Parallel Verses
King James Version
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
New American Standard Bible
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.
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.
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 fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. 43 The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low. 44 He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Phrases
Cross References
Deuteronomy 28:13
And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them:
Judges 2:3
Wherefore 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 unto you.
Judges 2:11-15
And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and served Baalim:
Judges 4:2-3
And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host was Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles.
Judges 10:7-10
And the anger of the LORD was hot against Israel, and he sold them into the hands of the Philistines, and into the hands of the children of Ammon.
Judges 14:4
But his father and his mother knew not that it was of the LORD, that he sought an occasion against the Philistines: for at that time the Philistines had dominion over Israel.
Judges 15:11-12
Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines are rulers over us? what is this that thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them.
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 smith found throughout all the land of Israel: for the Philistines said, Lest the Hebrews make them swords or spears:
2 Kings 17:20
And the 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 the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.
2 Kings 24:14-16
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
John 18:31
Then said Pilate unto them, Take ye him, and judge him according to your law. The Jews therefore said unto him, It is not lawful for us to put any man to death:
John 19:15
But they cried out, Away with him, away with him, crucify him. Pilate saith unto them, Shall I crucify your King? The chief priests answered, We have no king but Caesar.