Skip to main content

Deuteronomy 28:54

So that the man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children which he shall leave:

KJV

Homo delicatus in te, et luxuriosus valde, invidebit fratri suo, et uxori, quæ cubat in sinu suo,

Vulgate

ὁ ἁπαλὸς ὁ ἐν σοὶ καὶ ὁ τρυφερὸς σφόδρα βασκανεῖ τῷ ὀφθαλμῷ τὸν ἀδελφὸν καὶ τὴν γυναῖκα τὴν ἐν κόλπῳ καὶ τὰ καταλελιμμένα τέκνα ἃ ἂν καταλειφθῇ,

LXX

The man that is tender among you, and very delicate, his eye shall be evil toward his brother, and toward the wife of his bosom, and toward the remnant of his children whom he hath remaining;

ASV

הָ/אִישׁ֙ הָ/רַ֣ךְ בְּ/ךָ֔ וְ/הֶ/עָנֹ֖ג מְאֹ֑ד תֵּרַ֨ע עֵינ֤/וֹ בְ/אָחִי/ו֙ וּ/בְ/אֵ֣שֶׁת חֵיק֔/וֹ וּ/בְ/יֶ֥תֶר בָּנָ֖י/ו אֲשֶׁ֥ר יוֹתִֽיר

Hebrew

Open in reader with connections →

In the original Hebrew

13 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֲשֶׁר
'shr
particle · 5461×
אִ֣ישׁ
'ysh
noun · 2171×
בֶּן
bn
noun · 4909×
ו
v
noun · 629×
וֹ
v
noun · 780×
יֶ֣תֶר
ytr
noun · 102×
יֵּ֥רַע
yr'
verb · 102×
ךָ
k
noun · 38×
ךָ
k
noun · 894×
מְאֹֽד
m'd
noun · 297×
נּוֹתָר֙
nvtr
verb · 107×
עָנֹ֖ג
'ng
adjective · 3×
רַ֣ךְ
rk
adjective · 15×

Historic Christian voices

1 passage from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • 1Tim 5:6 — But she that liveth in pleasure is dead while she liveth.
  • Deut 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, w
  • Deut 13:6 — If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which is as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, w
  • Deut 15:9 — Beware that there be not a thought in thy wicked heart, saying, The seventh year, the year of release, is at hand; and thine eye be evil against thy poor brother, and thou givest him nought; and he cr
  • Deut 28:56 — 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, a
  • Lam 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.
  • Mark 7:22 — Thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness:
  • Matt 20:15 — Is it not lawful for me to do what I will with mine own? Is thine eye evil, because I am good?