Deuteronomy 28:40

olives are yours in all your border, but you do not pour out oil, for your olive falls off.

Literal Standard Version

In The King James Version

Thou shalt have olive trees throughout all thy coasts, but thou shalt not anoint thyself with the oil; for thine olive shall cast his fruit.

In Context

39you plant vineyards and have labored, but you do not drink wine, nor gather [grapes], for the worm consumes it;

41You beget sons and daughters, but they are not with you, for they go into captivity;

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Cross References

Psalms 104:15And wine—it makes the heart of man glad, || To cause the face to shine from oil, || And bread—it supports the heart of man.

Matthew Henry on Deuteronomy 28:16-45

Threatenings. ( b. c. 1451.) 15 But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments and his statutes which I command thee this day; that all these curses shall come upon thee, and overtake thee: 16 Cursed shalt thou be in the city, and cursed shalt thou be in the field. 17 Cursed shall be thy basket and thy store. 18 Cursed shall be the fruit of thy body, and the fruit of thy land, the increase of thy kine, and the flocks of thy sheep. 19… Read the whole commentary →

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