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You will be unsuccessful in everything you do; day after day you will be oppressed and robbed, with no one to rescue you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />You will grope around in broad daylight like a blind person groping in the darkness, but you will not find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will come to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. And you shall be only oppressed and robbed continually, and there shall be no one to help you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save <i>thee</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />And you shall grope at noonday, as a blind man gropes in darkness; you shall not prosper in your ways; you shall be only oppressed and plundered continually, and no one shall save <i>you.</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />and you will be groping about at noon, just as a person who is blind gropes in the darkness, and you will not be successful in your ways; but you will only be oppressed and robbed all the time, with no one to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />and you shall grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed continually, with none to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and you will grope at noon, as the blind man gropes in darkness, and you will not succeed in your ways; but you shall only be oppressed and robbed all <i>your</i> days, with none to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />and you will be groping at noon [in broad daylight], just as the blind grope in the darkness, and nothing you do will prosper; but you will only be oppressed <i>and</i> exploited and robbed continually, with no one to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that at noon you will grope as a blind person gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />so that at noon you will grope as a blind man gropes in the dark. You will not be successful in anything you do. You will only be oppressed and robbed continually, and no one will help you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />that even in bright sunshine you will have to feel your way around like a blind person, who cannot tell day from night. For the rest of your life, people will beat and rob you, and no one will be able to stop them. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />and thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled alway, and there shall be none to save thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />You will grope in broad daylight as blind people grope in their blindness. You won't be successful in anything you do. As long as you live, you will be oppressed and robbed with no one to rescue you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will grope about in broad daylight like someone blind, and you will not be able to find your way. You will not prosper in anything you do. You will be constantly oppressed and robbed, and there will be no one to help you. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />As a result, you'll wander aimlessly in broad daylight just as a blind person wanders in darkness. You won't prosper in life. Instead you'll be oppressed and plundered all day long, with no deliverer.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />You will feel your way along at noon like the blind person does in darkness and you will not succeed in anything you do; you will be constantly oppressed and continually robbed, with no one to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />and you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and robbed always, and there shall be none to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt grope at noon-day, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways: and thou shalt be only oppressed and spoiled evermore, and no man shall save thee.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />and at noon you will grope about like a blind man in the darkness. You will not prosper in your ways. Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered, with no one to save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />You will grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways. You will only be oppressed and robbed always, and there will be no one to save you. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and you have been groping at noon, as the blind gropes in darkness; and you do not cause your ways to prosper; and you have been only oppressed and plundered [for] all the days, and there is no savior.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and thou hast been gropling at noon, as the blind gropeth in darkness; and thou dost not cause thy ways to prosper; and thou hast been only oppressed and plundered all the days, and there is no saviour.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And thou wert groping at noon as the blind shall grope in darkness, and thou shalt not succeed with thy ways: and thou wert only oppressed and stripped all the days, and none saving.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And mayst thou grope at midday as the blind is wont to grope in the dark, and not make straight thy ways. And mayst thou at all times suffer wrong, and be oppressed with violence, and mayst thou have no one to deliver thee. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And may you grope at midday, just as a blind man is accustomed to grope in darkness, and may your paths not be straight. And at all times may you suffer slander and be oppressed with violence, and may you have no one who may free you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />so that even at midday you will grope in the dark as though blind, unable to find your way. You will be oppressed and robbed continually, with no one to come to your aid.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />you shall grope about at noon as blind people grope in darkness, but you shall be unable to find your way; and you shall be continually abused and robbed, without anyone to help.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind grope in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways; and you shall be carried away violently, and oppressed and wronged all your days, and no man shall save you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And you will be groping at noonday as he who gropes blind in the darkness, and you shall not go up your road ahead; you shall be taken by force and oppressed all of your days and there shall be no one who saves you.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And thou shalt grope at noonday, as the blind gropeth in darkness, and thou shalt not make thy ways prosperous; and thou shalt be only oppressed and robbed alway, and there shall be none to save thee.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And thou shalt grope at mid-day, as a blind man would grope in the darkness, and thou shalt not prosper in thy ways; and then thou shalt be unjustly treated, and plundered continually, and there shall be no helper.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/IRhBtZaVxJ0?start=7588" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">The Curses of Disobedience</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">28</span>The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind, <span class="reftext">29</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6672.htm" title="6672: baṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim (Prep-b, Art:: N-md) -- A light, double light, noon. From tsahar; a light: dual double light, i.e. Noon.">and at noon</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">you will</a> <a href="/hebrew/4959.htm" title="4959: mə·maš·šêš (V-Piel-Prtcpl-ms) -- To feel, grope. A primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope.">grope about</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ka·’ă·šer (Prep-k:: Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">like</a> <a href="/hebrew/5787.htm" title="5787: hā·‘iw·wêr (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Blind. Intensive from avar; blind.">a blind man</a> <a href="/hebrew/4959.htm" title="4959: yə·maš·šêš (V-Piel-Imperf-3ms) -- To feel, grope. A primitive root; to feel of; by implication, to grope."></a> <a href="/hebrew/653.htm" title="653: bā·’ă·p̄ê·lāh (Prep-b, Art:: N-fs) -- Darkness, gloominess, calamity. Feminine of 'aphel; duskiness, figuratively, misfortune; concrete, concealment.">in the darkness.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">You will not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6743.htm" title="6743: ṯaṣ·lî·aḥ (V-Hifil-Imperf-2ms) -- To push forward. Or tsaleach; a primitive root; to push forward, in various senses.">prosper</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1870.htm" title="1870: də·rā·ḵe·ḵā (N-cpc:: 2ms) -- Way, road, distance, journey, manner. From darak; a road; figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb.">in your ways.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">Day after day</a> <a href="/hebrew/1961.htm" title="1961: wə·hā·yî·ṯā (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-2ms) -- To fall out, come to pass, become, be. A primitive root; to exist, i.e. Be or become, come to pass.">you will be</a> <a href="/hebrew/389.htm" title="389: ’aḵ (Adv) -- Surely, howbeit. Akin to 'aken; a particle of affirmation, surely; hence only."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6231.htm" title="6231: ‘ā·šūq (V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To oppress, wrong, extort. A primitive root; to press upon, i.e. Oppress, defraud, violate, overflow.">oppressed</a> <a href="/hebrew/1497.htm" title="1497: wə·ḡā·zūl (Conj-w:: V-Qal-QalPassPrtcpl-ms) -- To tear away, seize, rob. A primitive root; to pluck off; specifically to flay, strip or rob.">and plundered,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3117.htm" title="3117: hay·yā·mîm (Art:: N-mp) -- Day. From an unused root meaning to be hot; a day, whether literal, or figurative."></a> <a href="/hebrew/369.htm" title="369: wə·’ên (Conj-w:: Adv) -- As if from a primitive root meaning to be nothing or not exist; a non-entity; generally used as a negative particle.">with no one</a> <a href="/hebrew/3467.htm" title="3467: mō·wō·šî·a‘ (V-Hifil-Prtcpl-ms) -- To deliver. A primitive root; properly, to be open, wide or free, i.e. to be safe; causatively, to free or succor.">to save you.</a> </span><span class="reftext">30</span>You will be pledged in marriage to a woman, but another man will violate her. You will build a house but will not live in it. You will plant a vineyard but will not enjoy its fruit.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Isaiah 59:10</a></span><br />Like the blind, we feel our way along the wall, groping like those without eyes. We stumble at midday as in the twilight; among the vigorous we are like the dead.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/5-14.htm">Job 5:14</a></span><br />They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-14.htm">Lamentations 4:14</a></span><br />They wandered blind in the streets, defiled by this blood, so that no one dared to touch their garments.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/8-9.htm">Amos 8:9</a></span><br />And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-17.htm">Zephaniah 1:17</a></span><br />I will bring such distress on mankind that they will walk like the blind, because they have sinned against the LORD. Their blood will be poured out like dust and their flesh like dung.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a></span><br />But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/42-18.htm">Isaiah 42:18-20</a></span><br />Listen, you deaf ones; look, you blind ones, that you may see! / Who is blind but My servant, or deaf like the messenger I am sending? Who is blind like My covenant partner, or blind like the servant of the LORD? / Though seeing many things, you do not keep watch. Though your ears are open, you do not hear.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Jeremiah 13:16</a></span><br />Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/3-6.htm">Micah 3:6</a></span><br />Therefore night will come over you without visions, and darkness without divination. The sun will set on these prophets, and the daylight will turn black over them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/6-9.htm">Isaiah 6:9-10</a></span><br />And He replied: “Go and tell this people, ‘Be ever hearing, but never understanding; be ever seeing, but never perceiving.’ / Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/15-14.htm">Matthew 15:14</a></span><br />Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-8.htm">Romans 11:8-10</a></span><br />as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” / And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. / May their eyes be darkened so they cannot see, and their backs be bent forever.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/4-4.htm">2 Corinthians 4:4</a></span><br />The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so they cannot see the light of the gospel of the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ephesians/4-18.htm">Ephesians 4:18</a></span><br />They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">And you shall grope at noonday, as the blind gropes in darkness, and you shall not prosper in your ways: and you shall be only oppressed and spoiled ever more, and no man shall save you.</p><p class="hdg">grope</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/5-14.htm">Job 5:14</a></b></br> They meet with darkness in the daytime, and grope in the noonday as in the night.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/12-25.htm">Job 12:25</a></b></br> They grope in the dark without light, and he maketh them to stagger like <i>a</i> drunken <i>man</i>.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/69-23.htm">Psalm 69:23,24</a></b></br> Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to shake… </p><p class="hdg">thou shalt be</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/3-14.htm">Judges 3:14</a></b></br> So the children of Israel served Eglon the king of Moab eighteen years.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/4-2.htm">Judges 4:2,3</a></b></br> And the LORD sold them into the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, that reigned in Hazor; the captain of whose host <i>was</i> Sisera, which dwelt in Harosheth of the Gentiles… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/judges/6-1.htm">Judges 6:1-6</a></b></br> And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD: and the LORD delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/11-1.htm">Alway</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-13.htm">Always</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-6.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/5-23.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/revelation/4-8.htm">Evermore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-27.htm">Help</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">High</a> <a href="/acts/26-13.htm">Midday</a> <a href="/genesis/43-25.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">Noonday</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-8.htm">Noon-Day</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-2.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/6-24.htm">Prosper</a> <a href="/leviticus/25-26.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/leviticus/6-4.htm">Robbed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-27.htm">Save</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/3-7.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/24-15.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/philippians/1-22.htm">Unsuccessful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-25.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Alway</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Always</a> <a href="/1_samuel/2-33.htm">Blind</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Crushed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-66.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/joshua/24-7.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/2_samuel/22-51.htm">Evermore</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Help</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-43.htm">High</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">Midday</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">Noon</a> <a href="/2_samuel/4-5.htm">Noonday</a> <a href="/job/5-14.htm">Noon-Day</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-33.htm">Oppressed</a> <a href="/judges/6-15.htm">Poor</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-63.htm">Prosper</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-5.htm">Prosperous</a> <a href="/judges/9-25.htm">Robbed</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm">Save</a> <a href="/joshua/8-27.htm">Spoiled</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/33-14.htm">Sun</a> <a href="/philippians/1-22.htm">Unsuccessful</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-68.htm">Way</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/30-16.htm">Ways</a><div class="vheading2">Deuteronomy 28</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-1.htm">The blessings for obedience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">The curses for disobedience</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In biblical times, blindness was often associated with a lack of understanding or spiritual insight (<a href="/isaiah/59-10.htm">Isaiah 59:10</a>). The imagery of groping at noon, when the sun is at its highest, emphasizes the severity of the disorientation and judgment. This condition is a result of turning away from God's commandments, reflecting the spiritual blindness that comes from sin (<a href="/john/9-39.htm">John 9:39-41</a>). The metaphor of darkness is frequently used in Scripture to describe a life without God's guidance (<a href="/proverbs/4-19.htm">Proverbs 4:19</a>).<p><b>You will not prosper in your ways.</b><br>This statement underscores the futility of efforts without divine blessing. In the covenant context of Deuteronomy, prosperity is linked to obedience to God's laws (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-14</a>). The lack of prosperity here is a direct consequence of disobedience, highlighting the principle that true success is contingent upon alignment with God's will (<a href="/psalms/1-3.htm">Psalm 1:3-4</a>). This serves as a warning that human endeavors apart from God are ultimately fruitless (<a href="/john/15-5.htm">John 15:5</a>).<p><b>Day after day you will be oppressed and plundered,</b><br>The repetition of oppression and plundering indicates a continuous and relentless experience of suffering. Historically, Israel faced such conditions during periods of foreign domination, such as under the Philistines or during the Babylonian exile (<a href="/judges/6.htm">Judges 6:1-6</a>, <a href="/2_kings/24-14.htm">2 Kings 24:14</a>). This reflects the curses outlined in the covenant for disobedience (<a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-39</a>). Theologically, it points to the consequences of sin and the loss of divine protection (<a href="/isaiah/42-24.htm">Isaiah 42:24-25</a>).<p><b>with no one to save you.</b><br>This phrase highlights the absence of deliverance, contrasting with the many instances where God raised up judges or leaders to rescue Israel (<a href="/judges/2-16.htm">Judges 2:16</a>). It underscores the severity of divine judgment when God withdraws His saving hand due to persistent rebellion (<a href="/jeremiah/11-11.htm">Jeremiah 11:11</a>). This absence of salvation serves as a stark reminder of the need for repentance and reliance on God alone for deliverance (<a href="/psalms/146-3.htm">Psalm 146:3-5</a>). In a broader sense, it foreshadows the ultimate salvation through Jesus Christ, who is the only true Savior (<a href="/acts/4-12.htm">Acts 4:12</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/m/moses.htm">Moses</a></b><br>The author of Deuteronomy, Moses is delivering God's laws and instructions to the Israelites before they enter the Promised Land.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israelites.htm">Israelites</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are receiving the blessings and curses based on their obedience or disobedience to God's commandments.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/p/promised_land.htm">Promised Land</a></b><br>The land of Canaan, which God promised to the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_disobedience.htm">Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br><a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29</a> highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God's commandments. The imagery of groping at noon as if in the dark symbolizes confusion and helplessness that result from disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_blindness.htm">Spiritual Blindness</a></b><br>The verse serves as a metaphor for spiritual blindness, where individuals are unable to perceive God's truth and guidance due to their rebellion against Him.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/d/dependence_on_god.htm">Dependence on God</a></b><br>This passage reminds believers of the importance of relying on God for direction and wisdom. Without His guidance, we are like those who grope in the dark.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God's Word is crucial for living a life that is blessed and directed by Him. Disobedience leads to a life of uncertainty and lack of direction.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/h/hope_in_christ.htm">Hope in Christ</a></b><br>While the verse speaks of curses, it also points to the hope found in Christ, who redeems us from the curse of the law and brings us into His marvelous light.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_deuteronomy_28.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Deuteronomy 28</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_cannibalism.htm">What does the Bible say about cannibalism?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_of_deut_29_22-28_curses.htm">(Deut 29:22-28) Is there any historical or archaeological evidence that the severe curses and land devastation described actually occurred?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_must_a_woman_marry_her_rapist.htm">Why does the Bible say a woman must marry her rapist (Deuteronomy 22:28-29)?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/can_hananiah's_short_exile_prophecy_be_trusted.htm">In Jeremiah 28:1-4, how can Hananiah's prophecy of a short Babylonian captivity be trusted given the historical evidence of a much longer exile?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/deuteronomy/28.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(29) <span class= "bld">Thou shalt not prosper in thy ways.</span>--The exact opposite is promised to Joshua (<a href="/deuteronomy/1-8.htm" title="Behold, I have set the land before you: go in and possess the land which the LORD swore to your fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, to give to them and to their seed after them.">Deuteronomy 1:8</a>) if he follows the Book of the Law. (Comp. <a href="/context/isaiah/29-10.htm" title="For the LORD has poured out on you the spirit of deep sleep, and has closed your eyes: the prophets and your rulers, the seers has he covered.">Isaiah 29:10-14</a>.) When men find it no longer possible to follow the word of God, it is written that "the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid."<p><span class= "bld">Oppressed.</span>--The children of Israel and of Judah were "oppressed "together (<a href="/jeremiah/50-33.htm" title="Thus said the LORD of hosts; The children of Israel and the children of Judah were oppressed together: and all that took them captives held them fast; they refused to let them go.">Jeremiah 50:33</a>). But it is added, "Their Redeemer is strong" (<a href="/deuteronomy/28-34.htm" title="So that you shall be mad for the sight of your eyes which you shall see.">Deuteronomy 28:34</a>).<p><span class= "bld">Spoiled.</span>--The word occurs again in <a href="/deuteronomy/28-31.htm" title="Your ox shall be slain before your eyes, and you shall not eat thereof: your ass shall be violently taken away from before your face, and shall not be restored to you: your sheep shall be given to your enemies, and you shall have none to rescue them.">Deuteronomy 28:31</a> : "Violently taken away." . . . <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">so that at noon</span><br /><span class="heb">בַּֽצָּהֳרַ֗יִם</span> <span class="translit">(baṣ·ṣā·ho·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - md<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6672.htm">Strong's 6672: </a> </span><span class="str2">A light, double light, noon</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיִ֜יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">grope about</span><br /><span class="heb">מְמַשֵּׁ֣שׁ</span> <span class="translit">(mə·maš·šêš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4959.htm">Strong's 4959: </a> </span><span class="str2">To feel of, to grope</span><br /><br /><span class="word">like</span><br /><span class="heb">כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר</span> <span class="translit">(ka·’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">a blind man</span><br /><span class="heb">הָעִוֵּר֙</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘iw·wêr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5787.htm">Strong's 5787: </a> </span><span class="str2">Blind</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in the darkness.</span><br /><span class="heb">בָּאֲפֵלָ֔ה</span> <span class="translit">(bā·’ă·p̄ê·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b, Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_653.htm">Strong's 653: </a> </span><span class="str2">Duskiness, misfortune, concealment</span><br /><br /><span class="word">You will not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֥א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">prosper</span><br /><span class="heb">תַצְלִ֖יחַ</span> <span class="translit">(ṯaṣ·lî·aḥ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6743.htm">Strong's 6743: </a> </span><span class="str2">To push forward</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in your ways.</span><br /><span class="heb">דְּרָכֶ֑יךָ</span> <span class="translit">(də·rā·ḵe·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1870.htm">Strong's 1870: </a> </span><span class="str2">A road, a course of life, mode of action</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Day after day</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּל־</span> <span class="translit">(kāl-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> </span><span class="str2">The whole, all, any, every</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you will be</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָיִ֜יתָ</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·yî·ṯā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1961.htm">Strong's 1961: </a> </span><span class="str2">To fall out, come to pass, become, be</span><br /><br /><span class="word">oppressed</span><br /><span class="heb">עָשׁ֧וּק</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·šūq)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6231.htm">Strong's 6231: </a> </span><span class="str2">To press upon, oppress, defraud, violate, overflow</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and plundered,</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגָז֛וּל</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡā·zūl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1497.htm">Strong's 1497: </a> </span><span class="str2">To pluck off, to flay, strip, rob</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with no one</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֵ֥ין</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_369.htm">Strong's 369: </a> </span><span class="str2">A non-entity, a negative particle</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to save you.</span><br /><span class="heb">מוֹשִֽׁיעַ׃</span> <span class="translit">(mō·wō·šî·a‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3467.htm">Strong's 3467: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be open, wide, free, to be safe, to free, succor</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">Deuteronomy 28:29 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-29.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:29 And you shall grope at noonday as (Deut. 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