shamed by those who are round about us.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?
Zechariah 8:13
And it will come about that, as you were a curse among the nations, O children of Judah and children of Israel, so I will give you salvation and you will be a blessing: have no fear and let your hands be strong.