Deuteronomy 28:27

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“The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:27 — 13 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Exodus 9:9It will become fine dust over all the land of Egypt, and festering boils will break out on man and beast throughout the land.”
  2. Exodus 9:10So they took soot from the furnace and stood before Pharaoh. Moses tossed it into the air, and festering boils broke out on man and beast.
  3. Exodus 9:11The magicians could not stand before Moses, because the boils had broken out on them and on all the Egyptians.
  4. Exodus 15:26saying, “If you will listen carefully to the voice of the LORD your God, and do what is right in His eyes, and pay attention to His commands, and keep all His statutes, then I will not bring on you any of the diseases I inflicted on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”
  5. Leviticus 13:2“When someone has a swelling or rash or bright spot on his skin that could become an infectious skin disease, he must be brought to Aaron the priest or to one of his sons who is a priest.
  6. Leviticus 21:20or who is a hunchback or dwarf, or who has an eye defect, a festering rash, scabs, or a crushed testicle.
  7. Deuteronomy 28:35The LORD will afflict you with painful, incurable boils on your knees and thighs, from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.
  8. Deuteronomy 28:60He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.
  9. 1 Samuel 5:6Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
  10. 1 Samuel 5:9But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
  11. 1 Samuel 5:12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
  12. Psalms 78:66He beat back His foes; He put them to everlasting shame.
  13. Isaiah 3:17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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