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Deuteronomy 28:24

The LORD shall make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

KJV

Det Dominus imbrem terræ tuæ pulverem, et de cælo descendat super te cinis, donec conteraris.

Vulgate

δῴη Κύριος ὁ θεός σου τὸν ὑετὸν τῇ γῇ σου κονιορτόν, καὶ χοῦς ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καταβήσεται, ἕως ἂν ἐκτρίψῃ σε, καὶ ἕως ἂν ἀπολέσῃ σε ἐν τάχει.

LXX

Jehovah will make the rain of thy land powder and dust: from heaven shall it come down upon thee, until thou be destroyed.

ASV

יִתֵּ֧ן יְהוָ֛ה אֶת מְטַ֥ר אַרְצְ/ךָ֖ אָבָ֣ק וְ/עָפָ֑ר מִן הַ/שָּׁמַ֨יִם֙ יֵרֵ֣ד עָלֶ֔י/ךָ עַ֖ד הִשָּׁמְדָֽ/ךְ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶ֣רֶץ
'rts
noun · 2484×
אֶת
't
pronoun · 10895×
אָבָ֣ק
'bq
noun · 6×
יְהוָ֖ה
yhvh
proper_noun · 6455×
יָרְד֥וּ
yrdv
verb · 377×
ם
m
verb · 1995×
ם
m
verb · 90×
מִן
mn
preposition · 1223×
מָטָ֖ר
mtr
noun · 38×
עַד
'd
noun · 1257×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
עָפָ֥ר
'pr
noun · 109×
שָּׁמַ֔יִם
shmym
noun · 419×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Amos 4:11 — I have overthrown some of you, as God overthrew Sodom and Gomorrah, and ye were as a firebrand plucked out of the burning: yet have ye not returned unto me, saith the LORD.
  • Deut 28:12 — The LORD shall open unto thee his good treasure, the heaven to give the rain unto thy land in his season, and to bless all the work of thine hand: and thou shalt lend unto many nations, and thou shalt
  • Isa 5:24 — Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the