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Deuteronomy 28:56 Cross-References
Explore 3 cross-references for Deuteronomy 28:56 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Deuteronomy chapter 28 verse 56 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,”
Deuteronomy 28:56 (KJV)
Commentary on Deuteronomy 28:56
The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground—the Hebrew haʿănuggāh wǝharakkāh (הָעֲנֻגָּה וְהָרַכָּה) describes an aristocratic lady so refined she never walked barefoot, perhaps carried in a litter. Yet her eye shall be evil toward the husband of her bosom, and toward her son, and toward her daughter—she too becomes a grudging cannibal.This verse is the female parallel to verses 54-55, showing that wealth, gender, and privilege offer no protection from sin's degradation. The most pampered woman, symbol of motherly nurture, will...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Deuteronomy 28:56
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“and very delicate”
“Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with outstretched necks and flirting eyes, walking to trip as they go, jingling ornaments on their feet;,Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:, וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה יַעַן כִּי גָבְהוּ בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן וַתֵּלַכְנָה *נטוות **נְטוּיוֹת גָּרוֹן וּמְשַׂקְּרוֹת עֵינָיִם הָלוֹךְ וְטָפֹף תֵּלַכְנָה וּבְרַגְלֵיהֶם תְּעַכַּסְנָה׃ ,Moreover the LORD said: Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, And walk with stretched-forth necks And wanton eyes, Walking and mincing as they go, And making a tinkling with their feet;,τί ὑμεῖς ἀδικεῖτε τὸν λαόν μου καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον τῶν πτωχῶν καταισχύνετε 3:16 τάδε λέγει κύριος ἀνθ' ὧν ὑψώθησαν αἱ θυγατέρες σιων καὶ ἐπορεύθησαν ὑψηλῷ τραχήλῳ καὶ ἐν νεύμασιν ὀφθαλμῶν καὶ τῇ πορείᾳ τῶν ποδῶν ἅμα σύρουσαι τοὺς χιτῶνας καὶ τοῖς ποσὶν ἅμα παίζουσαι,Thus saith the Lord, Because the daughters of Sion are haughty, and have walked with an outstretched neck, and with winking of the eyes, and motion of the feet, at the same time drawing their garments in trains, and at the same time sporting with their feet:,,,,”
“they give suck to their young ones: The daughter of my people is become cruel”