Parallel Verses
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.
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.
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
Jehovah will bring you and your king, whom you set over you, to a nation that neither you nor your fathers have known. There you will serve other gods made of wood and stone.
37
Names
Cross References
Jeremiah 24:9
I will make them a horrifying sight to all the kingdoms of the earth. They will be a disgrace and an example. They will become something ridiculed and cursed wherever I scatter them.
1 Kings 9:7-8
I will have Israel cut off from the land I gave them. I will abandon this house even though I have made it holy for myself. I will put you out of my sight. Israel will be a public example, and a word of shame among all peoples.
Jeremiah 25:9
so I am going to send for all the families from the north. I will also send for my servant King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, says Jehovah. I will bring the families from the north to attack this land, its people, and all these surrounding nations. I am going to destroy them and turn them into something terrible, something ridiculed, and something permanently ruined.
2 Chronicles 7:20
I will uproot Israel from the land I gave them. I will reject this Temple that I declared holy for my name. I will make it an example and an object of ridicule for all the people of the world.
Deuteronomy 28:28
You will become insane and go blind. Jehovah will make you so confused,
Deuteronomy 29:22-28
The next generation of your children and foreigners who come from distant countries will see the plagues that have happened in this land and the diseases Jehovah sent here.
Psalm 44:13-14
You made us a reproach to our neighbors and an object of ridicule and contempt to those around us.
Joel 2:17
Let the priests and the ministers of Jehovah weep between the Temple porch and the altar! Let them say: Spare your people, O Jehovah, and do not give reproach to your heritage. That the nations should rule over them and say among the peoples, 'where is their God?'
Zechariah 8:13
You were a curse among the nations, O house of Judah and house of Israel. I will save you! You will be blessed. Do not fear! Be strong!