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Deuteronomy 28:56 The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter
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loves and toward her own son or daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />The most tender and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and tender, will begrudge to the husband she embraces, to her son and to her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/deuteronomy/28.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and sensitivity, will refuse to the husband of her bosom, and to her son and her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her delicateness and tenderness, will be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />“The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/deuteronomy/28.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />The refined and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and refinement, shall be hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/deuteronomy/28.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />The most refined and well-bred woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because she is so delicate and pampered, will be cruel <i>and</i> hostile toward the husband she cherishes and toward her son and daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />The most sensitive and refined woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground because of her refinement and sensitivity, will begrudge the husband she embraces, her son, and her daughter, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/deuteronomy/28.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman among you, who 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/deuteronomy/28.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />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;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/deuteronomy/28.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />The most tender and sensitive woman among you-so sensitive and tender that she wouldn't even step on an ant-will become stingy toward the husband she loves or toward her own son or daughter.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/deuteronomy/28.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />The most tender and sensitive lady among you, who doesn't venture to touch the soles of her feet to the ground on account of her daintiness, will look with hostility in her eyes against her beloved husband, her sons, and her daughters. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />The most gentle and refined woman among you, so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge the husband she embraces and her son and daughter<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/deuteronomy/28.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Likewise, the most tender and delicate of your women, who would never think of putting even the sole of her foot on the ground because of her daintiness, will turn against her beloved husband, her sons and daughters,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on 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,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil towards the husband of her bosom, and towards her son, and towards her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/deuteronomy/28.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye will be evil toward the husband that she loves, toward her son, toward her daughter, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />The tender woman in you, and the delicate, who has not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness—her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> 'The tender woman in thee, and the delicate, who hath not tried the sole of her foot to place on the ground because of delicateness and because of tenderness -- her eye is evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />She tender and delicate in thee, who tried not to set the sole of her foot upon the earth from delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil upon the husband of her bosom, and upon her son, and upon her daughter,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman, that could not go upon the ground, nor set down her foot for over much niceness and tenderness, will envy her husband who lieth in her bosom, the flesh of her son, and of her daughter, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/deuteronomy/28.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />The tender and pampered woman, who would not walk upon the soil, nor step firmly with her foot due to her very great softness and tenderness, will vie with her husband, who lies at her bosom, over the flesh of son and of daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/deuteronomy/28.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />The most fastidious woman among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, so refined and fastidious is she, will begrudge her beloved husband and her son and daughter<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/deuteronomy/28.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />She who is the most refined and gentle among you, so gentle and refined that she does not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground, will begrudge food to the husband whom she embraces, to her own son, and to her own daughter,<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/deuteronomy/28.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />The woman who abounds in delights, who lives a luxurious life among you, who would not venture to set the sole of her foot upon the ground because of her delicacy and tenderness, her eye shall be evil toward her husband and toward her son and toward her daughter<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/deuteronomy/28.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />She who holds feasts among you and lives in luxury who would not put the sole of her foot to stand on the ground, by her daintiness and by her delicateness, her eye shall stare at her husband and at her son and at her daughter,<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/deuteronomy/28.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />The tender and delicate woman among you, who would not adventure to set the sole of her foot upon the ground for delicateness and tenderness, her eye shall be evil against the husband of her bosom, and against her son, and against her daughter;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/deuteronomy/28.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And she that is tender and delicate among you, whose foot has not assayed to go upon the earth for delicacy and tenderness, shall look with an evil eye on her husband in her bosom, and her son and her daughter,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/deuteronomy/28-56.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=7872" 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">55</span>refusing to share with any of them the flesh of his children he will eat because he has nothing left in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within all your gates. <span class="reftext">56</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/7390.htm" title="7390: hā·rak·kāh (Art:: Adj-fs) -- Tender, delicate, soft. From rakak; tender; by implication, weak.">The most gentle</a> <a href="/hebrew/6028.htm" title="6028: wə·hā·‘ă·nug·gāh (Conj-w, Art:: Adj-fs) -- Dainty. From anag; luxurious.">and refined woman</a> <a href="/hebrew/ḇə·ḵā (Prep:: 2ms) -- ">among you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7391.htm" title="7391: ū·mê·rōḵ (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-ms) -- Tenderness, delicacy. From rakak; softness.">so gentle</a> <a href="/hebrew/6026.htm" title="6026: mê·hiṯ·‘an·nêḡ (Prep-m:: V-Hitpael-Inf) -- To be soft, delicate, dainty. A primitive root; to be soft or pliable, i.e. effeminate or luxurious.">and refined</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."></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.">she would not</a> <a href="/hebrew/5254.htm" title="5254: nis·sə·ṯāh (V-Piel-Perf-3fs) -- To test, try. A primitive root; to test; by implication, to attempt.">venture</a> <a href="/hebrew/3322.htm" title="3322: haṣ·ṣêḡ (V-Hifil-Inf) -- To set, place. A primitive root; to place permanently.">to set</a> <a href="/hebrew/3709.htm" title="3709: ḵap̄- (N-fsc) -- Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan. From kaphaph; the hollow hand or palm; figuratively, power.">the sole</a> <a href="/hebrew/7272.htm" title="7272: raḡ·lāh (N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Foot. From ragal; a foot; by implication, a step; by euphem. The pudenda.">of her foot</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the ground,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7489.htm" title="7489: tê·ra‘ (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- A primitive root; properly, to spoil; figuratively, to make good for nothing, i.e. Bad.">will begrudge</a> <a href="/hebrew/5869.htm" title="5869: ‘ê·nāh (N-csc:: 3fs) -- An eye. Probably a primitive word; an eye; by analogy, a fountain."></a> <a href="/hebrew/376.htm" title="376: bə·’îš (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Man. Contracted for 'enowsh; a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term.">the husband</a> <a href="/hebrew/2436.htm" title="2436: ḥê·qāh (N-msc:: 3fs) -- Bosom. Or cheq; and chowq; from an unused root, apparently meaning to inclose; the bosom.">she embraces</a> <a href="/hebrew/1121.htm" title="1121: ū·ḇiḇ·nāh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc:: 3fs) -- Son. From banah; a son, in the widest sense (like 'ab, 'ach, etc.).">and her son</a> <a href="/hebrew/1323.htm" title="1323: ū·ḇə·ḇit·tāh (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-fsc:: 3fs) -- Daughter. From banah; a daughter.">and daughter</a> </span><span class="reftext">57</span>the afterbirth that comes from between her legs and the children she bears, because she will secretly eat them for lack of anything else in the siege and distress that your enemy will inflict on you within your gates.…<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="/2_kings/6-28.htm">2 Kings 6:28-29</a></span><br />Then the king asked her, “What is the matter?” And she answered, “This woman said to me, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him, and tomorrow we will eat my son.’ / So we boiled my son and ate him, and the next day I said to her, ‘Give up your son, that we may eat him.’ But she had hidden her son.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/4-10.htm">Lamentations 4:10</a></span><br />The hands of compassionate women have cooked their own children, who became their food in the destruction of the daughter of my people.<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="/leviticus/26-29.htm">Leviticus 26:29</a></span><br />You will eat the flesh of your own sons and daughters.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-10.htm">Ezekiel 5:10</a></span><br />As a result, fathers among you will eat their sons, and sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments against you and scatter all your remnant to every wind.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_kings/6-25.htm">2 Kings 6:25</a></span><br />So there was a great famine in Samaria. Indeed, they besieged the city so long that a donkey’s head sold for eighty shekels of silver, and a quarter cab of dove’s dung sold for five shekels of silver.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-26</a></span><br />The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” / In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/6-2.htm">Jeremiah 6:2</a></span><br />Though she is beautiful and delicate, I will destroy the Daughter of Zion.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/7-2.htm">Micah 7:2-6</a></span><br />The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net. / Both hands are skilled at evil; the prince and the judge demand a bribe. When the powerful utters his evil desire, they all conspire together. / The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a hedge of thorns. The day for your watchmen has come, the day of your visitation. Now is the time of their confusion. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm">Hosea 13:16</a></span><br />Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/24-19.htm">Matthew 24:19</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-23.htm">Luke 21:23</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers! For there will be great distress upon the land and wrath against this people.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-17.htm">Mark 13:17</a></span><br />How miserable those days will be for pregnant and nursing mothers!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-21.htm">Matthew 10:21</a></span><br />Brother will betray brother to death, and a father his child; children will rise against their parents and have them put to death.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-53.htm">Luke 12:53</a></span><br />They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">The tender and delicate woman among you, which would not adventure to set the sole of her foot on 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,</p><p class="hdg">and delicate</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16</a></b></br> Moreover the LORD saith, Because the daughters of Zion are haughty, and walk with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes, walking and mincing <i>as</i> they go, and making a tinkling with their feet:</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/4-3.htm">Lamentations 4:3-6</a></b></br> Even the sea monsters draw out the breast, they give suck to their young ones: the daughter of my people <i>is become</i> cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness… </p><p class="hdg">her eye shall be evil</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Deuteronomy 28:54</a></b></br> <i>So that</i> the man <i>that is</i> 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:</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/acts/19-31.htm">Adventure</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/27-22.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Delicate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/25-11.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Refined</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-35.htm">Sole</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Tenderness</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-54.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/2_corinthians/10-12.htm">Venture</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-14.htm">Adventure</a> <a href="/ruth/4-16.htm">Bosom</a> <a href="/joshua/15-16.htm">Daughter</a> <a href="/1_chronicles/4-21.htm">Delicate</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/29-21.htm">Evil</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-10.htm">Eye</a> <a href="/judges/13-6.htm">Husband</a> <a href="/1_kings/6-21.htm">Refined</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/28-65.htm">Sole</a> <a href="/deuteronomy/32-2.htm">Tender</a> <a href="/philippians/2-1.htm">Tenderness</a> <a href="/joshua/1-4.htm">Towards</a> <a href="/1_kings/22-34.htm">Venture</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 woman is characterized by her gentleness and refinement, suggesting a person of high social standing and delicate nature. In ancient Israelite society, women of such status were often shielded from harsh labor and the roughness of daily life. This description underscores the severity of the curses that would come upon Israel for disobedience, as even those who are most delicate and protected would be affected.<p><b>so gentle and refined she would not venture to set the sole of her foot on the ground</b><br>This hyperbolic expression emphasizes the woman's delicacy and privilege. In the cultural context of ancient Israel, walking barefoot was common, especially among the lower classes. The imagery of a woman so refined that she avoids even touching the ground with her feet paints a picture of extreme luxury and protection. This serves to heighten the contrast with the dire circumstances she will face, illustrating the total reversal of fortune that disobedience to God's covenant would bring.<p><b>will begrudge the husband she embraces</b><br>The transformation from a loving and nurturing figure to one who begrudges her husband indicates a breakdown of familial relationships due to extreme distress and desperation. In the context of the curses outlined in <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, this reflects the societal collapse and personal turmoil that would result from Israel's disobedience. The use of the word "embraces" suggests a previous intimacy and affection, now turned to animosity, highlighting the depth of the curse's impact.<p><b>and her son and daughter</b><br>The inclusion of her children in this phrase underscores the comprehensive nature of the curse. In ancient Israelite culture, children were considered blessings and the continuation of one's lineage. The fact that a mother would begrudge her own children indicates a situation of extreme famine or siege, where survival instincts override natural affections. This is consistent with the broader context of <a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, which warns of the dire consequences of turning away from God's commandments, including the breakdown of the most fundamental human relationships.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/g/gentle_and_refined_woman.htm">Gentle and Refined Woman</a></b><br>This refers to a woman of high status and delicacy, who is typically characterized by her gentleness and sensitivity.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/h/husband.htm">Husband</a></b><br>The man to whom the woman is married, representing familial relationships and love.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/s/son_or_daughter.htm">Son or Daughter</a></b><br>The children of the woman, symbolizing the next generation and familial bonds.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The nation to whom this warning is given, representing the collective people of God.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/c/curses_of_disobedience.htm">Curses of Disobedience</a></b><br>The broader context of <a href="/bsb/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28</a>, where blessings and curses are outlined based on Israel's obedience or disobedience to God's commandments.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>The verse highlights the severe consequences of turning away from God's commandments. Even those who are gentle and refined can be driven to desperate actions when God's protection is removed.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_fragility_of_human_nature.htm">The Fragility of Human Nature</a></b><br>This passage serves as a reminder of the fragility of human nature and how circumstances can drastically change behavior. It calls for reliance on God to maintain integrity and compassion even in difficult times.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_obedience.htm">The Importance of Obedience</a></b><br>Obedience to God is crucial for maintaining His blessings and protection. This verse underscores the importance of adhering to God's laws to avoid the dire consequences of disobedience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_impact_of_sin_on_relationships.htm">The Impact of Sin on Relationships</a></b><br>Sin and disobedience can strain and even destroy the most intimate relationships, as seen in the woman's change of heart towards her family. Maintaining a right relationship with God helps preserve familial bonds.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/trust_in_god's_provision.htm">Trust in God's Provision</a></b><br>In times of scarcity or hardship, believers are encouraged to trust in God's provision rather than resorting to desperate measures. Faith in God's faithfulness is essential.<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_god_disappointment.htm">What does the Bible say about disappointment with God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_lamentations_4_10_literal_or_hyperbole.htm">(Lamentations 4:10) Is the claim that mothers cooked their children historically accurate or a hyperbolic contradiction of a loving God?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_does_god_ask_job_to_discredit_him.htm">Job 40:8: Why would an all-knowing God demand Job to 'discredit' His justice, and is this consistent with the broader biblical portrayal of divine fairness?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/main_themes_in_book_of_james.htm">What are the main themes in the Book of James?</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>(56) <span class= "bld">The tender and delicate woman.</span>--This was fulfilled to the very letter in the case of Mary of Beth-ezob in the siege of Jerusalem by Titus. The story is told with horrible minuteness by Josephus, and again by Eusebius in his Church History. The secrecy of the deed was one of its horrors.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/deuteronomy/28.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 56.</span> - So intense should be the hunger, that the delicate and sensitive woman, brought up in luxury, and who would not set her foot on the ground lest she should be fatigued by the exertion or offended by coming in contact with the base soil, but when she went abroad must be carried in a litter or borne by a camel or an ass, - even she should break through all restraints of delicacy and affection, and would secretly devour the very infant she had borne during the siege. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/deuteronomy/28-56.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 most gentle</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרַכָּ֨ה</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rak·kāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7390.htm">Strong's 7390: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tender, delicate, soft</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and refined woman</span><br /><span class="heb">וְהָעֲנֻגָּ֗ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·hā·‘ă·nug·gāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Article | Adjective - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6028.htm">Strong's 6028: </a> </span><span class="str2">Luxurious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">among you,</span><br /><span class="heb">בְךָ֜</span> <span class="translit">(ḇə·ḵā)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition | second person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> </span><span class="str2"></span><br /><br /><span class="word">so gentle</span><br /><span class="heb">וּמֵרֹ֑ךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mê·rōḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7391.htm">Strong's 7391: </a> </span><span class="str2">Tenderness, delicacy</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and refined</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵהִתְעַנֵּ֖ג</span> <span class="translit">(mê·hiṯ·‘an·nêḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Verb - Hitpael - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6026.htm">Strong's 6026: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be soft, pliable, effeminate, luxurious</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she would not</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">venture</span><br /><span class="heb">נִסְּתָ֤ה</span> <span class="translit">(nis·sə·ṯāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Piel - Perfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5254.htm">Strong's 5254: </a> </span><span class="str2">To test, to attempt</span><br /><br /><span class="word">to set</span><br /><span class="heb">הַצֵּ֣ג</span> <span class="translit">(haṣ·ṣêḡ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3322.htm">Strong's 3322: </a> </span><span class="str2">To place permanently</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the sole</span><br /><span class="heb">כַף־</span> <span class="translit">(ḵap̄-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3709.htm">Strong's 3709: </a> </span><span class="str2">Hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot), a pan</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of her foot</span><br /><span class="heb">רַגְלָהּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(raḡ·lāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7272.htm">Strong's 7272: </a> </span><span class="str2">A foot, a step, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">on</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the ground,</span><br /><span class="heb">הָאָ֔רֶץ</span> <span class="translit">(hā·’ā·reṣ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> </span><span class="str2">Earth, land</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will begrudge</span><br /><span class="heb">תֵּרַ֤ע</span> <span class="translit">(tê·ra‘)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7489.htm">Strong's 7489: </a> </span><span class="str2">To spoil, to make, good for, nothing, bad</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the husband</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּאִ֣ישׁ</span> <span class="translit">(bə·’îš)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_376.htm">Strong's 376: </a> </span><span class="str2">A man as an individual, a male person</span><br /><br /><span class="word">she embraces</span><br /><span class="heb">חֵיקָ֔הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥê·qāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2436.htm">Strong's 2436: </a> </span><span class="str2">The bosom</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and her son</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבִבְנָ֖הּ</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇiḇ·nāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1121.htm">Strong's 1121: </a> </span><span class="str2">A son</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and daughter</span><br /><span class="heb">וּבְבִתָּֽהּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(ū·ḇə·ḇit·tāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1323.htm">Strong's 1323: </a> </span><span class="str2">A daughter</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">Deuteronomy 28:56 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/deuteronomy/28-56.htm">OT Law: Deuteronomy 28:56 The tender and delicate woman among you (Deut. 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