Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
The sojourner who is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher, and thou shall come down lower and lower.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
Holman Bible
The foreign resident among you will rise higher and higher above you, while you sink lower and lower.
International Standard Version
The foreigner in your midst will be elevated higher and higher over you, while you are brought low little by little.
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.
Amplified
The stranger who lives among you will rise above you higher and higher, and you will go down lower and lower.
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.
Darby Translation
The sojourner that is in thy midst shall rise above thee higher and higher, and thou shalt sink down lower and lower.
Julia Smith Translation
The stranger which is in the midst of thee shall go up above thee, going up, going up; and thou shalt go down beneath, beneath.
King James 2000
The stranger that is among you shall rise up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
Lexham Expanded Bible
The alien that [is] in your midst shall ascend over you, higher [and] higher, but you shall go down lower [and] lower.
Modern King James verseion
The stranger within you shall get up above you very high, and you shall come down very low.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
The strangers that are among you shall climb above thee up on high, and thou shalt come down beneath a-low.
NET Bible
The foreigners who reside among you will become higher and higher over you and you will become lower and lower.
New Heart English Bible
The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
The Emphasized Bible
The sojourner who is in thy midst, shall mount up above thee higher and higher, - whereas, thou, shalt come down lower and lower:
Webster
The stranger that is within thee shall rise above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
World English Bible
The foreigner who is in the midst of you shall mount up above you higher and higher; and you shall come down lower and lower.
Youngs Literal Translation
the sojourner who is in thy midst goeth up above thee very high, and thou goest down very low;
Themes
Disobedience to God » Denunciations against
Disobedience to God » Brings a curse
Holy spirit » Instances of » israelites
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Deuteronomy 28:43
Verse Info
Context Readings
Blessings And Curses
42 All thy trees and the fruit of thy ground shall the locust possess. 43 The sojourner who is in the midst of thee shall mount up above thee higher and higher, and thou shall come down lower and lower. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shall not lend to him. He shall be the head, and thou shall be the tail.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:13
And LORD will make thee the head, and not the tail. And thou shall only be above, and thou shall not be beneath, if thou shall hearken to the commandments of LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do,
Judges 2:3
Therefore I also said, I will not drive them out from before you, but they shall be [as thorns] in your sides, and their gods shall be a snare to you.
Judges 2:11-15
And the sons of Israel did that which was evil in the sight of LORD, and served the Baalim.
Judges 4:2-3
And LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan who reigned in Hazor, the captain of whose army was Sisera who dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Judges 10:7-10
And the anger of LORD was kindled against Israel, and he sold them into the hand of the Philistines, and into the hand of the sons of Ammon.
Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of LORD, for he sought an occasion against the Philistines. Now at that time the Philistines had rule over Israel.
Judges 15:11-12
Then three thousand men of Judah went down to the cleft of the rock of Etam, and said to Samson, Know thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? What then is this that thou have done to us? And he said to them, As they did t
1 Samuel 13:3-7
And Jonathan smote the garrison of the Philistines that was in Geba, and the Philistines heard of it. And Saul blew the trumpet throughout all the land, saying, Let the Hebrews hear.
1 Samuel 13:19-23
Now there was no blacksmith found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make for them swords or spears,
2 Kings 17:20
And LORD rejected all the seed of Israel, and afflicted them, and delivered them into the hand of spoilers, until he had cast them out of his sight.
2 Kings 17:23
until LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he spoke by all his servants the prophets. So Israel was carried away out of their own land to Assyria to this day.
2 Kings 24:14-16
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the rulers, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the blacksmiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.
John 18:31
Pilate therefore said to them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said to him, It is not permitted for us to kill any man,
John 19:15
But they cried out, Away, away, crucify him! Pilate says to them, Shall I crucify your king? The chief priests answered, We have no king except Caesar.