Deuteronomy 28:41

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“You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.”

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BSBPD

“You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will go into captivity.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but they shall not be thine; for they shall go into captivity.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“`Sons and daughters thou dost beget, and they are not with thee, for they go into captivity;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Deuteronomy 28:41 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 28:32Your sons and daughters will be given to another nation, while your eyes grow weary looking for them day after day, with no power in your hand.
  2. 2 Kings 24:14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.
  3. Isaiah 65:23They will not labor in vain or bear children doomed to disaster; for they will be a people blessed by the LORD— they and their descendants with them.
  4. Lamentations 1:5Her foes have become her masters; her enemies are at ease. For the LORD has brought her grief because of her many transgressions. Her children have gone away as captives before the enemy.
  5. Daniel 1:3Then the king ordered Ashpenaz, the chief of his court officials, to bring in some Israelites from the royal family and the nobility—
  6. Micah 1:16Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

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

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