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Deuteronomy 28:41

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41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.
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Deuteronomy 28:41 in Other Translations

KJV
41 Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
ESV
41 You shall father sons and daughters, but they shall not be yours, for they shall go into captivity.
NLT
41 You will have sons and daughters, but you will lose them, for they will be led away into captivity.
MSG
41 You'll have sons and daughters but they won't be yours for long - they'll go off to captivity.
CSB
41 You will father sons and daughters, but they will not remain yours, because they will be taken prisoner.

Deuteronomy 28:41 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:41

Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shall not enjoy
them
Or, "they shall not be thine" F17; being taken from them, and given to others, see ( Deuteronomy 28:32 ) ; and for the following reason:

for they shall go into captivity;
as when the ten tribes were carried captive by Shalmaneser, and the two tribes by Nebuchadnezzar, and all the people of the Jews by the Romans.

FOOTNOTES:

F17 (Kl wyhy alw) "et non erunt tibi", Pagninus, Montanus.
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:41 In-Context

39 You will plant vineyards and cultivate them but you will not drink the wine or gather the grapes, because worms will eat them.
40 You will have olive trees throughout your country but you will not use the oil, because the olives will drop off.
41 You will have sons and daughters but you will not keep them, because they will go into captivity.
42 Swarms of locusts will take over all your trees and the crops of your land.
43 The foreigners who reside among you will rise above you higher and higher, but you will sink lower and lower.

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