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id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, festering sores and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, scurvy, and the itch, from which you cannot be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, and with tumors and scabs and itch, of which you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, with the scab, and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, the festering rash, and with scabies, from which you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and with the itch, from which you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“The LORD will strike you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors and with the scab and the itch that you cannot heal.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumors, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, tumors, a festering rash, and scabies, from which you cannot be cured. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Jehovah will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/deuteronomy/28.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />The LORD will make you suffer with diseases that will cause oozing sores or crusty itchy patches on your skin or boils like the ones that are common in Egypt. And there will be no cure for you! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />The LORD shall smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with the same boils that plagued the Egyptians. He will strike you with hemorrhoids, sores, and itching that won't go away. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will send boils on you, as he did on the Egyptians. He will make your bodies break out with sores. You will be covered with scabs, and you will itch, but there will be no cure. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors, skin disease, and festering rashes, and none of them will be curable. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt and with tumors, eczema, and scabies, all of which cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with the boil of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The LORD will smite thee with the botch of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, of which thou canst not be healed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Majority Text Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with tumors and scabs and itch from which you cannot be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Yahweh will strike you with the boils of Egypt, with the tumors, with the scurvy, and with the itch, of which you can not be healed. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />YHWH strikes you with the ulcer of Egypt, and with lumps, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which you are not able to be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'Jehovah doth smite thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and with emerods, and with scurvy, and with itch, of which thou art not able to be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Jehovah shall strike thee with the burning sore of Egypt, and with tumors, and with scratching, and with the itch of which thou shalt not be able to be healed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The Lord strike thee with the ulcer of Egypt, and the part of thy body, by which the dung is cast out, with the scab and with the itch : so that thou canst not be healed. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />May the Lord strike you with the ulcer of Egypt, and may he strike the part of your body, through which the dung goes out, with disease as well as itch, so much so that you are unable to be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will strike you with Egyptian boils and with tumors, skin diseases and the itch, from none of which you can be cured.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />The LORD will afflict you with the boils of Egypt, with ulcers, scurvy, and itch, of which you cannot be healed.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The LORD will smite you with the boils of Egypt and with hemorrhoids and with leprosy and with the itch, and thereof you cannot be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />LORD JEHOVAH shall strike you with the abscesses of the Egyptians and with hemorrhoids and with leprosy and with wasting away, so that you cannot be healed.<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The LORD will smite thee with the boil of Egypt, and with the emerods, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof thou canst not be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />The Lord smite thee with the botch of Egypt in the seat, and with a malignant scab, and itch, so that thou canst not be healed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-27.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=7574" 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">26</span>Your corpses will be food for all the birds of the air and beasts of the earth, with no one to scare them away. <span class="reftext">27</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">The LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: yak·kə·ḵāh (V-Hifil-Imperf-3ms:: 2ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">will afflict</a> <a href="/hebrew/7822.htm" title="7822: biš·ḥîn (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A boil, eruption. From an unused root probably meaning to burn; inflammation, i.e. An ulcer.">you with the boils</a> <a href="/hebrew/4714.htm" title="4714: miṣ·ra·yim (N-proper-fs) -- A son of Ham, also his desc. and their country in N.W. Africa. Dual of matsowr; Mitsrajim, i.e. Upper and Lower Egypt.">of Egypt,</a> <a href="/hebrew/6076.htm" title="6076: ū·ḇå̄·ʿo·p̄å̄·līm (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-mp) -- A tumor, a mound, fortress. From aphal; a tumor; also a mound, i.e. Fortress.">with tumors</a> <a href="/hebrew/1618.htm" title="1618: ū·ḇag·gā·rāḇ (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- An itch, a scab. From an unused root meaning to scratch; scurf.">and scabs</a> <a href="/hebrew/2775.htm" title="2775: ū·ḇe·ḥā·res (Conj-w, Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- The itch, the sun. Or charcah (perhaps from the mediating idea of charcuwth) the sun.">and itch</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">from which</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō- (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">you cannot</a> <a href="/hebrew/3201.htm" title="3201: ṯū·ḵal (V-Qal-Imperf-2ms) -- To be able, have power. Or yakowl; a primitive root; to be able, literally or morally."></a> <a href="/hebrew/7495.htm" title="7495: lə·hê·rā·p̄ê (Prep-l:: V-Nifal-Inf) -- To heal. Or raphah; a primitive root; properly, to mend, i.e. to cure.">be cured.</a> </span><span class="reftext">28</span>The LORD will afflict you with madness, blindness, and confusion of mind,…<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="/leviticus/26-16.htm">Leviticus 26:16</a></span><br />then this is what I will do to you: I will bring upon you sudden terror, wasting disease, and fever that will destroy your sight and drain your life. You will sow your seed in vain, because your enemies will eat it.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/leviticus/26-25.htm">Leviticus 26:25</a></span><br />And I will bring a sword against you to execute the vengeance of the covenant. Though you withdraw into your cities, I will send a plague among you, and you will be delivered into the hand of the enemy.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6-12</a></span><br />Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors. / And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.” / So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked, “What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” “It must be moved to Gath,” they replied. So they carried away the ark of the God of Israel. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-4.htm">1 Samuel 6:4-5</a></span><br />“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers. / Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_samuel/6-11.htm">1 Samuel 6:11-18</a></span><br />Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors. / And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh. / Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/21-12.htm">2 Chronicles 21:12-15</a></span><br />Then a letter came to Jehoram from Elijah the prophet, which stated: “This is what the LORD, the God of your father David, says: ‘You have not walked in the ways of your father Jehoshaphat or of Asa king of Judah, / but you have walked in the ways of the kings of Israel and have caused Judah and the people of Jerusalem to prostitute themselves, just as the house of Ahab prostituted itself. You have also killed your brothers, your father’s family, who were better than you. / So behold, the LORD is about to strike your people, your sons, your wives, and all your possessions with a serious blow. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/2-7.htm">Job 2:7</a></span><br />So Satan went out from the presence of the LORD and infected Job with terrible boils from the soles of his feet to the crown of his head.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Isaiah 3:17</a></span><br />the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-26.htm">Isaiah 30:26</a></span><br />The light of the moon will be as bright as the sun, and the light of the sun will be seven times brighter—like the light of seven days—on the day that the LORD binds up the brokenness of His people and heals the wounds He has inflicted.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-21.htm">Jeremiah 6:21</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will lay stumbling blocks before this people; fathers and sons alike will be staggered; friends and neighbors will perish.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/19-9.htm">Jeremiah 19:9</a></span><br />I will make them eat the flesh of their sons and daughters, and they will eat one another’s flesh in the siege and distress inflicted on them by their enemies who seek their lives.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/3-4.htm">Lamentations 3:4</a></span><br />He has worn away my flesh and skin; He has shattered my bones.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zechariah/14-12.htm">Zechariah 14:12</a></span><br />And this will be the plague with which the LORD strikes all the peoples who have warred against Jerusalem: Their flesh will rot while they stand on their feet, their eyes will rot in their sockets, and their tongues will rot in their mouths.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-7.htm">Matthew 24:7</a></span><br />Nation will rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom. There will be famines and earthquakes in various places.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/5-25.htm">Mark 5:25-29</a></span><br />And a woman was there who had suffered from bleeding for twelve years. / She had borne much agony under the care of many physicians and had spent all she had, but to no avail. Instead, her condition had only grown worse. / When the woman heard about Jesus, she came up through the crowd behind Him and touched His cloak. ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The LORD will smite you with the botch of Egypt, and with the tumors, and with the scab, and with the itch, whereof you can not be healed.</p><p class="hdg">the botch</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Deuteronomy 28:35</a></b></br> The LORD shall smite thee in the knees, and in the legs, with a sore botch that cannot be healed, from the sole of thy foot unto the top of thy head.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Exodus 9:9,11</a></b></br> And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth <i>with</i> blains upon man, and upon beast, throughout all the land of Egypt… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/exodus/15-26.htm">Exodus 15:26</a></b></br> And said, If thou wilt diligently hearken to the voice of the LORD thy God, and wilt do that which is right in his sight, and wilt give ear to his commandments, and keep all his statutes, I will put none of these diseases upon thee, which I have brought upon the Egyptians: for I <i>am</i> the LORD that healeth thee.</p><p class="hdg">emerods</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6,9,12</a></b></br> But the hand of the LORD was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, <i>even</i> Ashdod and the coasts thereof… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/78-66.htm">Psalm 78:66</a></b></br> And he smote his enemies in the hinder parts: he put them to a perpetual reproach.</p><p class="hdg">scab</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/13-2.htm">Leviticus 13:2-8</a></b></br> When a man shall have in the skin of his flesh a rising, a scab, or bright spot, and it be in the skin of his flesh <i>like</i> the plague of leprosy; then he shall be brought unto Aaron the priest, or unto one of his sons the priests: … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Leviticus 21:20</a></b></br> Or crookbackt, or a dwarf, or that hath a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or hath his stones broken;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Isaiah 3:17</a></b></br> Therefore the Lord will smite with a scab the crown of the head of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will discover their secret parts.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/deuteronomy/21-16.htm">Able</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-6.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/16-7.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/exodus/9-11.htm">Boils</a> <a href="/job/2-7.htm">Botch</a> <a href="/james/5-16.htm">Cured</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-21.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/26-8.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-17.htm">Emerods</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-48.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Itch</a> <a href="/leviticus/14-56.htm">Scab</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Scurvy</a> <a href="/numbers/31-20.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm">Sores</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/22-11.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-22.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-17.htm">Tumors</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Ulcers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/13-2.htm">Whereof</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/deuteronomy/31-2.htm">Able</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Afflict</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Boil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Boils</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Botch</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Cured</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Disease</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-59.htm">Diseases</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-60.htm">Egypt</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">Emerods</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Healed</a> <a href="/leviticus/13-30.htm">Itch</a> <a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Scab</a> <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm">Scurvy</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Skin</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Smite</a> <a href="/1_samuel/6-11.htm">Sores</a> <a href="/1_samuel/4-8.htm">Sorts</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-28.htm">Strike</a> <a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">Tumors</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Ulcers</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Whereof</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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The "boils of Egypt" specifically recall the sixth plague, where painful sores broke out on the Egyptians. This serves as a warning to the Israelites that disobedience to God's covenant will result in similar judgments. The mention of Egypt is significant, as it reminds the Israelites of their past bondage and the power of God to deliver and to judge. It underscores the seriousness of covenant faithfulness and the consequences of turning away from God.<p><b>with tumors and scabs and itch</b><br>These ailments are indicative of severe skin diseases, which in the ancient Near Eastern context, were often seen as a sign of divine displeasure or judgment. The specific mention of "tumors" may also connect to the afflictions suffered by the Philistines when they captured the Ark of the Covenant (<a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm">1 Samuel 5:6-12</a>). Skin diseases in biblical times were not only physically painful but also socially isolating, as they could render a person ceremonially unclean (Leviticus 13-14). This highlights the comprehensive nature of the curses for disobedience, affecting both physical health and social standing.<p><b>from which you cannot be cured</b><br>The incurability of these afflictions emphasizes the severity of the judgment. In the biblical worldview, true healing comes from God, and the inability to be cured signifies a withdrawal of divine favor and blessing. This phrase underscores the hopelessness and desperation that result from turning away from God's commands. It serves as a stark reminder of the importance of obedience and the dire consequences of forsaking the covenant. Theologically, it points to the need for divine intervention and the ultimate healing that comes through faithfulness to God, foreshadowing the complete healing and restoration found in Jesus Christ (<a href="/isaiah/53-5.htm">Isaiah 53:5</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who is both the giver of blessings and the enforcer of curses based on Israel's obedience or disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The chosen people of God, who are receiving the blessings and curses as part of the covenant established at Mount Sinai.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/e/egypt.htm">Egypt</a></b><br>A place of past bondage for Israel, symbolizing oppression and divine judgment, referenced here to remind Israel of the plagues they witnessed.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/b/boils,_tumors,_rash,_scabies.htm">Boils, Tumors, Rash, Scabies</a></b><br>Specific afflictions mentioned as part of the curses for disobedience, reminiscent of the plagues that struck Egypt.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/covenant_at_mount_sinai.htm">Covenant at Mount Sinai</a></b><br>The event where God gave the Law to Israel, establishing the terms of blessings for obedience and curses for disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_seriousness_of_disobedience.htm">The Seriousness of Disobedience</a></b><br>God's covenant with Israel included both blessings and curses. Disobedience leads to severe consequences, emphasizing the seriousness of sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/r/remembrance_of_past_judgments.htm">Remembrance of Past Judgments</a></b><br>The reference to Egypt serves as a reminder of God's past judgments and the reality of His power to enforce His will.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_incurability_of_sin_without_god.htm">The Incurability of Sin Without God</a></b><br>The incurable nature of these afflictions symbolizes the spiritual state of humanity without divine intervention. Only God can provide true healing.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_obedience.htm">The Call to Obedience</a></b><br>Believers are called to live in obedience to God's commands, understanding that disobedience leads to spiritual and sometimes physical consequences.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/christ_as_the_fulfillment_of_the_law.htm">Christ as the Fulfillment of the Law</a></b><br>In Christ, believers find redemption from the curse of the law, highlighting the importance of faith and grace in the New Covenant.<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/why_did_jesus_undergo_baptism_by_john.htm">Is working on the Sabbath considered wrong?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_'lord_of_the_sabbath'_mean.htm">What does 'Lord of the Sabbath' mean?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/isaiah_3_16-17__historical_or_modern_clash.htm">Isaiah 3:16–17: Are these punishments for vanity historically documented, or do they clash with modern understanding of individual freedom and personal expression? </a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/evidence_for_deut._11_2-7_events.htm">In Deuteronomy 11:2-7, where is the historical or archeological evidence for the miraculous events described in Egypt and the Red Sea?</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>(27) <span class= "bld">The botch of Egypt.</span>--The "boil," with which the Egyptians were plagued (<a href="/exodus/9-9.htm" title="And it shall become small dust in all the land of Egypt, and shall be a boil breaking forth with blains on man, and on beast, throughout all the land of Egypt.">Exodus 9:9</a>, &c.) is the same word. (See also <a href="/2_kings/20-7.htm" title="And Isaiah said, Take a lump of figs. And they took and laid it on the boil, and he recovered.">2Kings 20:7</a>; <a href="/job/2-7.htm" title="So went Satan forth from the presence of the LORD, and smote Job with sore boils from the sole of his foot to his crown.">Job 2:7</a>.) Rashi says of this boil, "It was very bad, being moist on the inside, and dry outside." A learned Dalmatian Jew, with whom I have read this passage, tells me that he has seen many cases of this kind among the Hungarian and Polish Jews, and that it prevails among them, being traceable partly to their uncleanliness.<p><span class= "bld">Emerods</span>--<span class= "ital">i.e., h?morrhoids </span>(as in <a href="/1_samuel/5-6.htm" title="But the hand of the LORD was heavy on them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with tumors, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.">1Samuel 5:6</a>).<p><span class= "bld">The scab.</span>--In <a href="/leviticus/21-20.htm" title="Or hunch back, or a dwarf, or that has a blemish in his eye, or be scurvy, or scabbed, or has his stones broken;">Leviticus 21:20</a>; <a href="/leviticus/22-22.htm" title="Blind, or broken, or maimed, or having a running sore, or scurvy, or scabbed, you shall not offer these to the LORD, nor make an offering by fire of them on the altar to the LORD.">Leviticus 22:22</a> "scurvy." It would make both a priest and a victim unclean, and unfit for the service of Jehovah. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 27-34.</span> <span class="accented">- Second group</span>. The Lord should afflict them with various loathsome diseases, vex them with humiliating and mortifying calamities, and give them over to be plundered and oppressed by their enemies. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 27.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Botch of Egypt</span>; the form of leprosy peculiar to Egypt (<a href="/exodus/9-9.htm">Exodus 9:9</a>, etc.), <span class="accented">elephantiasis</span>, "<span class="accented">AEgypti</span> peculiare malum" (Pliny, 'Nat. Hist.,' 26:1-5). Emerods; tumors, probably piles (cf. <a href="/1_samuel/5.htm">1 Samuel 5</a>.). Scab; probably some kind of malignant scurvy. Itch; of this there are various kinds common in Egypt and Syria. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-27.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">The LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֜ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will afflict</span><br /><span class="heb">יַכְּכָ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(yak·kə·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">you with the boils</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּשְׁחִ֤ין</span> <span class="translit">(biš·ḥîn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7822.htm">Strong's 7822: </a> </span><span class="str2">Inflammation, an ulcer</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Egypt,</span><br /><span class="heb">מִצְרַ֙יִם֙</span> <span class="translit">(miṣ·ra·yim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4714.htm">Strong's 4714: </a> </span><span class="str2">Egypt -- a son of Ham, also his descendants and their country in Northwest Africa</span><br /><br /><span class="word">with tumors</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַטְּחֹרִ֔ים</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇaṭ·ṭə·ḥō·rîm)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6076.htm">Strong's 6076: </a> </span><span class="str2">A tumor, a mound, fortress</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and scabs</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבַגָּרָ֖ב</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇag·gā·rāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1618.htm">Strong's 1618: </a> </span><span class="str2">An itch, a scab</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and itch,</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבֶחָ֑רֶס</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇe·ḥā·res)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2775.htm">Strong's 2775: </a> </span><span class="str2">The itch, the sun</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from which</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֥ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">you cannot</span><br /><span class="heb">לֹא־</span> <span class="translit">(lō-)</span><br /><span class="parse">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">be cured.</span><br /><span class="heb">לְהֵרָפֵֽא׃</span> <span class="translit">(lə·hê·rā·p̄ê)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Nifal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7495.htm">Strong's 7495: </a> </span><span class="str2">To mend, to cure</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">Deuteronomy 28:27 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-27.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:27 Yahweh will strike you with the boil (Deut. 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