King James Version
Deuteronomy 28:66 in the King James Version says “And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy li...” — study this verse from Deuteronomy chapter 28 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:”
Deuteronomy 28:66 · KJV
And the LORD shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even unto the other; and there thou shalt serve other gods, which neither thou nor thy fathers have known, even wood and stone.
And among these nations shalt thou find no ease, neither shall the sole of thy foot have rest: but the LORD shall give thee there a trembling heart, and failing of eyes, and sorrow of mind:
And thy life shall hang in doubt before thee; and thou shalt fear day and night, and shalt have none assurance of thy life:
In the morning thou shalt say, Would God it were even! and at even thou shalt say, Would God it were morning! for the fear of thine heart wherewith thou shalt fear, and for the sight of thine eyes which thou shalt see.
And the LORD shall bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I spake unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall be sold unto your enemies for bondmen and bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.
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to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
“And thy life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
“shall hang”
H8511to suspend; figuratively (through hesitation) to be uncertain; by implication (of mental dependence) to habituate
“in doubt before”
H5048a front, i.e., part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mate; usually (adverbial, especially with preposition) over against or before
“thee and thou shalt fear”
H6342to be startled (by a sudden alarm); hence, to fear in general
“and night”
H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and shalt have none assurance”
H539properly, to build up or support; to foster as a parent or nurse; figuratively to render (or be) firm or faithful, to trust or believe, to be permanen
“And thy life”
H2416alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin
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