Deuteronomy 28:49 KJV

The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;

Thou and Ye

  • thee, thou one person

In the King James Bible, thee, thou, thy, and thine always mean one person, and ye, you, and your more than one: a difference modern English lost. Why keep these words?

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Cross References

  • Lamentations 4:19 Our persecutors are swifter than the eagles of the heaven: they pursued us upon the mountains, they laid wait for us in the wilderness.
  • Hosea 8:1 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
  • Isaiah 5:26–30 And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly: …
  • Jeremiah 48:40 For thus saith the LORD; Behold, he shall fly as an eagle, and shall spread his wings over Moab.
  • Jeremiah 49:22 Behold, he shall come up and fly as the eagle, and spread his wings over Bozrah: and at that day shall the heart of the mighty men of Edom be as the heart of a woman in her pangs.

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  • LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.

Hebrew and Strong’s

  • The LORD יְהוָה yhwh יְהֹוָה Proper name
  • shall bring יִשָּׂא yiśśāʾ נָשָׂא Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • a nation גּוֹי gôy גּוֹי Noun · masculine singular
  • against thee from far עָלֶיךָ ʿālêkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular מֵרָחוֹק mērāḥôq רָחוֹק Adjective · masculine singular · with preposition
  • from the end מִקְצֵה miqṣê קָצֶה Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with preposition
  • of the earth הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • as the eagle הַנָּשֶׁר hannāšer נֶשֶׁר Noun · masculine singular · with the
  • flieth כַּאֲשֶׁר kaʾăšer Relative · with preposition יִדְאֶה yidʾê דָּאָה Verb · qal imperfect, third person masculine singular
  • a nation גּוֹי gôy גּוֹי Noun · masculine singular
  • whose tongue לְשֹׁנוֹ lĕšōnô לָשׁוֹן Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person masculine singular
  • thou shalt not understand אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative לֹא lōʾ Negative תִשְׁמַע tišmaʿ שָׁמַע Verb · qal imperfect, second person masculine singular

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