37You will become a thing of horror and an object of scorn and ridicule to all the nations where the Lord will drive you.


In Context

34 The sights you see will drive you mad.

35 The Lord will afflict your knees and legs with painful boils that cannot be cured, spreading from the soles of your feet to the top of your head.

36 The Lord will drive you and the king you set over you to a nation unknown to you or your fathers. There you will worship other gods, gods of wood and stone.

37 You will become a thing of horror and an object of scorn and ridicule to all the nations where the Lord will drive you.

38 You will sow much seed in the field but you will harvest little, because locusts will devour it.

39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.

Deuteronomy 28:37 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

28:37And thou shalt be lost, as a proverb and a byword to all people, among whom the Lord shall bring thee in.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee away.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither Jehovah shall lead thee.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples whither the LORD shall lead thee away.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:37And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a by-word, among all nations whither the LORD shall lead thee.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

28:37You shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the peoples where Yahweh shall lead you away.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

28:37and thou hast been for an astonishment, for a simile, and for a byword among all the peoples whither Jehovah doth lead thee.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

28:37And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all nations where the LORD shall lead you.