Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, and they shall not be thine, for they shall depart into captivity.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

40Thou shalt have olive trees in all thy borders, and thou shalt not anoint thee with oil, because thine olive shall utterly cast its fruit.

42All thy trees and the fruits of thy land shall the blight consume.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 28:32Thy sons and thy daughters shall be given to another nation, and thine eyes wasting away shall look for them: thy hand shall have no strength.

Isaiah 65:23My chosen shall not toil in vain, neither shall they beget children to be cursed; for they are a seed blessed of God, and their offspring with them.

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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