Deuteronomy

The fifth book of Moses, called Deuteronomy, chapter 28, Vulgate and King James Version

Chapter 28 Vulgate

   1 Sin audieris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut facias atque custo dias omnia mandata eius, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, faciet te Dominus Deus tuus excelsiorem cunctis gentibus, quae versantur in terra,
   2 venientque super te universae benedictiones istae et apprehendent te, si tamen vocem Domini Dei tui audieris.
   3 Benedictus tu in civitate et benedictus in agro.
   4 Benedictus fructus ventris tui et fructus terrae tuae fructusque iumentorum tuorum, partus armentorum tuorum et incrementum ovium tuarum.
   5 Benedictum canistrum et pistrinum tuum.
   6 Benedictus eris et ingrediens et egrediens.
   7 Dabit Dominus inimicos tuos, qui consurgunt adversum te, corruentes in conspectu tuo; per unam viam venient contra te et per septem fugient a facie tua.
   8 Emittet Dominus benedictionem super cellaria tua et super omnia opera manuum tuarum; benedicetque tibi in terra, quam Dominus Deus tuus dabit tibi.
   9 Suscitabit te Dominus sibi in populum sanctum, sicut iuravit tibi, si custodieris mandata Domini Dei tui et ambulaveris in viis eius.
   10 Videbuntque omnes terrarum populi quod nomen Domini invocatum sit super te, et timebunt te.
   11 Abundare te faciet Dominus omnibus bonis, fructu uteri tui et fructu iumentorum tuorum, fructu terrae tuae, quam iuravit Dominus patribus tuis, ut daret tibi.
   12 Aperiet Dominus tibi thesaurum suum optimum, caelum, ut tribuat pluviam terrae tuae in tempore suo; benedicatque cunctis operibus manuum tuarum; et fenerabis gentibus multis et ipse a nullo fenus accipies.
   13 Constituet te Dominus in caput et non in caudam, et eris semper supra et non subter, si audieris mandata Domini Dei tui, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, et custodieris et feceris
   14 ac non declinaveris a verbis, quae ego praecipio vobis hodie, nec ad dexteram nec ad sinistram, nec secutus fueris deos alienos neque colueris eos.
   15 Quod si audire nolueris vocem Domini Dei tui, ut custodias et facias omnia mandata eius et praecepta, quae ego praecipio tibi hodie, venient super te omnes maledictiones istae et apprehendent te:
   16 Maledictus eris in civitate, maledictus in agro.
   17 Maledictum canistrum et pistrinum tuum.
   18 Maledictus fructus ventris tui et fructus terrae tuae, partus armentorum tuorum et incrementum ovium tuarum.
   19 Maledictus eris ingrediens et maledictus egrediens.
   20 Mittet Dominus super te maledictionem et conturbationem et increpationem in omnia opera tua, quae facies, donec conterat te et perdat velociter propter adinventiones tuas pessimas, in quibus reliquisti me.
   21 Adiunget Dominus tibi pestilentiam, donec consumat te de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
   22 Percutiet te Dominus consumptione, febri et inflammatione, ardore et aestu, uredine ac aurugine, et persequentur te, donec pereas.
   23 Et erit caelum, quod est supra caput tuum, aeneum, et terra, quam calcas, ferrea.
   24 Convertet Dominus imbrem terrae tuae in pulverem, et de caelo descendet super te cinis, donec conteraris.
   25 Tradet te Dominus corruentem ante hostes tuos: per unam viam egredieris contra eos et per septem fugies et eris in terrorem omnibus regnis terrae.
   26 Eritque cadaver tuum in escam cunctis volatilibus caeli et bestiis terrae, et non erit qui abigat.
   27 Percutiet te Dominus ulcere Aegypti et tumore, scabie quoque et prurigine, ita ut curari nequeas.
   28 Percutiet te Dominus amentia et caecitate ac stupore mentis;
   29 et palpabis in meridie, sicut palpare solet caecus in tenebris, et non diriges vias tuas. Omnique tempore eris oppressus et exspoliatus nec habebis, qui liberet te.
   30 Uxorem accipies, et alius dormiet cum ea. Domum aedificabis et non habitabis in ea. Plantabis vineam et non vindemiabis eam.
   31 Bos tuus mactabitur coram te, et non comedes ex eo. Asinus tuus rapietur in conspectu tuo et non reddetur tibi. Oves tuae dabuntur inimicis tuis, et non erit qui te adiuvet.
   32 Filii tui et filiae tuae tradentur alteri populo, videntibus oculis tuis et deficientibus ad conspectum eorum tota die, et non erit fortitudo in manu tua.
   33 Fructus terrae tuae et omnes labores tuos comedet populus, quem ignoras, et eris semper oppressus et confractus cunctis diebus
   34 et insanies in aspectu eorum, quae videbunt oculi tui.
   35 Percutiet te Dominus ulcere pessimo in genibus et in suris, sanarique non poteris a planta pedis usque ad verticem tuum.
   36 Ducet te Dominus et regem tuum, quem constitueris super te, in gentem, quam ignorasti tu et patres tui, et servies ibi diis alienis, ligno et lapidi;
   37 et eris in stuporem et in proverbium ac fabulam omnibus populis, ad quos te introduxerit Dominus.
   38 Sementem multam iacies in terram et modicum congregabis, quia locustae devorabunt omnia.
   39 Vineas plantabis et coles et vinum non bibes nec colliges ex ea quippiam, quoniam vastabitur vermibus.
   40 Olivas habebis in omnibus terminis tuis et non ungeris oleo, quia defluent et peribunt.
   41 Filios generabis et filias et non frueris eis, quoniam ducentur in captivitatem.
   42 Omnes arbores tuas et fruges terrae tuae locusta consumet.
   43 Advena, qui tecum versatur in terra, ascendet super te eritque sublimior; tu autem descendes et eris inferior.
   44 Ipse fenerabit tibi, et tu non fenerabis ei; ipse erit in caput, et tu eris in caudam.
   45 Et venient super te omnes maledictiones istae et persequentes apprehendent te, donec intereas, quia non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui nec servasti mandata eius et praecepta, quae praecepit tibi.
   46 Et erunt in te signa atque prodigia et in semine tuo usque in sempiternum.
   47 Eo quod non servieris Domino Deo tuo in gaudio cordisque laetitia propter rerum omnium abundantiam,
   48 servies inimico tuo, quem immittet Dominus tibi, in fame et siti et nuditate et omnium penuria, et ponet iugum ferreum super cervicem tuam, donec te conterat.
   49 Adducet Dominus super te gentem de longinquo et de extremis finibus terrae in similitudinem aquilae volantis cum impetu, cuius linguam intellegere non possis:
   50 gentem procacissimam, quae non deferat seni nec misereatur parvulo;
   51 et devoret fructum iumentorum tuorum ac fruges terrae tuae, donec intereas, et non relinquat tibi triticum, vinum et oleum, partum armentorum et incrementum ovium, donec te disperdat
   52 et obsideat te in cunctis urbibus tuis, donec destruantur muri tui firmi atque sublimes, in quibus habebas fiduciam in omni terra tua. Obsideberis intra portas tuas in omni terra tua, quam dabit tibi Dominus Deus tuus,
   53 et comedes fructum uteri tui, carnes filiorum tuorum et filiarum tuarum, quas dederit tibi Dominus Deus tuus, in obsidione et angustia, qua opprimet te hostis tuus.
   54 Homo tener in te et delicatus valde invidebit fratri suo et uxori, quae cubat in sinu suo, et residuis filiis suis, quos reservaverit,
   55 ne det uni ex eis de carnibus filiorum suorum, quas comedet, eo quod nihil aliud habeat in obsidione et angustia, qua oppresserit te inimicus tuus intra omnes portas tuas.
   56 Tenera mulier in te et delicata, quae non tentabat pedis vestigium figere in terram propter mollitiem et teneritudinem nimiam, invidebit viro suo, qui cubat in sinu eius, filio et filiae
   57 et illuviei secundarum, quae egrediuntur de medio feminum eius, et liberis, qui eadem hora nati sunt; comedet enim eos clam propter rerum omnium penuriam in obsidione et angustia, qua opprimet te inimicus tuus intra portas tuas.
   58 Nisi custodieris et feceris omnia verba legis huius, quae scripta sunt in hoc volumine, et timueris nomen gloriosum et terribile hoc, Dominum Deum tuum,
   59 augebit ultra modum Dominus plagas tuas et plagas seminis tui, plagas magnas et perseverantes, infirmitates pessimas et perpetuas,
   60 et convertet in te omnes afflictiones Aegypti, quas timuisti, et adhaerebunt tibi.
   61 Insuper universos languores et plagas, quae non sunt scriptae in volumine legis huius, inducet Dominus super te, donec te conterat;
   62 et remanebitis pauci numero, qui prius eratis sicut astra caeli prae multitudine, quoniam non audisti vocem Domini Dei tui.
   63 Et sicut ante laetatus est Dominus super vos bene vobis faciens vosque multiplicans, sic laetabitur super vos disperdens vos atque subvertens, ut auferamini de terra, ad quam ingredieris possidendam.
   64 Disperget te Dominus in omnes populos a summitate terrae usque ad terminos eius, et servies ibi diis alienis, quos et tu ignorasti et patres tui, lignis et lapidibus.
   65 In gentibus quoque illis non quiesces, neque erit requies vestigio pedis tui; dabit enim tibi Dominus ibi cor pavidum et deficientes oculos et animam consumptam maerore.
   66 Et erit vita tua quasi pendens ante te; timebis nocte et die et non credes vitae tuae.
   67 Mane dices: "Quis mihi det vesperum?" et vespere: "Quis mihi det mane?" propter cordis tui formidinem, qua terreberis, et propter ea, quae tuis videbis oculis.
   68 Reducet te Dominus classibus in Aegyptum per viam, de qua dixi tibi, ut eam amplius non videres; ibi vendetis vos inimicis vestris in servos et ancillas, et non erit qui emat"
   69 Haec sunt verba foederis, quod praecepit Dominus Moysi, ut feriret cum filiis Israel in terra Moab, praeter illud foedus, quod cum eis pepigit in Horeb.

King James Version

   1 And it shall come to pass, if thou shalt hearken diligently unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe and to do all his commandments which I command thee this day, that the LORD thy God will set thee on high above all nations of the earth:
   2 And all these blessings shall come on thee, and overtake thee, if thou shalt hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God.
   3 Blessed shalt thou be in the city, and blessed shalt thou be in the field.
   4 Blessed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy ground, and the fruit of thy cattle, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
   5 Blessed shall be thy basket and thy store.
   6 Blessed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and blessed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
   7 The LORD shall cause thine enemies that rise up against thee to be smitten before thy face: they shall come out against thee one way, and flee before thee seven ways.
   8 The LORD shall command the blessing upon thee in thy storehouses, and in all that thou settest thine hand unto; and he shall bless thee in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
   9 The LORD shall establish thee an holy people unto himself, as he hath sworn unto thee, if thou shalt keep the commandments of the LORD thy God, and walk in his ways.
   10 And all people of the earth shall see that thou art called by the name of the LORD; and they shall be afraid of thee.
   11 And the LORD shall make thee plenteous in goods, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, in the land which the LORD sware unto thy fathers to give thee.
   12 The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt not borrow.
   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:
   14 And thou shalt not go aside from any of the words which I command thee this day, to the right hand, or to the left, to go after other gods to serve them.
   15 ¶ But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee:
   16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field.
   17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store.
   18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep.
   19 Cursed shalt thou be when thou comest in, and cursed shalt thou be when thou goest out.
   20 The LORD shall send upon thee cursing, vexation, and rebuke, in all that thou settest thine hand unto for to do, until thou be destroyed, and until thou perish quickly; because of the wickedness of thy doings, whereby thou hast forsaken me.
   21 The LORD shall make the pestilence cleave unto thee, until he have consumed thee from off the land, whither thou goest to possess it.
   22 The LORD shall smite thee with a consumption, and with a fever, and with an inflammation, and with an extreme burning, and with the sword, and with blasting, and with mildew; and they shall pursue thee until thou perish.
   23 And thy heaven that is over thy head shall be brass, and the earth that is under thee shall be iron.
   24 The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
   25 The LORD shall cause thee to be smitten before thine enemies: thou shalt go out one way against them, and flee seven ways before them: and shalt be removed into all the kingdoms of the earth.
   26 And thy carcase shall be meat unto all fowls of the air, and unto the beasts of the earth, and no man shall fray them away.
   27 The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.
   28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:
   29 And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.
   30 Thou shalt betroth a wife, and another man shall lie with her: thou shalt build an house, and thou shalt not dwell therein: thou shalt plant a vineyard, and shalt not gather the grapes thereof.
   31 Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to rescue them.
   32 Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given unto another people, and thine eyes shall look, and fail with longing for them all the day long: and there shall be no might in thine hand.
   33 The fruit of thy land, and all thy labours, shall a nation which thou knowest not eat up; and thou shalt be only oppressed and crushed alway:
   34 So that thou shalt be mad for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
   35 The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.
   36 The LORD shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known; and there shalt thou serve other gods, wood and stone.
   37 And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.
   38 Thou shalt carry much seed out into the field, and shalt gather but little in; for the locust shall consume it.
   39 Thou shalt plant vineyards, and dress them, but shalt neither drink of the wine, nor gather the grapes; for the worms shall eat them.
   40 Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.
   41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
   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.
   45 Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
   46 And they shall be upon thee for a sign and for a wonder, and upon thy seed for ever.
   47 Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things;
   48 Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee.
   49 The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
   50 A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young:
   51 And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee.
   52 And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.
   53 And thou shalt eat the fruit of thine own body, the flesh of thy sons and of thy daughters, which the LORD thy God hath given thee, in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee:
   54 So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:
   55 So that he will not give to any of them of the flesh of his children whom he shall eat: because he hath nothing left him in the siege, and in the straitness, wherewith thine enemies shall distress thee in all thy gates.
   56 The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,
   57 And toward her young one that cometh out from between her feet, and toward her children which she shall bear: for she shall eat them for want of all things secretly in the siege and straitness, wherewith thine enemy shall distress thee in thy gates.
   58 If thou wilt not observe to do all the words of this law that are written in this book, that thou mayest fear this glorious and fearful name, THE LORD THY GOD;
   59 Then the LORD will make thy plagues wonderful, and the plagues of thy seed, even great plagues, and of long continuance, and sore sicknesses, and of long continuance.
   60 Moreover he will bring upon thee all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.
   61 Also every sickness, and every plague, which is not written in the book of this law, them will the LORD bring upon thee, until thou be destroyed.
   62 And ye shall be left few in number, whereas ye were as the stars of heaven for multitude; because thou wouldest not obey the voice of the LORD thy God.
   63 And it shall come to pass, that as the LORD rejoiced over you to do you good, and to multiply you; so the LORD will rejoice over you to destroy you, and to bring you to nought; and ye shall be plucked from off the land whither thou goest to possess it.
   64 And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
   65 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:
   66 And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
   67 In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
   68 And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.