King James Version
Deuteronomy 28:43 in the King James Version says “The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.”
Deuteronomy 28:43 · KJV
Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity. thou shalt not: Heb. they shall not be thine
All thy trees and fruit of thy land shall the locust consume. consume: or, possess
The stranger that is within thee shall get up above thee very high; and thou shalt come down very low.
He shall lend to thee, and thou shalt not lend to him: he shall be the head, and thou shalt be the tail.
Moreover all these curses shall come upon thee, and shall pursue thee, and overtake thee, till thou be destroyed; because thou hearkenedst not unto the voice of the LORD thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which he commanded thee:
KJV Study — Public Domain
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
“that is within”
H7130properly, the nearest part, i.e., the center, whether literal, figurative or adverbial (especially with preposition)
“thee shall get up”
H5927to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“above thee very”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“above thee very”
H4605properly,the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc
“and thou shalt come down”
H3381to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); cau
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