Deuteronomy 28:28

28 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.

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Deuteronomy 28:28 in Other Translations

KJV

28 The LORD shall smite thee with madness, and blindness, and astonishment of heart:

ESV

28 The LORD will strike you with madness and blindness and confusion of mind,

NLT

28 The LORD will strike you with madness, blindness, and panic.

MSG

28 He'll make you go crazy and blind and senile.

CSB

28 The Lord will afflict you with madness, blindness, and mental confusion,

Deuteronomy 28:28 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:28

The Lord shall smite thee with madness
At the calamities befallen them, and through the force of diseases on them:

and blindness;
not of body, but of mind; with judicial blindness and hardness of heart:

and astonishment of heart;
at the miserable condition they and their families should be in.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Deuteronomy 28:28 In-Context

26 Your carcasses will be food for all the birds and the wild animals, and there will be no one to frighten them away.

27 The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.

28 The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness and confusion of mind.

29 At midday you will grope about like a blind person in the dark. You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.

30 You will be pledged to be married to a woman, but another will take her and rape her. You will build a house, but you will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard, but you will not even begin to enjoy its fruit.

Deuteronomy 28:28

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Deuteronomy 28:28 in Other Translations

Deuteronomy 28:28 Meaning and Commentary

Deuteronomy 28:28 In-Context