Deuteronomy 28:35

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“The 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.”

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BSBPD

“The 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.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“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.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah will smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore boil, whereof thou canst not be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the crown of thy head.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Jehovah doth smite thee with an evil ulcer, on the knees, and on the legs (of which thou art not able to be healed), from the sole of thy foot even unto thy crown.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:35 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 28:27The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.
  2. Job 2:6“Very well,” said the LORD to Satan. “He is in your hands, but you must spare his life.”
  3. Job 2:7So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.
  4. Isaiah 1:6From the sole of your foot to the top of your head, there is no soundness— only wounds and welts and festering sores neither cleansed nor bandaged nor soothed with oil.
  5. Isaiah 3:17the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”
  6. Isaiah 3:24Instead of fragrance there will be a stench; instead of a belt, a rope; instead of styled hair, baldness; instead of fine clothing, sackcloth; instead of beauty, shame.

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

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