Deuteronomy 28:56 KJV

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, and toward her son, and toward her daughter,

Thou and Ye

  • you more than one

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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  • Their ruin, if disobedientIf God inflicts vengeance, what miseries his curse can bring upon mankind, even in this present world! Yet these are but the beginning of sorrows to those...

Parallel Passages

  • Lamentations 4:10 The hands of the pitiful women have sodden their own children: they were their meat in the destruction of the daughter of my people.

From Thompson’s Chain-Reference Bible (1908).

Cross References

  • 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:
  • Isaiah 3:16 Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing as they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:
  • Lamentations 4:3–6 Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people is become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness. …

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  • The tender הָרַכָּה hārakkâ רַךְ Adjective · feminine singular · with the
  • and delicate בְךָ bĕkā Preposition · with suffix: second person masculine singular וְהָעֲנֻגָּה wĕhāʿănuggâ עָנֹג Adjective · feminine singular · with and, the
  • woman among you, which would not adventure אֲשֶׁר ʾăšer Relative לֹא lōʾ Negative נִסְּתָה nissĕtâ נָסָה Verb · piel perfect, third person feminine singular עַל ʿal Preposition
  • to set הַצֵּג haṣṣēg יָצַג Verb · hiphil infinitive construct
  • the sole כַף kap כַּף Noun · feminine singular construct
  • of her foot רַגְלָהּ raglāh רֶגֶל Noun · feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • upon the ground הָאָרֶץ hāʾāreṣ אֶרֶץ Noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the
  • for delicateness מֵהִתְעַנֵּג mēhitʿannēg עָנַג Verb · hithpael infinitive construct · with preposition
  • and tenderness וּמֵרֹךְ ûmērōk רֹךְ Noun · masculine singular · with and, preposition
  • her eye עֵינָהּ ʿênāh עַיִן Noun · masculine or feminine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • shall be evil תֵּרַע tēraʿ Verb · qal imperfect, third person feminine singular יָרַע yâraʻ
  • toward the husband בְּאִישׁ bĕʾîš אִישׁ Noun · masculine singular construct · with preposition
  • of her bosom חֵיקָהּ ḥêqāh חֵיק Noun · masculine singular construct · with suffix: third person feminine singular
  • and toward her son וּבִבְנָהּ ûbibnāh בֵּן Noun · masculine singular construct · with and, preposition, suffix: third person feminine singular
  • and toward her daughter וּבְבִתָּהּ ûbĕbittāh בַּת Noun · feminine singular construct · with and, preposition, suffix: third person feminine singular

Hebrew: Westminster Leningrad Codex, Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible · CC BY 4.0

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