Deuteronomy 28:31
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.”
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“Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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 save thee.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“thine ox <FI>is<Fi> slaughtered before thine eyes, and thou dost not eat of it; thine ass <FI>is<Fi> taken violently away from before thee, and it is not given back to thee; thy sheep <FI>are<Fi> given to thine enemies, and there is no saviour for thee.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:31 — 3 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Judges 6:1Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD; so He delivered them into the hand of Midian for seven years,
- Judges 6:4encamping against them as far as Gaza and destroying the produce of the land. They left Israel with no sustenance, neither sheep nor oxen nor donkeys.
- Job 1:14a messenger came and reported to Job: “While the oxen were plowing and the donkeys were grazing nearby,
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